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Barely but, Barely counts! Took off, flew (erratically but more or less controlled), and landed safely. Now I just have to tweak the balance and/or adjust the incidence of the upper wing.

Maiden/Willy Wing Verification Flight:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1473022363286436

Here is the servo arrangement, including aileron installation

András, I'll try to find some aileron photos for you. Check back in this forum in a day or two.

Welcome András!

Now to the fuselage modification. The Hummer wing has significantly less chord than the stock flat bottomed S-Tee wing. Doug said S-Tees tend to be tail heavy anyway so I should mount the Hummer wing at the BACK of the S-Tee wing saddle to help with balance. Therefore, here are my fuse mods for the ...

Here you go!

a new Prop Jet from WillyNillies.com

If it survives maiden/Willy Wing Contest verification flight, I'll add a pilot and some decals. I'm too close to the weight limit to add them before the verification flight for contest entry. Thank you to all who contributed knowledge to make this build a reality - especially Ed Larsen who, in addit...

Wildfire

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=1756. This is exactly what I had in mine for the Sky Tiger and Falcon wings - except that the Wildfire's lower wing is both shorter AND has less chord than the upper.

Back to the wings. Only slight additional mods. For both, I drilled 1/4 inch "lightening" holes in the ailerons/trailing edges using a Forstner bit in a drill press to get a clean cut in the soft balsa. For the upper wing, the ailerons are glued into place as a fixed trailing edge. I also ...