BLITZ Sport $22.00
Extra Wing $10.00

36" wingspan, 8" Chord with Ailerons, 25-30 oz. flying weight. 2 to 6 hours to build this low cost, high excitement kit! This foam kit uses a proven design and a great symmetrical wing (SD8000 airfoil). Excellent for a R/C pilots who are buying their 2nd plane, although experts will love the zippiness of this kit. Lots of thrust when equipped with Colbalt or Mega Brushless. The Blitz will fly with direct drive or gear box. Our most fun so far has been direct drive with a 6 x 5 APC prop. Requires a 3 or 4-channel radio for ailerons, elevator, rudder and throttle. Rudder is optional, so a low cost 3 channel radio would work great. Our sample planes use generic 9 gram servos, but could use larger HS-81 class servos.

Nearly idential to the regular Blitz except the fuselage is a bit taller, giving more room for the battery, esc, and receiver. (We liked they extra space). Easier battery insertion and removal. There is a slight increase in material costs, so this plane is $2 more. Requires a 3 or 4-channel radio for ailerons, elevatorand throttle (optional rudder). Rudder is optional, so a low cost 3 channel radio would work great. Our sample planes use generic 9 gram servos, but larger HS-81 class servos are the best all around servo.

Wattage Cobalt works well, but we wanted to try the Kyosho Magnetic Meyham (Forward rotation version) for this kit. This motor is heavier, but makes up for it with more RPMs and a higher top speed. Receiver and ESC mounted under cockpit windows. Battery pack located after of that position.

This is a Semi-Kit. These are the materials you will need to complete this kit and must be purchased separately

Radio: 3 or 4 Channel, 2 to 4 servos depending on builder preference. HS 81 size servos. Best method is to use 2 aileron servos mounted in the wing, and one elevator servo mounted near tail.

Wood: 1/8 sheeting for control surfaces. A hardwood spar is need to stiffen the wing. Use 1/4" x 1/2" x 36" Spruce stick. Optinally, 1/16" balsa sheeting to glue on sides of the fuselage.
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Motor: Wattage 400 Cobalt works will direct drive with 6x5 APC prop. Some builders have used Speed 400 motors, geared 480s, and Mega brushless. Colbalt 400 is about $35.00 and is a reasonable balance between performance and cost.
Battery Pack: 8 Cell, 1700+ NIMH AA cells that can deliver 25 amps +. Sanyo 4/5 AUP 1700NIMH are perfect for this plane.

Controller (ESC): Depending upon motor. For Colbalt 400, need at least 25 amps.

Covering: Fiberglass strapping tape (about 10 feet), 2 rolls of different colors of 2 mil packing tape OR 2 different colors/rolls of iron-on covering. Econokote and Towerkote work well. Ultracoat is heavier but is supposed to work as well.

Misc hardware: Control Horns, and Linkage for the Servos. Try to use 1/2 A or Micro hardware as full sized hardware is unnecessarily heavy.
1/16 balsa sheeting to glue on sides of the fuselage.

Adhesive: Many glues workwell, these are some of the more popular: Elmer's White Glue, 5-6 minute epoxy, Gorilla Glue, Hot glue gun

Misc tools: Yardstick, Extra soldering iron for cutting hatches in the foam fuselage.