Gary seems to have a "thing" about joining things. This might be evidence of being a long-separated Siamese twin trying to recreate his childhood, or it could just mean that he's weird. Personally I think he's just weird (but with a great sense of humor).

I made it by combining a LiteStik kit with a J-3 Stick.

I removed one bay of the Cub wing, as it was significantly longer than the red one. I also had to remove about a 1/16" from the trailing edge of the Cub wing so the chord would equal that of the LiteStik's. I used 1/8" carbon tubes instead of the provided dowels to mount the wings.

The yellow Cub verticals are simply glued onto the red ones.

To make the horizontal stab and elevator, I cut the originals in half, longitudinally and glued them together with the "magic glue" from the kits, and added a splice of scrap foam sheet over (under) the joint. The only critical area here, was ensuring that the hinge line of the two halves lined up. Packing tape was used for the hinge on both elevator and rudder.

I moved the servos (Cirrus CS-21s) as far forward as possible to counteract the heavy tail.

Receiver is a Hitec 555 and the ESC is my favorite, the Great Planes C-5 Electri-Fly. I also replaced the stock antenna with a home-made one. I don't like to drag a three-feet long antenna around with my airplanes.

Flying the "HalfStik" is only slightly unusual, in that the Cub wing has more drag, so it flies a little sideways (a slight yaw with the Cub wing trailing). Also, when flaring for a landing, the red wing stalls, while the yellow one keeps flying. To avoid dropping the red wing during the landing, I just come in a little hot (faster).

The "HalfStik" drew a few laughs when it appeared at its first indoor fun-fly last December in Fort Worth. They subsided, however, when it flew several times.

Feel free to publish both my e-mail addresses in case anyone has questions about the plane, and the "other" web page URL if you like.

Happy Flying !

Gary
AMA 210987
NIRAC C-26

Here are Gary's e-mail addresses and his very own website:
sr71fan@webtv.net
and
sr71fantx@webtv.net

FLYING: Deliberate Downward Displacement of Atmospheric Molecules (DDDAM)