While waiting for my boat's resin to dry, decided to build an Avispad.

Target is a relaxed flyer, trying to follow the original (BEX) design as far as possible. Only thing is the span is not 1250 mm but 1220 mm restricted by the corro size.

Special thanks to Girish Sarwal, from whom I stole the corro 

Planning a 2836 - 1500 KV with a 40 A ESC & 9 X 6 Prop. Planned AUW of 1.2 Kg.

Sanjay sir.. Great going, For this what i am Waiting for send me the plan .. Even i Want one..

note: I dont want to stole any corro i have some

Hi,

Me too need a SPAD plan comlpete.
Please,
Thanks.

The plans are here:

http://bexspadgroup.blogspot.in/2009/04/avispad-plan-pics.html?q=avispad

Quite a few people on this forum including but not limited to the "V's" - VC and Vishal  - have built this. If you do a search for Avispad you will find them. VC's log has some interesting clarifications on the plan, and Vishal's some excellent flight videos

Good luck 

Build is progressing. Completed construction, fitted motor, now have to fit servos & controls and landing gear

Not too happy with the wing - too many creases, and suspicious of the 2 mm corro fuse; prefer 4 mm. Builds light though

beautiful build sanjay bhai..

 

what have you used inside the wing? that blue bar? what is the total weight of the wing?

Sent from a potato using a lamp

Thank you Mohan and Sam

Aniket, that "blue bar" is the spar, made from 5 mm Corro doubled 

Build continues

Dowel (made on a drill m/c with sanding block ) fitted

Servo fitting

Start of steerable Tail Wheel

Build continued

Tail wheel wire bent and pointed, then goes in the gap between rudder & vertical stab, through the flutes

Collar put so load is transferred to base plate, not rudder

Main Gear fixed

Designer called for a flat fuse saddle on a semi symmetrical wing 

Had to make a saddle from balsa

Note the tab of the control horn positioned to lock the steering arm of tailwheel in place

Final L/G, used plastic bolts for the main L/G in the fond hope that they will shear off and that sacrifice will save the fuse in a crash . More likely both will go 

Hatch: used a standard corro hinge by cutting the flute on one side

Another view of wing saddle

RTF 

may do some decorating tomorrow

Maiden planned for Saturday

Perfect finish Boss!!!

Well done Sir!!! Love the wide undercarriage.

Thanks Saurabh. 

VC boss, thank you. The wide main gear should come in useful on my bombastic landings

@sanjay sir nice build sir .........................

Thank you Shauvik

Very nice..!!    )

Thank you MKS

It's been raining. Just hope the weather is OK tomorrow, and the field is not a swimming pool!

Put some make-up on it

Calvin and his views on Balsa are an integral part of every Spad I make 

Final weight is 1060~70 grams. This is All Up Weight (Flying Weight)

Some pics

I generally don't like taildraggers; always prefer trikes.

Taildraggers are not kind on props, and ground looping can be a real nightmare sometimes