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I built a Liddle Stik from a free plan back in 2020 so when I saw this Micro-Stik on eBay last week I gave in to temptation and bought one.  It's nicely CNC cut kit with a clear CAD drawing.  .

 

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The parts came well packed with a clear drawing.

 

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Within a day I'd built the 30" wing (mostly)

 

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I temporarily mocked up the fuselage on my magnetic building board.

 

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This isn't really a complete kit and there are a few minor issues - I suppose most are my personal preference.  I've added inter-spar webs and I'm thinking about cap strips on the wing ribs.   I haven't started the fuselage but I think I'll add triangular stock at the join of the bottom sheet and the sides as they're only 1.5mm sheet and the glueing area is small. If I do that, I can round off the fuselage corners to both to offset the extra weight and improve appearance. 

 

I assumed I had a suitable motor/esc somewhere in my stock but it seems not. I'm Ok for very light (indoor size) models as well as bigger ones but this need about 150/200 watts and the only motors I have are either much too small or too heavy.  It looks like I'll have to buy a 1200 kv motor weighing around 70 grams - probably running on a small 1 AH 3S battery.  The wing area is only 1.5 squ ft so it doesn't want to be heavier than 1.5 lbs ish. 

 

 

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