It’s one of those styro chuck gliders. I added a 1/8 sheet tail, 1/8 ailerons, popsicle sticks for servo mounts and part of an orange crate for a lite ply firewall.

That’s it and it flew great. The wings flexed too much so I covered the wing with some 4 inch wide clear packing tape – it stiffens the wing a lot.

By the way, this would probably make a good aileron trainer. I flew it again and it flies much better with the tape on the wing.

Here’s a quick build explanation so you can duplicate this plane:

The motor is an E-Max CF 2212, $15.00; the battery is a 900 MAH 3 cell – $22.00 – both from Blackdogrc.

1. Cut nose off fuselage at 5 1/4 inches, measured from forward edge of wing cut out.
Trace nose on Lite ply, 1/8 approximate. I used ply from orange crate.
Glue ply to fuse,I used Gorilla glue, Titebond or epoxy will also work.

2. Wings. Sand leading edge to round shape, my glider came through with a flat leading edge. Cover wing with packing tape. I used wide clear tape.

3. Glue wing to fuselage, I used GWS glue, but Gorilla glue or epoxy will also work.

4. Place yardstick along bottom side of wing, mark line at rear of fuselage.

Mark up from line 3/8 and 1/2 inch and draw parallel lines. This is for stab opening. Cut open, I used a band saw, but a hacksaw or knife should also work. See pictures.

5. Cut stab from sheet of 1/8 thick balsa.
Mine is 19 3/4 long, that’s the piece I had laying around, a little shorter should be OK.

I cut leading edge back to give leading edge a sweep. I took the pieces I cut off and turned them around and re glued them back on the leading edge.

6. Glue stab to fuselage, I used epoxy.
The elevator is 1 inch wide 1/8 thick balsa, hinged at 4 places.
I used GWS hinges, with GWS glue. CA hinges will also work.

7. The ailerons are 1 inch wide by 24 1/4″ long, made of 1/8″ balsa – that was the size piece I had – a little shorter would still work.

8. Next hinge the ailerons – I used 3 hinges per side, GWS hinges with GWS glue.

Cut servo openings, glue popsicle sticks to wing for servo mounts.

The CG balance point is 2 inches back from the leading edge at the side of the fuselage.
The plane flies over 15 minutes at half power, and with a little wind it thermaled; with full power it climbs quite steeply.

The thread on this topic can be found HERE.

Recommended Gear:

• 4 + channel radio with elevator/aileron mixing (elevons)
• (3) Hitec 56 servos
• E-flite 400 Outrunner
• 25 amp ESC
• 1300 mAh 3 cell Lithium
• 10×3.8 APC Prop

Hardware needed:

• (1) 3mm, 26" long, carbon rod
• (2) 3mm, 8 ½" long, carbon rods
• (1) 2-3mm, 14" long carbon rod
• (2) 4 ½" x 1 1/8" x 3/8" pieces of balsa wood
• Control linkage, hinges or aileron tape

Tools:

• 30 min epoxy
• Toothpicks (10)
• Pins (10)
• Razor blade / hobby knife
• Screwdriver + (4) 1/2" screws for motor mount

Paint:

The BlackWing 6mm depron kit comes in 8 precut pieces and can easily be put together in a couple evenings. Kit also includes detailed photographic directions. Remember, it does not come with the radio, servos, battery, motor, supports, or hardware. The BlackWing is intended for intermediate flyers with RC airplane experience, preferably someone who has already built and flown other 3D models.

Download the Manual.

ED NOTE: Boomer's was kind enough to allow us to post his Black Wing Build – what is interesting are the mods from the stock kit that Boomer added – they are shown below in pictures: