I sat down at the lab last night and made a Dayton from a printed template.

I added a set of wheels from one of my wheel experiments. They’re pretty light and I think I may have it figured out how to make them efficiently.

I used an alternate wing. Built it all flat like a Squirrel and then capped the four joints. This gave a bit more area for the winglets to attach. This worked well. I need to figure out if it’s easier for people to do than the earlier embodiment which rotates the wing tips so they are vertical. The wing joints are very stable this way.

We were able to get it to take off in the hallway.  This is a stressful environment for a model plane as it’s guaranteed to get some wall and ceiling strikes. We managed to bring forward two failures. I’ll report on that shortly.

Having all the wing control surfaces is a real joy. You can tweak the flight path very easy. I can see how this could be a hit with kids as it gives them something to think about.