penny wise
New Member
i started in control line airplanes in the 60s with the help of my grandpa and then in RC airplanes in the mid 70s when i was stationed at Langley AFB in Hampton VA. i came across this site when i was looking for something else on youtube. i seen the 540 and i built one for something different to build and it also turned out to be a very very fun plane to fly even better its cheap to build and looks even better in the air. i like to take it with me when i take my bigger models, and cant get that many models in the car, but i always have room for this one to fit. my first CL plane was the Carl Goldberg SwardsMan 18. i remember it plain as day and my son found one still in the box and bought it for me as a birthday present quite a few yrs ago. i put it together made it look like it did way back then and always wondered what the SwardsMan 18 would fly like if it were a RC airplane and now the 540 looks just like it. the 540 tho does have a 36" wing span. i also use nothing but Elmers foam board, little heavier the DTFB and has never been a issue with me and the way they fly but will last a lot longer than DTFB and there are other benefits also. now this is just me and what i have got use to building with. i am also not good with computers at all. i looked to see where to post a picture did not see where how to post it and may have missed it but if there is a way and easy way to post it let me know and i will post pictures of both of them. as i mentioned this is a blast to fly, easy to build and quick to build, and cheap to build.