The construction of Le Moustique was originally published in INAV 93, April 1998. That issue was titled "F1D-B", the original name for F1M.
The F1L is also a great class. They are fairly easy to build (no tubes, no VP), easy to build to weight (1.2g), have great proportions (high aspect ratio wing and stab), and fly beautifully. They are fairly high performance models capable of 20+ minutes at Johnson City and 25+ at Lakehurst. (And 32+ if you are Aki.)
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo@...> wrote:
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> On 8.10.2010 19:05, Bill Gowen wrote:
> >
> > An easy way to get into F1M is to take an old LPP or PP and build a
> > longer rolled tube MS and taiboom. An LPP wing and stab on a fuse with
> > 32" overall length and with a 17" fixed pitch prop should produce a
> > model capable of 8 to 10 minutes in a Cat 1 site. Then if you want to do
> > better there are all kinds of ways open to improve the performance.
>
> I think F1M is an excellent beginners model. The first one can be easily
> built with a shorter solid fuselage to the minimum weight, and then for
> the second model one can go to longer fuselages and rolled tubes. In my
> opinion, the "Moustique" designed by Dieter Siebenmann is a prefect
> starter model for the class, especially as Ebele Schouwstra and Thedo
> Andre have written and published excellent, detailed building
> instructions for the model:
> http://www.home.zonnet.nl/nbrende/html/mouse.html
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>
>
> -Tapio-
>
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