CRRCSIM Mikoyan Ye-2 model development

I came across the Ye-2 series of prototype when researching the Mig-21.  The Ye-2 and its following models, the Ye2A and others were fascinating in their appearance, a clean, rational streamlined layout, with sharply swept wings, and smaller than the Mig-19.  In fact,  it was initally thought that this model had  gone into production.

CRRCSIM

A slope soaring glider was initially developed, and used with the alternate mountain scenery.  Painted in dark green, the model was used in amny memorable soaring flights, based on one of the standard gliders in CRRCSIM

With the launching of new planes in this month,  September 2023,  the model idea was revived as an electric or a pusher prop design. The earlier problems with the PC9 model with its 1 metre span and 1.7 kg weight higlighted the problem of a small, heavy model for flying.  Could a lighter model be constructed? The answer was yes, and evidenced by a profile foam Mig 19, which is a large airlplane in any case, and a 1:10 model at that.  That plane floats and flies slowly in a nose up atitude.  The profile shape could be the basis for the new model, but the fusealge could be coverred in a light, rounded cylinder of some sort later on, not weighing more than 100g. The entire model weighs in at 500g or less, and its ability to float is beyond all doubt.

First, some details about the Mig -19 model that is used as a base.