Christian's Amptique

The Amptique (by Dale Black) is a "nostalgic park flyer" from the early days of electric powered flying models.

The original design featured 3 channel radio control (rudder, elevator, throttle) with a polyhedral wing.

The model is very easy to build (from mainly balsa) and also easy to fly, with gentle and forgiving flight characteristics.

Following a plan obtained courtesy of James Penketh, I decided to build a modern version for 4 channel control by replacing the polyhedral with ailerons.

The pictures show various stages of construction and the finished model.