I believe one of the first questions that comes to everyone's mind when you tell them you're building and airplane is, Why? I figure I should answer that question first. Last October I moved out of my parent's house where I had been living since returning from the Bahamas in 2014. As a sort of christening for my new apartment/ build space I decided to build a 1/6 scale flying model of the Spirit of St. Louis for Flite Fest 2017. Over the intervening 9 months I spent nearly 300 hours constructing this culmination of my aviation and modeling skills to date. 1/6 scale Spirit of St. Louis at Flite Fest At some point after Flite Fest I realized I had spent 1/6 the time required to build a real airplane in building a 1/6 scale airplane, so rather than building a new model every year, why couldn't/shouldn't I just build a real airplane. To keep a long, meandering story somewhat concise, I'll just say that I decided the Junior ACE was the airplane for me. I
Constructing the Corben Junior ACE.