This is a competition plane

Years ago there was a "Gentleman's Flying Cub" competition.
The goal was to carry a suitcase containing all required to fly and "Look The Part"
Points where given for; "style" , size of suitcase (smaller is better), flight duration (as close to 5 min as possible without the use of a timer) and spotlanding.

A friend had read about it in a magazine (this was way before the internet) and we desided to join.
He build a glider with a 3 piece wing and 2 part fuse with about 1.5 meter wingspan and a case to match.

I recently got a new td 0.010 and also had a ace pocket rocket.
So found a photo copy machine and scaled down the plan to fit the engine.
Made the wing profile templates out of circuit board epoxy board and carefully wirecut the wing out of roofmate.
Made the tail removable with a little m2 rod/nut and all this would just fit in a wooden box i had that used to contain toy carpenting tools.

The first test flight (above tall grass for good reason) was a total failure.
Way to high wingloading.

This was around the time my friend showed his model with the 3 piece wing.
So made another wing template and cut a constant chord wing panel as center.

Succes; not a glider in any way but a fun flying sport model as long the motor was running.
Once out of fuel it was a case of diving to the landing spot and flare to plop it down.