A few years ago I built my “AvantiHawk“, a combination of the “Duckhawk” glider from the United States with wings from the Chocofly Avanti (which are similar to the scale wings, albeit much deeper). I’ve always toyed with the idea of getting an Avanti fuselage so that I can fly the same wings with the thinner fuselage as well – ideal for handstarts.

One of my club colleagues crashed his Avanti on the slope last year (catching a tree). He destroyed the right wing and broke the nose of the fuselage. The right wing was not salvageable, but the fuselage was. He played with the idea of ordering a new set of wings, but eventually decided against it and kindly gave me the broken fuselage as well as tailplane and the left wing. Chocofly kindly provided me with the missing wing joiner and a new canopy, as well as the servos for the fuselage and motor. I’ve started fixing the fuselage, using multiple layers of 100gr glass. I’ve also inserted a new motor bulkhead and extended the fuselage somewhat, so that I can fit the new Chocofly/MIGflight outrunner for 6S and the matching 42mm Spinner (rather than the 45mm Spinner that was used before). The fuselage needs a final sanding and is then now ready for it’s final coat of paint. The components are ready to be built in once it’s painted.

The only problem is that my wings are white and the fuselage and tailplane are yellow. Respraying the entire fuselage white is usually not a good idea (you will always see that it was once yellow), but I can make the upper side of the tailplane white to match with the wings. The underside of wings and tailplane are the same blue. Also cool is that the new canopy as well as spinner and propeller are white, so I’ll probably go with a yellow-white (and blue underside) colour combination. I do however still have to find a spraycan with matching yellow.