I have been thinking about takign one of those big foam gliders you see everywhere and converting it to an RC glider, then adding a pod to make it a Rocket boosted RC glider.
now this means that I'll have to add reciever, servos, and battery to such unit. I assume that I can take the existing glider, find its CG, and position the gear so that the CG stays the same.
after that, I'll have to find a way to have the servos do something. I saw the frankenfoamy, and did not like the looks of it. I was wondering if I could change the lift characteristics of the control surfaces by creating drop flaps?
Also, i want to keep the gear nice and light, but not at an extreme cost. battery life will be measured in seconds, not minutes. I have a 4 ch RC radio in the air band (from my hangar queen trainer) so I would like to use that to keep costs down.