The Hanger Rat was designed by someone with lots of time on his hands in an airplane hanger.

I can just imagine some kid back in the '70s volunteering to sweep-up just to be allowed to hang around with the mechanics at the hanger... loves airplanes... and just wings the original Hangar Rat. Could have been me! Not having any feel for this, I was wondering if weight or symmetry of the fin/rudder trumps since yaw seems to be the most important thing.
I don't know if I'll be light enough using the plastic, but driving 100 miles to get 22 grams worth of balsa seems a little sycotic The plastic is denser and not as stiff as balsa... I couldn't make 1/16" strips usable. I'm using 100's of milli-grams experimenting, but I like the challenge.
The biggest problem I'm having is not having these connectors for the receiver. I replaced the wired power connector with something I can see and connect a battery to. I was able to setup a plane on my Flysky for the AFHDS, power up the receiver and bind!

I think your AFHDS clue was the main thing. Without any documentation, I didn't even know if it was compatible with my transmitter, much less that this AFHDS even existed. Thanks! Now, I have a whole slew of motors and project planes ahead.

Now, my last "electrical" hurdle - Any magic bullets for connecting the motor to the receiver's ESC? I can't solder to something this tiny and even if I could buy connectors, I doubt I could assemble them either. I have enough trouble with these large ones. All thumbs.
The only battery I have light enough is this messed-up 150 mAhr LiPo. It still takes a charge and works... not sure how long though. Hopefully it'll be enough to give me a working taste of flying this plane before I order some decent sized ones.
I'm really looking forward to sitting in warmth and flying!
