I did a little digging about the internet over the weekend and I have to say that I didn't find many plans or pictures that could be used for plans. I think the drawing above is sufficient to get the job done, I guess it will have to do.
I set a few goals so that the project scope would not expand beyond my ability to deliver.
I would like to use FT techniques as much as possible on the build so others can repeat if they desire. Getting the plane more to scale will require a bit of foam molding to produce the sleek curves of the fuselage, something that is new to me.
I created plans in Illustrator and did some measuring. Turns out that my original plan for a 1/3 scale (wingspan would have been 5' 4") build will be a tad bit big (for me). I wanted a wing to fit on a single sheet of foam and it did, however, the root is wider than the foam's 20". So, using the root as the basis for measuring, if I make the root 20" wide, the scale is right on 1/4. So, that is going to be the size - 1/4 scale 48" wingspan.
To make this available to other FT builders, the prototype will use a mixture of Ross and DTFB. I will leave the fiberglass skin for a later and possibly the competition build. I have even toyed with the idea of retracts, but we'll have to see how the prototype goes.
The fuselage will be a square tube from the nose to behind the cockpit and then will be reduced to a point at the tail. I will then make round formers with a square hole that fit the fuselage tube to make the sleek fuselage body. I have not yet experimented with molding foam, but the fuselage will likely be skinned with paperless foam using the square tube as the structural component. The motor will be mounted permanently to the front of the fuselage tube, and if a power pod is required for the competition, there is room for that to be incorporated. Depending on where the battery ends up, I will make a hatch in the top or bottom of the fuselage.
Propulsion: Specs may change but right now I'm looking at either 3S 2200 mAh or 4S 3300 mAh, NTM 35-36 1800 kv or NTM 35-30 1100 kv (which is what I believe is in nnChipmonk v2). Any recommendations from experience is welcome.
I think the plane will come in between 2 lb and 2.5 lb, but that is a total guess.
Servos - I'll ask what is recommended. I noticed nnChipmonk v2 used 12 g servos. If that is needed for this, I'll have to get some because so far I've only used 9 g servos.