Mike Lidberg

THE Little Devil was designed for my son Mike's first efforts in the P-30 rubber event. Rules for this event are simple-10 grams of rubber, 9.5" plastic prop, model limited to 30" in any dimension. We wanted to build a simple model, but one that would be easy to maintain. With the sometimes inconsistent rubber available today, we felt the usual stick-and-tissue body construction would be too easy to break. This led to the idea of a rolled balsa tube (or cardboard rocket tube) body, which, if properly strengthened and covered, can be nearly indestructible. A wing mount was necessary, so a pylon, made of polyurethane (green) foam was added. A fixed fin was placed in front of the stabilizer to ensure consistent fin settings. The resulting model has turned out to be a good flier, and even bought home a second-place trophy from its first contest.