Not your father's Cardinal.

I had the opportunity to buy a Cardinal kit cheap and took it. I had designed a plane around the Cardinal wing several years ago and it flys very well. I figured I could duplicate that success with the Cardinal itself. I turned the wing tips around, added a canopy, sheet aluminum gear, will use electric power and I built a larger and thicker stab/elev. I moved the stab 1 1/2 inches aft. 1/2 vs. 1/4. I figure it's 28% of the wing area now. The fuselage is covered with some kind of tissue and the rest has Poly-Span covering. So far the fuselage is ready for assembly and paint and the rest has two coats of clear.