Ron Bouchard's e-Elf Biplane Senior

Written by Ron Bouchard Ron Bouchard discusses his e-Elf Biplane Senior The Elf biplane was originally designed by Frank Ehling in 1937, with a 39 inch wing, as a free flight model. In 1976, a gentleman by the name of Gary Brown built the model as a .049 powered single channel RC model. About the 1982 time frame, he went on to upsize it, with an increase in the wing to 60 inches and OS .30 power, renaming it to the Elf Senior. It appeared on the cover of the August 1984 issue of Model Aviation. I purchased plans from Model Aviation and over the 2011/2012 winter built the e-Elf…