The Skywalker is a very popular airframe for First Person View (FPV) flying where the pilot on the ground uses a live video camera mounted on the plane to get a first-person perspective of flying the plane. The live video is typically viewed on a monitor, sometimes mounted on the RC transmitter, or through video goggles. There are now many versions of the Skywalker plane, typically with wingspans between 1.6m - 1.9m, and owing to its popularity it was not long before a small version was produced, the Mini Skywalker, with a wingspan of 84cm.
Being physically much smaller it does not have the same carrying capacity, but enough to carry a small sports camera with a fixed lens capable of recording video, stills and live feed. But the main reason this airframe was chosen was because it can break down into parts that will fit inside a regular sized suitcase, which makes it ideal for taking on trips and holidays.
With the normal construction of this plane, the two wing halves are usually glued together and the horizontal stabliser fixed permanently to the fuselage which would make it difficult to fit into a suitcase. So to avoid this, removable carbon fiber spars have been fitted to the wing halves to allow them to simply slot together. With the wing sat on the fuselage, flanges on the inner edges ensure that they don't come apart, and the regular elastic bands attach the wing firmly to the plane. Servo cable sockets were burried into the top of the wing saddle on each side in order to allow the wing servos to be easily connected and disconnected from the receiver located in the fuselage of the plane.
The horizontal stabiliser was made detachable using a plywood plate with two blind nuts mounted on top of the fin into which the stabiliser can be bolted. A screw fitting attached to the elevator servo arm allows the push rod to be connected and disconnected.
The short video below shows the Mini Skywalker being assembled.
