I’ve build RC planes since 2013, with a strong emphasis on experimentation around configurations, learning aerodynamics, testing control mechanisms and much more.
My own designs:
Pitcheron made from pink-foam
Ring-wing based plane - Look Ma, no tip vortices! Here’s the plan if you want to build your own
Push-me-pull-you made from free-flight glider and 2x Astro 010 brushless motors
Built up balsa discus launched glider (DLG) - RIP, it suffered a wing failure in-flight during a loop
Some monstrosity which I built up to put a 540 brushed motor and a giant nicad pack I had lying arond
Fosawica - Forward Swept Aft Wing Canard - watch it on youtube
Jart-STE - watch the video of it at Hermanus 2006 (while terribly nose-heavy on its maiden flight)
Tricopter with foldable front arms (novel back in 2015) with KK2 PID controller
And many more which don’t deserve honourable mention, as they were more ’learning experiences’ than successes.
Kits I built (and invariably modified heavily):
The Zagi - my first ‘real’ RC plane, which I learned to fly on
A number of planes from Edgerc.com - Bird Of Prey, Devestator, Tropical Storm
Windrider Bee and Bat
The Toucan from Anton Benning, with a custom wing profile for better energy retention
GWS Tinystick, loaded up with LEDs to fly at night
The Dreamflight Ahi - with a 2206 motor added is now the Ahi-E. By far the best acrobatic plane I’ve ever flown.
ReadyMadeRC Nano-Goblin. Effortless 1.5h flights!
Too many more to remember
Quadcopters, focusing on the smaller side, a number of small quadcopters in the 2.5" - 4" range, keeping under 250g
Picklefork4 with 1404 motors and 3.5" props. Got a 20 minute flight! Download my pod mashup for holding the Insta360 Go camera on it from Thingiverse
The trusty old Leader 120 from FullSpeedRC. This was my first high performance quadcopter.
Lots of experiments with prop and motor selection on a number of frames from the 2.5" - 3" size.