OSMWBARRACUDA OLD SCHOOL MODEL WORKS Barracuda Kit

OSMWBARRACUDA OLD SCHOOL MODEL WORKS Barracuda Kit

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The Barracuda is designed around the current (2025) E2K club racing rules, but we also found that it makes a fantastic everyday sport plane with a wide flight envelope.

The overall design meets and exceeds the E2K sport racing specifications for wingspan, wing area, and various fuselage measurements. It's a grassroots, low-cost form of racing that puts the emphasis on the pilot - not on how much the pilot can spend.

All of this comes in a great-looking design that is remarkably easy to build, thanks to our innovative design techniques and precision laser-cut parts.

We kept the parts count low so you can build it quickly. Believe it or not, you can go from box to full-framed up in one weekend - with time to spare! Because of the interlocking design and high-quality laser cutting of the parts, not only does it build quickly, but it also builds straight and true as all of the parts were designed to align properly with a minimum of fuss and alignment tools.

The wing is removable, giving access to the inside of the cabin area. From there, you have easy access to install most any brand of radio and control linkages. Up-front, we’ve designed in a large hatch that covers the battery compartment. This area will easily handle 2200mAh 3s and 4s packs.

All framed up, the Barracuda weighs just under 12 ounces, and the Barracuda's construction gives it surprising rigidity to handle most anything you can throw at it.

For club racing, pop in a 4s, 2200mAh pack and tear up the sky. Challenge your club members to see who can get the best time.

But there's more to the Barracuda than just speed. It's a very capable aerobatic design as well. Loops, rolls, inverted flight, Cuban-8s, split-S, and more are all within its capabilities.

And after you're done tearing up the skies, throttle down to easily cruise around the field. Then when the time's right, set up for a nice, controlled landing. The Barracuda's efficient airfoil gives it a good glide ratio, which makes setting up for a landing less stressful than you might think.

When it comes time to land, by design, E2k racers are belly landed on grass. Because we designed the fuselage from a strong, lite ply base, it takes the worry out of damage to the Barracuda each time you touch down.

But I know what you're asking now. "What if I don't have a grass field to land on?"

We also offer a skid pack for the Barracuda, which easily bolts on to each side of the fuselage. These replaceable skids allow you to land on rough and paved surfaces without damaging the Barracuda’s fuselage. A pair of skids weighs just 11.4 grams, so they have zero impact on the C.G. or on the Barracuda's flight performance.

Specifications:

Features

Frame it up in just one weekend - Low parts count allows you to go from box to framed up in just a single weekend.

Premium USA Hardware - Included in each Old School Model Works kit is a premium hardware package. We only source our hardware from brand-name, USA manufacturers to guarantee the best quality.

Dual Ailerons - Mounted underwing, these two pre-cut aileron hatches make it easy to install the aileron servos.

WEB-LOCK Construction - There's nothing else like it. Build our wings, straight and true - with a minimum amount of fuss.

Front hatch - Held in with magnets, this extra large hatch gives you easy access to swap out the flight battery.

Thinking of going electric?

We have teamed up with Innov8tive Designs to provide suggestions for anyone wanting to convert our OSMW kits to electric power. Innov8tive is a well known and very reputable supplier of high quality electric motors, ESC's, LiPo battery packs as well as other products.

They have provided us this list of suggested motors, ESC's, batteries and props for each of our kits. You'll find that information, along with their computed specs (watts, RPM, thrust, etc.) when using either their BadAss or Cobra power systems. The Cobra power systems are usually less expensive and the BadAss systems are typically have the higher performance. Both choices are shown so you can choose between these brands and pick the one that's right for you.

OSMW Notes: E2K racing specifies 8x8 APC glow prop, and the battery pack size. We used both APC and Master Airscrew 8x8 glow props on our prototypes. You'll see the MA prop in our video.
Also, the Barracuda's fuselage size dictates this 4S pack as maximum to fit in the fuselage without modification to the airframe.
For sport flying you could go with a 3S pack - less power and speed, but a more relaxed flight for sport flying.