David Liu has been the first one in 2002 to fly at home with a 10 g plane, the stat of the art by then, when the Lipoly were available only from Kokam, and only 6mm motors exist. See his videos and the interesting presentation he gave, probably in 2003.

http://www.didel.com/WispTalk DavidLiu.ppt 8.5 Mega

http://www.didel.com/Liu.avi 54 Mega - triplane
http://www.didel.com/Liu.mpg 5.2 Mega - biplane
http://www.didel.com/LiuBedroom.mpg 0.5 Mega
http://www.didel.com/LiuLiving.mpg 0.6 Mega

Prof David R. Liu http://evolve.harvard.edu/ has more fascinating activities now. If you want to see the progress since then, see the web site of Martin Newell http://mnewell.rchomepage.com/