Some of our sport aircraft are quite small (think Spacek Minisport with a wingspan of under 20 feet), and then coming up the other way are giant scale radio controlled models with wingspans of over 10 feet. I guess the cross-over point is the Bally Bomber?
I was interested to see a couple of these big models at Dargaville last Saturday. They were pretty impressive and came with their own purpose built trailers.
Republic P 47D Thunderbolt "Tarheel Hal" is a model of the aircraft that is owned by the Lone Star Flight Museum of Houston, TX.
And Westland Lysander Mk 3A "529" is in the pre-war colours of the RCAF. (a similar aircraft coded "416" flies with Vintage Wings of Canada). It has a wingspan of 10 feet 6 inches and is powered by a 3 cylinder radial engine of 61cc displacement.
Once all the full size aircraft activity had closed down for the day it took off and flew very well.
I was interested to see a couple of these big models at Dargaville last Saturday. They were pretty impressive and came with their own purpose built trailers.
No comments:
Post a Comment