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3035 Tubarão RPU 30
Span 58 cm / 23 in Weight 58 g / 2 oz ready to fly The concept: After having built Tubarão gliders and rubber powered models consequentially a RPU model of the proven design had to follow. Here it is and it is big. Features: The name of the plane is Portuguese/Brazilian and means of…
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2061 FROG’s “Speedy” simpl.
Span 38.5 cm / 15 in Weight 25 g / 0.9 oz The concept: FROG was one of the great British model manufacturers in the old times. Happy the one who can nowadays acquire an unbuilt kit of this unforgotten brand. I like the outlines of FROG models, they look vintage but elegant and absolutely not…
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2036 Thermal Delta Dart mod.
Span 37.5 cm / 14 ¾ in Weight 22 g / ¾ oz The model: The original Thermal Delta Dart was a 24 in span rubber powered model by well known American model designer Frank Ehling from 1970. It was lightly built and could therefore reach heights where thermals could be encountered. Our model while…
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2018 ‘As’ del Pacifico mod.
Span 18.5 cm / 7.3 in Weight 18 g / 0.65 oz The model: The original ‘As’ del Pacifico was and still is a 10 inch span full house 3D (balsa stick fuselage, rib-wing, tissue covered) lovely little model from Mexico distributed around fifty years ago by Casa Vega. My copy is a slightly enlarged…
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1030 Babbuino
Span 18.5 cm / 7.3 in Weight 18 g / 0.65 oz The concept: • Slope soarer • Light weight yet stable for good performance • Easy to build • Few parts Name is Italian naturally and means baboon. Baboons by themselves are interesting creatures but there is more in the name, for example a 16th-century sculpture in Rome is known…
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2022 Eire Belle
Span 52 cm / 21 in Weight 45 g / 1.6 oz The concept: • Triple tail as known from the Lockheed Constellation • Shoulder-wing monoplane • Easy to build • Good flight performance • detachable landing gear • 6 in. Airscrew Eire is the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland. Belle is French and means beauty. The Irish carrier Aer Lingus introduced Lockheed Constellations in green livery in 1948. Building note: Some of the photos show first test model with profiled wing. The final product instead has an unprofiled…
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1062 Tandem Dart Two
Span 29.5 cm / 11.6 in Length 49 cm / 19.3 in Weight 36 g / 1.27 oz Specifics: • More sport utensil than model • Enlarged Tandem Dart One (# 1044) • Double dart design • Easy to build • Not too many parts • Ballistic flight characteristics A passing-by physician told me, if I regularly throw this model more than a hundred times full power in the air and run after it I have good chances to lose some weight. Building the…
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1050 Switchblade-like
Span 33 cm / 13 in Weight 9-10 g / 0.32-0.35 oz Specifics: The Switchblade 300 is an American kamikaze drone first seen under combat conditions in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Early drawings and illustrations in the media still far from the real thing gave only a raw impression of this new weapon. One of these early drawings became the basis for our model. For this don’t expect 100% authenticity. Big vertical surfaces give the Switchblade-like a very stable flight…
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1045 Kahanga Hanga glider
Span 62 cm / 24.5 in Weight 50 g / 1.75 oz The concept: • Low wing glider • Cross empennage • Profiled wings • Easy to build, fun to fly • Intended as a slope soarer Name is Tagalog (Philippines) and means: awesome. On the islands more than 50 million people speak Tagalog. Important Philippine writers worthreading are José Rizal, Francisco Balagtas, José Burgos, Lualhati Bautista, F. Sionil José, Nick Joaquin, Bienvenido Lumbera, Bob Ong. Most of them have been translated into foreign languages. Building the balsa model Kahanga Hanga glider…
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1044 Tandem Dart One
Span 18.5 cm / 7.3 in Weight 18 g / 0.65 oz Specifics: • More sport utensil than model • Double dart design • Easy to build • Few parts • Ballistic flight characteristics A passing-by physician told me, if I regularly throw this model more than a hundred times full power in the air and run after it I have good chances to lose some weight. Building the balsa sheet experimental glider Tandem Dart One Materials: Fuselage: B 3; wings: B 1; fin: B1; linen/cotton band width ½…