name the model aircraft please1
- Wayne_H
- Posts: 811
- Joined: 17 Feb 2018, 05:26
- Location: Temora, NSW. Australia
- Contact:
Re: name the model aircraft please1
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=358
with a built up wing, but the tailpane shape is not quite right.
Its closer to the size of Ken Willard's Schoolboy - https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=1030
- but the nose more resembles the Pageboy
The fin shape is however more like Dave Platt's Half Tone - https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=5673
Could be an own design(?) based on one or more of the above.
Cheers,
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............
-
- Posts: 13
- Joined: 25 Aug 2020, 17:57
- Location: West Midlands, UK
Re: name the model aircraft please1
My first thought was Mr Willard, but it “hain’t” a Schoolboy. As well as the nose being wrong, the Schoolboy had a fully-sheeted wing ... or mine did in ‘67/68.
Best wishes,
John
Best wishes,
John
-
- Posts: 668
- Joined: 16 Feb 2018, 06:19
- Location: Varberg or Stockholm, Sweden
Re: name the model aircraft please1
...actually the original Schoolboy had an open built up wing when it was published the first time. I remember it because when I intended to build my first Schoolboy after seen one built from the kit at the field some 45 years ago my late dad said he would not spare to me enough balsa for a fully sheeted wing and he put this drawing in my hands.
Please notice the landing gear in dural aluminum and not piano wire.
Please notice the landing gear in dural aluminum and not piano wire.
- Attachments
-
- SchoolBoy.pdf
- (570.46 KiB) Downloaded 134 times
Cheers,
Tobe
Tobe
- tiptipflyer
- Posts: 393
- Joined: 16 Feb 2018, 22:49
- Location: Germany
Re: name the model aircraft please1
I fully agree with Tobe,
my Schoolboy has also the open wing structure, but I opted for a wire landing gear which is much easier to cut and bent than the aluminum one.
Nevertheless it´s the best model for S/C I ever flew.
Th mystery plane above is in fact no Schoolboy. Frank
my Schoolboy has also the open wing structure, but I opted for a wire landing gear which is much easier to cut and bent than the aluminum one.
Nevertheless it´s the best model for S/C I ever flew.
Th mystery plane above is in fact no Schoolboy. Frank
-
- Posts: 42
- Joined: 12 Oct 2018, 19:03
- Location: Biggleswade
Re: name the model aircraft please1
First thought was the Veron Mini Robot:
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=10900
but original has tricycle undercarriage.
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=10900
but original has tricycle undercarriage.
- PaulJ
- Posts: 603
- Joined: 16 Feb 2018, 19:01
- Location: Ipswich, UK
- tiptipflyer
- Posts: 393
- Joined: 16 Feb 2018, 22:49
- Location: Germany
Re: name the model aircraft please1
No, the rudder shape doesn´t fit and the elevator position is to low. Number of wing ribs is too low also.
Frank
Frank
- PaulJ
- Posts: 603
- Joined: 16 Feb 2018, 19:01
- Location: Ipswich, UK
Re: name the model aircraft please1
You're right Frank so I had another look on Outerzone and there is also a "Micro Mambo" (https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=6057) which has the right number of ribs but the tailplane is still set lower. It is SO similar in other respects that I wonder if the builder modified the tail end to accommodate the gg system?
Paul
Paul
-
- Posts: 745
- Joined: 16 Feb 2018, 14:11
- Location: Warwickshire
Re: name the model aircraft please1
Despite the diesel engine, it looks like it was filmed in America? So we should perhaps be looking mainly for USA-designs?