WW 1 & Early aircraft.

Video links .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6PnKUEFX8g#watch-main-area
watch-v=6NT6XoUlPm8&feature=player_embedded
CTRL + Click to follow link Strutter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_pJqqH2r-8 Fork ends
http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=1250 our customers heavy Camel at Top Gun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrFFKCbzh7w Electric bleriot test flight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeyD2nW3IKc Bleriot 1/3
http://scalebuilder.com/forum/forum_posts.asp-TID=16097&TPN=26&get=last#325633
http://www.utbe.com/watch-v=AuuSAc4iecs 1/4 scle Bleriot flight
watch-v=k9CcZjzlblc&feature=mfu_i n_order&list=UL 1/3 Bleriot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3AzrWR6jUA 1/3 Camel, Steve Howe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLExEZmmWTs&context=C38be 7f6ADOEgsToPDskKnMWExb-UOzjA-QMGkGF3W  Strutter maiden

http://www.rcmf.co.uk/4um/index.php/topic,99105.msg0/boardseen.html#new    1/3 Pup build

   
   

 

BRISTOL M1c   

Jims new Bristol M1C Flew in the Nationals.   Its three flights in the contest went very well. Model flies beautifully,
and there were many compliments from onlookers. First order was taken for the Dawn Patrol. .
Weight under 15 KG including 3 kg batteries. 122" span. Plans and parts or kit.
Motor - C10080, kv 180, 7kw.    ESC - Jeti 200.    Batteries - 4 turnigy 6s 5000mah 20c. gives 12s x 10 ah.
7 minutes flight and 25% power remaining. Throttle at 75% max to give 14kg thrust on 24 x 12 prop at over 6000rpm.
Model has quite a loud sound with the large spinner.
2015. Jim has now started winning flying contests.

Jim is 2016 National Champion with the Bristol!

http://youtu.be/Yz7Ig5XAXKc Video of flight test. Aug 2012
https://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21134&PN=1 Edwin's build
 
 Jims model, repainted as the Shuttleworth aircraft.    

Jim carved this model of himself 15 years ago.

    

Box behind firewall takes 4 - 6 off 5000mah lipos

model size; span 122" (3.1m)
length 83"(2.1m) or with tail & spiner off 71" (1.8m)
height 34"(.86m) or with U/C off 21"(.53m)
wing case 59x24x6"
tail case 42x18x3"

Stainless steel fittings set.( £20 , included in bracket set below)


Plans. (ribs not shown, for use with cut ribs)  £37
Laser cut ribs and formers etc.   £125
Stripwood pack £80
Epoxy cowl    £33
Epoxy  spinner £45
Tubes & Brackets £90
Nuts, bolts & screws £25
Glass fibre rods £13
Wheels     £69
Rigging £121
Dummy leRhone engine £45
gun, instruments ,etc. £40


All items above £723
Pilot £
 
   

Strutter plans and parts.

The large tail make ground handling easy. The strutter excels in take off, touch and go, and landings.
My 1/3.6 Strutter is flying really well. It won the contest at Warboys, getting the best static score
and also beating all the 'Flying Only' models flight scores. At Merryfield it was quite windy
and mine was the only biplane to risk flying. It got the second best score and other pilots were
impressed with the models ability to perform in gusty conditions.
It won the next contest in gusty conditions, and scored 10's for landing and touch & go.
Laser 360. 22 x 10 prop at 6700 rpm, 10 kg thrust.
Cowl is 300 mm inside diam.
Basic strip wood for spars etc are not supplied. For the enlarged or reduced plans, you will have
to adjust the quoted sizes accordingly.

Extras you might like.


200+ photos CD £10
Orartex. Linen

A vole and his bunny are soon pate'ed

Scale.   1/4.3                   
span.       94"
Cowl . 9 3/4"
Weight 8 kg
Engine 20cc

1. Plans reduced, plus laser
cut ribs and formers .      £86
2. Spun alloy cowl           £60
3. 7" Wheels kit                 £49
4. Stainless fittings kit     £32
5. Rigging wires            £46
6. Fork ends (37)         £129.
7. Glass leading edge       £10
8. Laser details . £6.
9. Dash kit... .............    .£8
11. Vickers gun kit -... £17
12. scale engine           £25
13. spruce strip pack £62
14. piano wire £12
U/C tubes £22
TOTAL £
 Scale.     1/4.1       
Span . 98"
Cowl . 10 1/8"
Weight 10 kg
Engine 30cc

1. Plans reduced, plus laser
cut ribs and formers       .£96
2. Spun alloy cowl.        £60
3. 7" Wheels kit                £49
4. Stainless fittings kit    £32
5. Rigging wires          £46
6. Fork ends (37)     £129
7.Glass leading edge   £10
8. Laser details   £5
9. Dash kit... ..............£8
10.Lewis gun kit .........£19
11. Vickers gun kit -... £19.
12. scale engine          £25
13. spruce strip pack £80
14. piano wire £11
U/C tubes £22
TOTAL £
 Scale.     1/3.6               
Span.       112" . 2.85 m          
Cowl .    11 1/2"
Weight 12.6 kg. Engine 50/60 cc
1. Plans on 4 large sheets, plus laser
cut balsa and ply sheets. £170
2. Epoxy cowl                 £60
3. 7.75" Wheels kit           £69
4. Stainless fittings kit       £45
5. Rigging wires               £57.50
6. Fork ends (37)           £129
7.Glass leading edge        £15
8. Laser details.              £5.
9. Dash kit... £7 or deluxe £18
10. Lewis gun kit .........  £19
11. Vickers gun kit -...   £29
12. Scarff ring kit-........  £5
13.U/C tube                   £24
14.Scale engine kit          £30
15. spruce strip pack £110
16. piano wire £14
TOTAL £799
 Scale.  1/3 .[DAWN PATROL]
Span 133".   Length 102".    
Cowl 13.3/4"
Weight. we think under 20 kg.
Engine 100cc

1. Enlarged plans to 1/3 scale,
Laser cut ribs and formers. £195
2. Spun alloy cowl             £85.
3. Wheels kit                     £69
4. Stainless fittings kit         £35
5. Rigging wires                 £57.50
6. Fork ends (37)             £129.
7. Glass leading edge        £20
8. Laser details. £5
9. Dash kit... ..............     £7
10. Lewis gun kit .......   ..£19
11. Vickers gun kit -...      £12
12. U/C tube                    £35
13. Scale engine               £15
14 . Spruce & balsa strip £220
15. nuts & bolts £28
TOTAL £922
                                           

My strutter is painted with our polyurathane spray can paint,
PC10 colour. With lazer glow engine, at seven years old, the paint was still
good except for a small patch at the botton of the cowling. I just dust this over
from the can once a year.


      

My 1/3.6 Strutter at world champs. Romania 2016

Photo by Bob Fletcher
  SOPWITH CAMEL
  The ‘Spitfire of World War One’ -
The pugnacious Camel was the highest scoring allied fighter.
This exact scale model is easy to fly.    
The wings can be removed in four panels in about 5 minutes.
Plans  and parts are available in two sizes.
 1/4  SCALE         National Champion I989
 Wing span - 84 in. (2.13 m)
 Engine - 15cc to 30cc     Weight - l5lbs . (7kg)
 1/3  SCALE
 Euro Champion 1989/93/94.    National Champion 1993/94/95
 Wing span -112 in (2.84m). Engine - 50 to 100cc.
 Weight 30 lb. (14kg)

SOPWITH PUP
 This was an earlier fighter than the Camel
and was a delight to fly.  
Easy to dismantle as with our Camel.
 1/4  SCALE      
French and Spanish National Champion.
 Wing span - 79 ½ in (2.02m)        Engine - 15cc to 30 cc
Weight - 151lbs (7kg)

  1/3  SCALE      3rd at Euro Champs 1993
 Wing Span - 108 in (2.74m)
 Engine - 50 cc to 100 cc
 Weight - 301bs- (14kg)

FULL KITS.    

1/4 scale. SOPWITH CAMEL or PUP.    £675  
1/3 scale. SOPWITH CAMEL or PUP    £895  .
                       
Kits are 100% scale. Many times contest and championship winners.
They feature working scale rigging, and quick assembly for flying with no loose screws to get lost..
The rigging wires are made from stainless steel spring wire, to scale width and thickness.
Very strong, rustfree and does not get kinked in handling. The scale forkends are fitted in
pairs to each end of the rigging wires. Tension is adjusted as on the original, release the
lock nuts and rotate the wire to adjust. When dismantling the model the tension setting is
not touched. Each time you assemble the rigging setting remains constant. The lightweight
scale wheels are mounted on scale split axles with scale bunjee elastic for springing.
Our original models used 30 cc Laser V twin engines. They will fly on a calm day on a
wisp of throttle, but the larger engine size allows for a big propellor to be used at low RPM.
This gives a more realistic sound and extra power is in hand for vertical climbs and for flying
in very strong winds, which is necessary for a contest model. Our kits have been flown in
the scale world championships by pilots from France, South Africa, USA, Spain, Sweden,
Norway, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, and England.
Kits contain:-Plans, Balsa strip & sheet, hardwood Spars, Longerons, Glassfibre leading edges,
hardwood Struts, CNC cut Wing & tail ribs, Ply formers, Ply deckings, Light alloy sheet for panels,
Piano wire, Doweling, Wire U/C with axles, Bunjee elastic, Hinges, Plastic sheet, Scale wheels,
Alloy cowling, Dummy Clerget engine kit, Machine gun kit (2 for Camel), Stainless Steel fittings kit,
Rigging wire, Forkends, Silver solder & flux, Eyelets, Bolts, Screws.

PLANS can be bought seperately.
1/4 scale Camel, Pup, £40
1/3 scale Camel or Pup. £ 45.
Wing rib set for 1/4 Camel, 1/4 Pup,  1/4 Strutter £70.   1/3 £100.   1/2 £250
  try this link to a building Blog
http://www.modelflying.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=92742

  
     

BIPLANE PARTS

Lewis gun kit . Scales -1/3, 1/3.6 ,1/4......£25
lengths 336mm(1/3)280mm(1/3.6) 250mm(1/4)    
   
. Leathercloth for cockpit edging. 2" x 24", £1
Vickers gun kits.   1/4 - £25   (williams bros)

1/3 - £15    

Screen kit for 1/3 or 1/4 Vickers £6



Vickers gun kit with screen   1/3.6    £29      
(mount not included)
My starter. Kavan epicyclic with hex socket.
Engages the prop nut. No slipping, no heavy
push needed. Less power wasted in rubber
slippage - better power to the prop. Two cell
lipo lasts for many starts on Laser 360.

Light foam cockpit edgeing. Use under leather cloth. £1 per metre.
11mm diameter. Slit it with a knife.

Light control cable,
0.6 mm,0.8 mm, 1.0 mm stranded cable. 5 meters. £5
Heavy cable, soft, 49 strand, for all larger models.    1.2 mm or 1.5 mm.     5 metres £6.

Steel Turnbuckles M2 thread.    out of stock
for .5 to 1mm cable

 

windsock Datafiles;

Camel £12 out of stock

Pup £13 out of stock

Photo cd packs.

  


SOPWITH badges, waterslide.
1/3 or 1/4 scale
4 for £2
.


SOPWITH fin logo . Waterslide transfers.
1/5, 1/4 or 1/3
£6.00 pair

For FREEFLIGHT and small models . £6 full sheet.
Sopwith fin logos and round badges. scales fron 1/6 to 1/20

 

New book from Ray Rimell

60 full colour pages with details,
colours and painting.

A great help if you want an
outstanding model

£25 out of stock

 

          M2 FORKENDS.    Please note change to cross screw .

...
£3.50 a set. for each wire. Our models use about 30 pairs                                                                                               
4 mm diam x 14.25 mm long. M2 left & right hand threads.
These are strong enough to hold the wings on our Sopwiths with 100cc engines.
Spare cross screws £2.50 pkt 10.
see U-Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_pJqqH2r-8                                               
Forkend cross screws now with small cross , hexagon or Torx heads.

please state which type you want with your forkends.

Hexagon.( 4mm across flats)

Hex head M2 x 4mm        bag of 10   £2.50

spanner for forkends 4mm/ 3mm (8ba /10ba) £3.50


Torx screw m2 x 4mm


T6 torx screwdriver £3

Flag key for torx screw £2

  Rigging Wire
Hard Stainless rigging wire. Does not get kinked in use, and is very strong.
1/16" x 0.015",  £6
3/32" x 0.020",    £9.50
  1/8" x 0.030      £12
These are scale size and thickness, flat with rounded edges.
Difficult to tell from the scale oval section. - 5 metre rolls
1/4 scale Sopwiths require 3 rolls 3/32" wire and 1 roll 1/16" wire.   
1/3 scale need 5 rolls 1/8" and 1 roll 3/32".


Anchor plate. Useful for rigging etc.
Will take our forkends.£3   pkt 8

M2 x 4 small cross pan head.

£3 per bag of 10
 

Instructions for forkends.
Pour a liitle flux powder on the bench.
Touch the end of a long screw to your tongue
and dip in the powder.
Hold the screw in pliers on to the rigging wire and melt the solder together.
Hold it still until the solder sets. Check alignment and resolder as needed.
slight bent angle can be corrected by just warming the solder until it softens
and you can bend it straight.		  

   
1. Cut flat rigging wire to length minus 20mm.

2. silver solder right threaded stus to wire.

3. fit lock nut & forkend, try in place on model.

4. Cut flat wire if needed, solder left thread stud to wire.

5. fit fork end, aim for half the thread showing so some adjustment
is available.
The solder can be filed smooth and blended in to the wire.
A cheap grinder with a polishing wheel is good for this.		  
 

1/8" Bunjee shock chord for scale springing. £1 metre

Hard Stainless fittings set. 1/4 scale, £30. 1/3, £45. approx 100 pieces.



     

'Colonel Blimp' 1/4 scale. £16.00
In my old Strutter, very dusty   



Brass Cable anchors. M2 or M3. 75p each

Standard Sopwith dash kits


Dashboard. Laser cut plywood . Printed dials. 
Laser cut glass and rims, with fixing screws.
Camel or Pup, 1/4 scale.-  £7. 1/3. scale.  -£8 

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A set of brass plates for your Sopwith.
Scales 1/3, 1/3.6, 1/4. £6

Deluxe Sopwith dash kits


Camel

Pup

1/3 Camel £30.    8 1/4" wide
1/4 Camel £28.     6 1/4" wide
1/3 Pup £30.     7 1/2" wide     
1/4 Pup £28      5 5/8" wide   
 1/4 & 1/3  sopwith triplane similar to pup.
Includes black/white dials, brass/black rims.
switch and brass sopwith plates.

 Tiger Moth dash kits

Tiger moth dash kit.     1/3, 1/3.3, and 1/4 scales. £20
1/3 is 8 1/4" wide. 1/4 is 6 1/4" wide.

WWI wheel kits for Sopwiths         
1/3  Camel and Pup      10".- 253 mm     £69 pair 
   
1/3 Strutter and Bristol   9" - 228 mm   £69 pair
1/3.6 Strutter   7 3/4" - 200 mm   £69 pair
1/4   Camel and pup   7" - 177 mm   £49 pair
1/4.1  Strutter  6.8" - 172 mm  o/s
1/4.3  Strutter   6.6" - 166 mm   o/s
Dubro   5.6" - 152 mm   £60 pair
 

weights per pair;

10" =900g
9"= 850g

7" = 500g

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Inner rims bolt together with aluminium axle tube. Trim covers, paint & fit with screws from inside.

 
Fine silver solder. A must for our forkends and delicate work.
24" x 1/32" £ £3.50    Flux 50p.


    

    Spun Aluminium cowls.
     Pup 9 3/4"diam x 4" deep- £60...... Camel 10 1/8" diam x 3 3/4" deep- £60   

Pup  12 3/4"diam x 5.3"-£75........Camel  13 3/4"diam x 5"  -  £85 .     
Dummy scale engine kits.

1/4 LeRhone. £29
8 1/2" (220mm) diameter, 300 g
  

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1/3 Clerget. £15.
   13" diameter (330mm) simple vacuum formed.

1/4 Clerget £29 
8 1/2" (220mm) diameter, 300 g
rubber fins

1/3 leRhone £45

( includes valve rockers)
Inlet pipes can go to front or rear.
13 inches diameter.( 330 mm)

Plastic & rubber parts, paint in silver then add oily varnish & soot.

see brass plates for cowl with instrument panels on this page.

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Three of our 1/4 Pups and the big Strutter at the 2006 World Scale Championships in Sweden.
Neil Schrader, NewZealand.   Mick.      Victor Estrada, Spain.        Stefan Olsson, Sweden

WILL IT FIT IN YOUR CAR

  Span length length
less tail		 Fin height Fuselage
height		 less wheels Fuse width tail span wing
Long		 wings
wide		    
Pup 1/4 80" 58" 54" 12" 27" 24" 14.5" 30" 37" 14"
Camel 1/4 84" 56" 51" 11.5" 27" 24" 21" 24.5" 39" 14"    
Pup 1/3 108" 68"   13" 25" 22" 9" 36" 45" 21"    
Camel 1/3 108" 78" 71" 17" 35" 32" 21" 21" 48" 21"    
Strutter 1/4.4 112" 75" 75" 15" 36" 32" 28" 33" 45" 15"    
Strutter 1/3.6 112" 85" 79" 16.5" 33" 30" 12" 45" 55" 18"
Bleriot 1/3 115" 102"   19" 34" 31" 22" 48" 54" 27"    
 
 
Bristol M1c    123"  82"     71"      16"          16"          29"            16"            40"       56     23"   
Tiger Moth 117" 96" 86" 22" 34"   23" 39" 56" 17"
 

Video link.
3 Scale Anzani
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF92vukPvMM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RkJymMK33Zk

http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7199&TPN=68&get=last#366854


BLERIOT XI . 1/3 scale. 115 inch span.
The plans, an accurate three view drawing and 47 photographs of the Shuttleworth machine.
CNC cut wing and tail, ribs, tips & Anzani parts,
Cable for controls
Wing warping cable
Flat stainless steel wing rigging strips
Bunjee (2). Eyelets for wheel spoke nipples
CD with hundreds of Photos of the full size. £10
( UK post £12 , europe approx £25)
Plans also available printed at -
1/2 scale , 172" span
1/4 scale, 86" span.
1/5 scale, 69 " span.
1/6 scale, 57 1/2 inch span.
1/10 scale, 34 1/2" span £12. Cut parts.£10. Free flight?

Scale Plan Ribs & Anzani Control cable Warp cable Flat Wires 2 bungee &
spoke nipples		 Steel brackets Front formers   Total  
1/2 £55 £120 (25m 1.2) (25m 2mm) - - £150 -   £325  
1/3 £35 £65 15m x .8mm = £15 17m 1.2mm £15 £16 £3 £48 £30   £227  
1/4 £30 £39 10m .5 = £10 15m 1. £15 £12 £3 £30 £20   £159  
1/5 £25 £29 10m .5 = £10 10m .8 £10 £12 £3 - -   £89  
1/6 £20 £19 5m .5 = £5 5m .5 £5 - - - -   £49  





Scale spoked wheels are available from       www.herbiewheels.de
1/4 scale Bleriot 0.8mm steel brackts. £30
1/3 scale £48

1/2 scale £150


 
     
     



Wooden scale engine.then rebuilt with aluminium case to mount the Laser 360 V.


Battling the gale at 2004 Nats ( a jet model landed just before this -'Too windy!)


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My 1/3 scale Bleriot.
Span 115". length 101". weight 10.5 kg [glow power]

I had the first flight with this model, powered by Hacker B50 17XL brushless motor with 6.7:1 gearbox and 32 x GP3300mah
cells which fitted exactly inside the scale brass fuel tank..
The model had 4 kg of nose ballast with total weight of 14 kg. Thrust on a 24 x16 prop was 15 lbs at 4000 RPM. CG was 35%.
Model flew well with enough power, but batteries ran out after 4 minutes.
For the second flight I removed 11/2 kg ballast and flew with less throttle than before. Duration was then 6 minutes.
I expect I could have improved a bit on this time, but for contest flying at least 12 minutes are needed, so I decided
electric power could not do the job without more battery capacity. [now lipos are getting cheaper, this would be the way to go.]

I fitted a Laser 360. This gave 20 lbs thrust at 5000 rpm on 24 x 12. With the ballast removed the model was only 10 1/2 kg and flies very well.
With 860cc of fuel in the the scale brass tank I think it could stay airbourne for more than 20 minutes.
It will float along on a wisp of throttle, but with nearly 1:1 thrust to weight it will deal with 25 mph winds easily.
The model lands very well and is very stable on its wheels. I did not try it, but I think it might loop!

The wings come off for transport. The tail can be removed, or the rear fuselage with the tail, which takes less length in the vehicle.
We carried the whole fuselage with rudder in a Mondeo estate, the rudder resting on the rear view mirror.

I noticed that photos of the prototype at Old Warden show about 30 degrees of UP elevator being used. My model requires
quite a lot of DOWN elevator for level flight, which suggests to me that the full size machine is flying much slower. I wonder if the engine
is lacking power. The wing warping is said to be no good at all, but my model works well with the warping except when the
airspeed is very low.
I have since seen of photo of the full-size in normal flight- Yes, it had down elevator just like my model!

Assembly of Sopwith Pup for flying. Takes about six minutes.

 

Lower wing panel is plugged in.
The first landing wire is connected
And the second - No loose screws.

Aileron linkage to servo.
Strut plugs in.
Then top wing plugs in.

Front flying wire- tension is automatic.
Second wire through the wing
Aileron link wire.

Ready to fly

Rigging our Biplanes

1. Wings are carried in four flat panels, easy to transport.
2. On assembly the rigging tension is automatically set.
3. All screws are captive on the model.
4. Tail and U/C are also removeable.
1 1/2 Strutter assembly for flying.

All the wing rigging wires are left connected on the top wing,
with an elastic strap to hold them neatly.
Plug in the centre side struts (stored in the cockpit)
Fit the top wing onto the struts, then onto the pins at the root.
Secure the top wing with the sliding wire from the rear.
Plug in the bottom wing to the fuselage.
Connect the2 landing wires.
Plug in the two outer struts to the bottom wing.
Lift the top wing and fit the struts in place.
Screw the 2 flying wires to the fuselage sides.
(The wire tension is automaticly applied.)
Connect the aileron wire.
That is five screws each side. All are captive on the model.

Peter Brown from OZ

1/3 Strutter . Skjoldur Sigurdsson from Iceland.

Jay Maguire . DA100 engine

Clive's Strutter, Maiden flight after 4 year build. 'Flies like a trainer'
Don, 1/3 Bleriot, Alistaire, 1/4 Bleriot.
Alistair's 1/4 scale with saito 125.

Michael Gulyj from Czech.  'excellent plan, beautiful

Frank Browatzki

Bernd Metten from Germany

French albatross with torque master power. Great preformer.

Fernado from Spain

Phil Sharp from new Zealand- 1/3 Camel with working Gnome rotary engine.
There is a fair bit of gyroscopic effect in right turns but not a problem model is 45lbs.

P. Lepine

 


Peter Brown, Australia.
Rune Eurenius from Sweden

From Spain

Jack Meuwissen. Netherlands		  

Dave Hancock, South Africa
Alexei Yablokov, Russia		  

Todd Bixby, Zenoa 62/Torquemaster, 32 x 14. CG 1/4" in front of plan.
Mike Praetor. 1/3 pup, built 1991, "still right on form"		  


Marvin Erbesfeld from Florida. Best static at TopGun 2011.		  

Ralf Muskens. Netherlands. First flight May 2008.
Torquemaster with 30 x 8 prop. 17 kg ,with 1200 gm ballast.
"felt good..Easy to fly"    "made my dream come true"		  

 



Alec Kennedy. 1/3 Camel. King 80 boxer engine. Flies superbly
 

Per Anders Ekdhal

Don Coe's Bleriot. Laser 360, 28 x 7 prop.		  

1/3 Pup flies with scale rotary engine!

  

Charles Morgan with his 1/3 PUP.
"delight to fly" "great kit". fitted with SC five cylinder engine.
Charles Morgans Pup was flown with extra 10 lbs ballast to prepare
for flight with this scale rotary engine. Will this be a first?
We await news. Has now flown very successfully.		  


    
My Strutter at 2004 Nats.  80cc engine.                                                                    
Best flight at 2006 Nats. 		 

Tim Stingle

Oskar Groth from Germany

  

 


Don Coe		  
     

Colin Parkin
Zenoah 62 and Torquemaster.		  
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Uwe Geleschun from Virginia USA. His first model aeroplane
Dave O'Brian. Contest winner.

Mark Crawford from Australia
Alan Dobbins



Lorne Hansen, Canada.
Don Coe's 1/3 Bleriot

Peter Hewson. New Zealand.

Alan Yendle
Alan Yendle
Peter Hewson

Neil Schraders Pup. New Zealand champion 2004.
from Kevin Lecardonnel, France
 
Glen Roberts, South Africa Kim Foster, USA Humphrey leGrice, South Africa  

Marc Levy, France. 6 times French national champion.
The late E.Stromquist, Sweden
We were told that he died flying his Camel, but managed to get the model
down safely.
Jesus Comarero, Spain		  
       

7 Sopwiths in South Africa. 6 are Micks designs.
PUP, Glen Roberts. TRIPLANE, Pete McDermott.
PUP, Jim Reeves. PUP, Marc Levy. PUP, Humphrey LeGrice.
STRUTTER, Jesus Camarero. STRUTTER, Mick Reeves.
Mick and Jim with 1/3 scale models at Euro champs in France.
   

I have this genuine piece of fabric from a Sopwith Camel

Camel news. June 20th 2001. I took down my twelve year old 1/3 Camel and shovelled off the dust.
The model weighed over 14 kg and I wondered if I could cut the weight down to meet the new FAI limit of
12 kg for F4C competition. I made calculations several times, but it always seemed impossible. Finally I started
the attempt. The metal dummy engine weighed 875 gms. I remade this in plastic and got it down to 200 gms.
The steel axles with cross-over drive were put back to the original alloy ones. The broken metal guns were
redone in plastic. Pilots body and dash were removed. The spark ignition system was removed and I fitted
glowplugs and small battery in its place. Lots of odd bits were removed and some wood cut away. .
I cut away some parts of the homemade 80cc V twin engine to save 400 gm. The model is now under 12 kg.
What about the CG? I made a balsa box above the engine, weighing 6 oz. This carries two polythene bags
which hold 3 1/2 lbs of fuel to bring the CG forward. In competition, the fuel is drained out before the
weight is checked. Crafty!
Strutter news. Sep 2002. At the Team Trials 2002, the wind was strong, about 15 MPH.
We needed to fly so that the Britsh team for next year could be selected, so we began the contest.
My 12 year old small Strutter was the last to fly. By then the wind had risen to 25 MPH, too windy for most sports models.
I was thinking 'I must be mad to risk a slow flying scale biplane in these conditions, wish I had the Spit or Hurricane
which were also competing, or better still my jet Lightning.
The model would not stand still on the ground. I had to put on quite a lot of throttle to prevent it rolling backwards, and
the tail came up. The model was at flying attitude and speed on the ground. I waited until the model stopped moving around
for a moment, then opened the throttle further for take-off. Holding the Strutter on the ground at higher than its normal flying
speed gave a good take off. Having plenty of power from the Laser V enabled a good flight including a touch and go and a
long straight landing for the best flight of the day.
In future, when we get a windy flying day, I wont say "wish I had my Jet model" but instead "wish I had my old Strutter!".

2005 My big Strutter now comes into the F4c class at just under the 15 kg limit. It has been decided that the Strutter must be
considered as aerobatic, so I have rearranged my schedule accordingly. I am happier doing aerobatics.

2008. The big strutter met its end. I got out the old 1/3 Camel. Fitted a 100 cc flat twin petrol and the model flew well at 14.7 kg.

2010. Now building a new Strutter, slightly smaller to keep under 15 kg. 3.6/1 scale, 112" span. Looks like it will be 3 kg Under the limit!