Scratch-built by Phil Clark, this 1/3.5-scale indication of a British relationship aircraft is powered by a Zenoah 62cc gas engine. The 124-inch-span craft weighs 36 pounds and sports Royal Air Force colors. The strange craft was given with retractable auxiliary wing flaps and triple fins and rudders to say controllability down to an unusually low […]
Longtime MAN writer Carl Layden wanted a craft that would mount out on a flightline, though he didn’t have a time to custom-build a indication from scratch. His resolution was to dress adult an ARF and make it a singular flyer. Here’s his story. If we have been around a hobby for a prolonged time, […]
In foe aerobatics, we’re endangered usually about a execution of a maneuver, period. For example, loops contingency be ideally turn and centered, and pointing is a pivotal to achieving a top score. In scale foe however, we have to govern that loop usually like a full-size aircraft would have achieved it. For limit moody points, […]
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Powered by a Desert Aircraft 150cc gas engine, this 13-foot-span biplane is a 66%-scale chronicle of a homebuilt Icelandic aerobat that’s formed on a Jungmeister, though smaller. The Idelandic word “kot” means “coat” and it’s called an Aerokot since engineer Hunn Sneadel pronounced that a craft fits him like a coat. Designed, built and flown by […]
