leaded50
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as most probarly know now, im a fan of "weird planes".... prototypes, design proposals of airplanes, or airplanes in very low productuion numbers. Whatever era they belongs into. Unique planes, that you not see everywhere! As RC models many probarly never seen, or heard about.
My last build now is a American racer airplane from the 20´s , developed as a single concept plane for the Gordon Bennett Air Race.
It was perhaps one of the most advanced concepts developed during the entire period. The pilot was entirely enclosed in the fuselage, which was of wooden semimonocoque construction. The cantilever wing was constructed entirely of wood an employed leading- and trailing-edge flaps. These flaps in effect provided variable camber so that the airfoil section could be adjusted to its optimum shape for both high-speed and low-speed flight, a variable-camber wing!
This extremely advanced feature did not appear on production aircraft until the development of the jet transport in the 1950's.
Front section of the wing acted as flaps, rear acted also as ailerons. They were interconnected together, and cooperated with retracting landing gear. As the gear was extended, the flaps deflected down. - with the trailing edge being a plain flap, and the leading edge functioning similarly. All system was operated by a crank in the center of the instrument panel and took 12-20 seconds.
The landing gear on the racer retracted into the fuselage in very much the same way as that used in later Grumman fighters of the thirties and forties, and seaplanes.
. The Dayton Wright RB-1 racer
Its has quite a sleek shape of that time, and was called the "mackerel" by some who felt it looked a little as a sleek streamlined fish shape.
My idea is make it at approx 900mm wingspan, with fully functional vaiable camber wing, and undecarriage retract.
Many parts in the retract system seems needed be made in 3D print, and also since this model get a "ok" size, im making a pilot and some closed cocpit for him.
Place inside is no problem... even buildt as 860mm long, it will anyway scale have a fuselage 200mm high........
My last build now is a American racer airplane from the 20´s , developed as a single concept plane for the Gordon Bennett Air Race.
It was perhaps one of the most advanced concepts developed during the entire period. The pilot was entirely enclosed in the fuselage, which was of wooden semimonocoque construction. The cantilever wing was constructed entirely of wood an employed leading- and trailing-edge flaps. These flaps in effect provided variable camber so that the airfoil section could be adjusted to its optimum shape for both high-speed and low-speed flight, a variable-camber wing!
This extremely advanced feature did not appear on production aircraft until the development of the jet transport in the 1950's.
Front section of the wing acted as flaps, rear acted also as ailerons. They were interconnected together, and cooperated with retracting landing gear. As the gear was extended, the flaps deflected down. - with the trailing edge being a plain flap, and the leading edge functioning similarly. All system was operated by a crank in the center of the instrument panel and took 12-20 seconds.
The landing gear on the racer retracted into the fuselage in very much the same way as that used in later Grumman fighters of the thirties and forties, and seaplanes.
. The Dayton Wright RB-1 racer
Its has quite a sleek shape of that time, and was called the "mackerel" by some who felt it looked a little as a sleek streamlined fish shape.
My idea is make it at approx 900mm wingspan, with fully functional vaiable camber wing, and undecarriage retract.
Many parts in the retract system seems needed be made in 3D print, and also since this model get a "ok" size, im making a pilot and some closed cocpit for him.
Place inside is no problem... even buildt as 860mm long, it will anyway scale have a fuselage 200mm high........
