DazDaMan
Elite member
So, I quite often fly mini and micro-sized warbirds - I'm often found flying my little UMX Airnox Spitfire in the field behind my house.
Although I like the Eachine warbirds - and I did have most of the range in the collection until I sold them - I really dislike paying £100+ for them!!
The solution? Build my own. That way, if I break one, it's not going to bankrupt me too much.
That's where this one comes in. It's not quite a micro, being about 23ins wingspan, so that puts it firmly in the "mini" corner of the field.
Construction is completely from 5mm A3 foam sheet, with a plywood firewall. As it currently sits, the model weighs in at around 60g empty. The wing has been built using a KFM2 profile for speed and ease of construction, but I am considering building further prototypes with undercambered or flat-bottomed wings.
This one was originally meant to fly, but I thought I would just complete it as a non-flying prototype to see how it might look (and also so I can hang it from my office ceiling!) I'm also looking at improving the appearance of it by making a curved decking for the upper fuselage so as to make an earlier-model Spitfire.
If it works, I have ideas for other mini warbirds, such as the Me109, Mustang, Hurricane, P-40 and Zero....!
Although I like the Eachine warbirds - and I did have most of the range in the collection until I sold them - I really dislike paying £100+ for them!!
The solution? Build my own. That way, if I break one, it's not going to bankrupt me too much.
That's where this one comes in. It's not quite a micro, being about 23ins wingspan, so that puts it firmly in the "mini" corner of the field.
Construction is completely from 5mm A3 foam sheet, with a plywood firewall. As it currently sits, the model weighs in at around 60g empty. The wing has been built using a KFM2 profile for speed and ease of construction, but I am considering building further prototypes with undercambered or flat-bottomed wings.
This one was originally meant to fly, but I thought I would just complete it as a non-flying prototype to see how it might look (and also so I can hang it from my office ceiling!) I'm also looking at improving the appearance of it by making a curved decking for the upper fuselage so as to make an earlier-model Spitfire.
If it works, I have ideas for other mini warbirds, such as the Me109, Mustang, Hurricane, P-40 and Zero....!
