CatholicFlyer
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I am going to look for foam board the next time I go to Walmart or the Dollar Store, but the great members on forum have shared with me history of flight and I something I was reading about Gustav Whitehead, if it be true or not, but I like the No. 21 design, but others have said it is way to challenging for a build and build a P-51 or something, I flew those and loved them, but I also love history, but have no idea what it would take to make a scale model of this flying machine or what would you say on how to build this historic Monoplane?
"The No.21 was a wire-braced monoplane with bat-like wings and triangular horizontal tail. There was no vertical fin, and lateral control was intended to be accomplished by shifting the pilot's body sideways.
The wings were constructed with radial bamboo ribs and covered with silk, and had a span of 36 ft (11 m). They had noticeable dihedral, which would have contributed to the aircraft's stability had it ever flown, and could be folded like a fan for transport.
The fuselage was of rectangular box section with constant height, curved to taper inwards at front and rear when seen from above. Four small wheels were fixed to the bottom."
It was a Twin Engine, but not how we think of them, one was just to taxi and just sat there when flying. The Second engine was what it powered the plane in flight.
"The No.21 was a wire-braced monoplane with bat-like wings and triangular horizontal tail. There was no vertical fin, and lateral control was intended to be accomplished by shifting the pilot's body sideways.
The wings were constructed with radial bamboo ribs and covered with silk, and had a span of 36 ft (11 m). They had noticeable dihedral, which would have contributed to the aircraft's stability had it ever flown, and could be folded like a fan for transport.
The fuselage was of rectangular box section with constant height, curved to taper inwards at front and rear when seen from above. Four small wheels were fixed to the bottom."
It was a Twin Engine, but not how we think of them, one was just to taxi and just sat there when flying. The Second engine was what it powered the plane in flight.