Aircaraft Carrier - pre-war flying/landing developments
Vought SBU-2 Scout, Bomber, control line plan.
32" wing span and 26" in length. Magizine article included.
HISTORY: In 1937 the Navy placed an order for forty additional SBUs. These were designated SBU-2 and featured the improved Pratt & Whitney R-1535-98 Wasp engine. The SBUs gradually replaced the SU series in service. However, the airplane never achieved the widespread usage of its predecessors. One reason was that the Navy began the transition to monoplanes in lieu of biplanes, as the SBU was becoming operational. The increased threat of war in Europe hastened the introduction of monoplanes with better performance and improved characteristics. As a result, most of the SBUs served in stateside training roles, and most were phased out of service in the early 1940’s.
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This is just one of over 3 dozen plans loaned to me from Richard and Kathryn D. of Alaska to restore, for which I will be eternally grateful for.
Mitsubishi Type 96 (Claude)
HOBBY HELPERS #162 plans from 1961
Mitsubishi Type 96 (Claude) Carrier Fighter Model
This is one AWESOME control line plane to build. And at 24" wide paper, your printer could increase the size up to 150% real easy. So you could build a bigger control line model if you wished too?
35" wing span, Fox .29 and a real dropping tail hook for carrier landings. How cool.
History: The A5M Type 96 Claude, the immediate predecessor of the Zero, was never used in combat against the Allies, which makes it a lesser-known type, but it was a spectacular aircraft which gave the Japanese complete air superiority in their operations in China. Of course the type was underpowered and underarmed by modern standards when the Zero appeared, but in initial combat trials, pilots in the Type 96 could routinely win dogfights against pilots in Zeros, even when a rookie in the Claude took on a veteran in the Zero. The Polikarpov I-16 was devastated by it in China.
The "Claude" was the mainstay fighter of the IJN during the early fighting in China. Designed by Jiro Horikoshi -- Japan's foremost aircraft designer of the period -- the Type 96, though a fixed-gear, open cockpit design, was an excellent plane for its day, literally flying circles around anything the Chinese or Russians could throw at it.
This is a high resolution TIFF file containing 200 x 200 dots per inch.
The file will print a sheet 24" x 57".
The magazine article is included.
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Ringmaster
Control Line Pilot
James Flying a late 1950's original Ringmaster with a McCoy 35.
40" wing span... 9" wing chord... Veco .29 shown for power. The magazine article dated October 1951, is included.
I have also included the sides and the bottom patterns for your building enjoyment. Simply glue the formers to the bottom sheet at the marked areas and Presto! The fuselage is ready for the siding. I even included a full elevator and a full wing with a rib pattern.
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Me 262
Me 262
The file will print a small plan just 36" x 46"
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Hi Willie. I purchased this plan from you, is was a r/c electric plane, scale is 1:12. I took to the printer and made it larger, i.e. 63 in wing span which is app. 1:9 scale. I changed it so I could fit retracts and I installed 2 x 32sx engines. The plane flys like a dream I have had lots of offers to sell but said no. Thank you, Paul.
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