Attractive gull winger, R/C conversion suggested -63in span A very attractive gull-winged 63in. (1600mm) flying boat, streamlined engine pod & swept back tailplane, give this model a very sleek look. Radio conversion suggestions on the plan. For 2.5cc engines ...

The design features a fully built up construction using balsa & plywood. The wings are a built-up structure of ribs over a main spar & balsa sheeted. The tailplane is built up in a similar fashion to the wings. The model is design for brushless outrunner motors & 5S Lipo but possibly could be converted to 50-60 size IC power. The model is designed for retractable undercarriage. Wood Pack to complete model (stock sheet & strip) Designer: Tony Nijhuis Specification Wingspan – 1575mm /62” Length – 1257mm 49.5”IC Engine – 0.61 IC 4 Stroke Electric Motor – 5055-580 outrunner Radio – 6 Function AUW – 3855g / 8.5lbs For further details & the full article as published in the October 2008 RCM&E special click here. ...

COSMIC WIND WOOD PACKThe Tony Nijhuis Cosmic Wind is featured in the August 2009 issue of RCM&E magazine. This wood pack complements the CNC/laser-cut parts in providing all the material required to complete the model. Name: Cosmic Wind Model type: Semi-scale racers Designed by: Tony Nijhuis Wingspan: 38.5” (978mm) Fuselage length: 34” (864mm) Wing area: 2.1 sq. ft. All-up weight: 40oz (1.1kg) Wing loading: 19oz / sq. ft. (5.8kg / sq. m) Functions (servos): Rudder (1); elevator (1); throttle (1); aileron (1) ...

Wood Pack Featured In: RCM&E September 2009 Issue Name: Midget Mustang Model type: Semi-scale racers Designed by: Tony Nijhuis Wingspan: 38.5” (978mm) Fuselage length: 34” (864mm) Wing area: 2.1 sq. ft. All-up weight: 40oz (1.1kg) Wing loading: 19oz / sq. ft. (5.8kg / sq. m) Functions (servos): Rudder (1); elevator (1); throttle (1); aileron (1) Rec’d motor. 25cu. in. two-stroke Dynamic duo Regular readers will no doubt be familiar with the dogfight double plans that have appeared as the centrefold of RCM&E over the last five or six years. The last of these (Mi G 25 Foxbat & English Electric Lightning) appeared in the May ‘08 issue, & ed. Graham thought it was about time I penned another battling pair. The question was: what would the subjects be? I couldn’t come up with anything so Graham & I sat down over a cuppa to come up with suitable candidates. Lots of tea, lots of head scratching, but no ideas came to the fore
- likely pairings covering the major conflicts (W.W.I to the jet era) had all been done. At this rate the Mi G & Lightning looked like being the last of my paired plans
- the end of an era loomed large! The answer was brilliantly simple
- forget warbirds & do something else! Er... but what? With a twinkle in his eye it was clear that Graham had a cunning plan; a plan that featured his favourite aeroplane. “ How about a racing duo?” says he, “ One of them could be a Midget Mustang? Oh, & no pressure old chap, but can you have ‘em done for the next issue?” Bearing in mind that I was already embroiled in the design of the Lysander that will be appearing in the RCM&E Special later this year, I was faced with quite a challenge. There was a twist in the tail, too. My ed. enforced remit for the designs would include getting away from electric power & using
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To accompany plans in Autumn Special 2009 RCM&EDesigner: Tony Nijhuis Specification Wingspan 1676mm / 66 Length 1257mm / 49.5 IC Engine 0.48/0.52 IC 4 Stroke Electric Motor 4-Max Recommended Radio 5 Function AUW 2720g / 6lbs Scale 1/9th For kit build Pictures of this product brought to you by RCM&E Magazine please click on the logo link below. ...

WPRC2063 The Big Ship Wood Pack First Appeared in: RCM&E Magazine January 2009 Model type: Vintage R/CDesigned by: Dick Schumacher / Peter Miller Wingspan: 58” Wing area: 609 sq. in. All-up weight: 4 lbs 7oz Wing loading: 17 oz / sq. ft. Fuselage length: 46” Power. 15
-. 25cu. in. two-stroke.20
-. 30cu. in. four-stroke Functions (servos): Rudder (1); elevator (1); throttle (1) The Big Ship After a long spell designing & building sports, aerobatic & scale models, I was feeling the need for something more relaxing to fl y, something that I could enjoy cruising around, making low passes & performing the odd touch-&-go. Looking at the SC. 30 four-stroke around which I planned to build this new model, I realised that what I really wanted was something just like a larger version of Dick TIME HONOUREDThe Little Ship is one of the many designs from the drawing board of legendary aeromodeller, Dick Schumacher. With a wingspan of just 44”, it was designed for a. 074 engine & Otarion radio, which operated a ‘ruddervator’
- a rotating, angled vane behind the tail that could be stopped in any of four positions to give either right rudder, down elevator, left rudder, or up elevator. Back in the 1980s, I revisited Dick’s design
- which was published in the January 1951 issue of Model Airplane News
- & drew up a set of plans for a Little Ship of my own. The. 074 engine was replaced with a worn out Mc Coy. 098 & the model was fi tted two standard servos. Test fl ights proved that she fl ew perfectly, so I swapped the Mc Coy for an O.S. 10FSR, which gave the model an impressive turn of speed, & also allowed me to fl y rudder / elevator rolls. That Little Ship really started something: everyone at my club built one. They were powered by an assortment of engines in the 1.5cc range, & covered in film or Solartex; the fact that you could fit three standard servos abreast made radio installation easy, too. Those little models flew & flew, indeed they could be flown in the wind, they found thermals, & they could be slalomed around trees & hed




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