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. ...

Extra Wood Pack Designed by Tony Nijuhis Kit build in this months RCM&E magazine. It's a lovely model, eye-catching with plenty of presence & another worthy addition to the Nijhuis stable of scale designs. The model spans 72" & is powered by four BRC Hobbies A2409-12T brushless motors that together generate 800 watts
- plenty sufficient to take the 8lb model aloft
- she'll take off from grass! Four servos are required, two for aileron with one each for elevator & rudder. Tony used four budget Hi Model 25amp ESCs & four 3S 2200m Ah Li-Po batteries.

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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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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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WPRC2074 This is the Extra Wood Pack for the Halifax MK 3. This is the latest Tony Nijhuis design brought to you by RCM&E magazine, which will be featured in the July 2010 issue of RCM&E, onsale on 4th June 2010. DATAFILE Name: Halifax Mk.III Model type: Scale W.W.2 bomber Designed by: Tony Nijhuis Wingspan: 104" (2625mm) Fuselage length: 77.5" (1965mm) Wing area: 9.2sq. ft. (0.9sq. m) All-up weight: 23 lb (10.4kg) Wing loading: 40oz / sq. ft. (12.2kg / sq. m) Functions (servos): Aileron (2), elevator (2), throttle (4), rudder (2), retracts (1), bomb doors (2), tail wheel (1) Rec'd engines: 4 x. 30 two-stroke /. 32 four-stroke ...

WPRC2075 Wittman Tailwind Wood Pack Please note this is ONLY the Woodpack The Wittman Tailwind is probably the most famous aircraft youve never heard of. Steve Wittmans cheap home-build cross-country sportster kick-started the home build boom in the 1950s & its still being built & flown today. Peter Millers 48" span model reproduces the Tailwinds pleasing lines & flies superbly well using a. 20-.25 two-stroke or four-stroke equivalent engine. The huge fuselage means an electric conversion should be easy to engineer too. The new CNC/ Laser-cut parts set speeds up the build process by reproducing the ribs, formers & other parts (apart from strip balsa) required for the model while a wood completion pack that

Includes:: the strip & sheet balsawood is also available. The cowl is made using balsa & ply. An electric conversion build blog can be found at www.modelflying.co.uk & builders can chat with designer Peter Miller in the friendly forum. Data File Name: Wittman Tailwind W-10 Model Type: Scale home-built Designed by: Peter Miller Wingspan: 48" Fuselage length: 39" Wing area: 360 sq in All-up weight: 66oz Wing loading: 26.4oz/sq ft Functions (servos): Aileron (2); elevator (1); throttle (1); rudder (1); flap (2) Recd Engine. 20-.25 two-stroke/. 26-.30 four-stroke

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WPRC2079 Pix-E Major additional Wood Pack by Tim Hooper Please note this is the additional wood only! Tim Hooper reinvents a classic Keil Kraft model that rekindles the spirit of aeromodellings gentler age. The 42" span Pix-E Major is for inexpensive electric power systems & three-channel control (rudder, elevator, throttle) & it flies a treat too! Its easy & relaxing to fly while very forgivving. Go on
- relive a design classic! Datafile Name: Pix-E Major Designed: Tim Hooper Wingspan: 42" Wing area: 232 sq. in. All-up weight: 13.5ozwing loading: 8.5oz / sq. ft. Functions: elevator, rudder, throttle Powersystem: 2408-21 size outrunner, 15-amp ESC, 2S 1300m Ah Li-Po battery, 9x 6 prop.
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