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WPRC2063 The Big Ship Wood Pack
WPRC2063 The Big Ship Wood PackFirst Appeared in: RCM&E Magazine January 2009Model type: Vintage R/CDesigned by: Dick Schumacher / Peter MillerWingspan: 58”Wing area: 609 sq. in.All-up weight: 4 lbs 7ozWing loading: 17 oz / sq. ft.Fuselage length: 46”Power. 15 -. 25cu. in. two-stroke.20 -. 30cu. in. four-strokeFunctions (servos): Rudder (1); elevator (1); throttle (1) The Big ShipAfter a long spell designing and building sports, aerobatic and scale models, I was feeling the need for something more relaxing to fl y, something that I could enjoy cruising around, making low passes and performing the odd touch-and-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
DickTIME 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 and 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 - and drew up a set of plans for a Little Ship of my own. The. 074 engine was replaced with a worn out McCoy. 098 and the model was fi tted two standard servos. Test fl ights proved that she fl ew perfectly, so I swapped the McCoy for an O.S. 10FSR, which gave the
model an impressive turn of speed, and 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, and covered in film or Solartex; the fact that you could fit three standard servos abreast made radio installation easy, too. Those little models flew and flew, indeed they could be flown in the wind, they found thermals, and they could be slalomed around trees and hed
DickTIME 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 and 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 - and drew up a set of plans for a Little Ship of my own. The. 074 engine was replaced with a worn out McCoy. 098 and the model was fi tted two standard servos. Test fl ights proved that she fl ew perfectly, so I swapped the McCoy for an O.S. 10FSR, which gave the
model an impressive turn of speed, and 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, and covered in film or Solartex; the fact that you could fit three standard servos abreast made radio installation easy, too. Those little models flew and flew, indeed they could be flown in the wind, they found thermals, and they could be slalomed around trees and hed
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