Kit 1001 P-47 Thunderbolt

[BillParker]

Paul K. Guillow, Inc. Balsa Wood Airplanes Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Kit Number: 1001 Wing Span: 30 1/4" Scale: 1/16: Plan Blown to 90" Wingspan...

Build Photos:

http://www.parkerinfo.com/ap51.htm



Enjoy!


bp

[kittyfritters]

Mr Parker, you are having way too much fun!

Howard

[BillParker]

Yessir, I am!

Now, mayhaps you can help me.

I have plans: (all Guillows)

Mossy <<==already scanned
P-39 <<==already scanned/printed and ready to go
P-51
FW-190
Zero
Spitfire
FOKKER DR-1

All will be blown to 3 times original size...

Which would you build first?

bp

[Geoffrito]

The spitfire or the mosquito, of course!

[kittyfritters]

Yessir, I am!

Now, mayhaps you can help me.

I have plans: (all Guillows)

Mossy <<==already scanned
P-39 <<==already scanned/printed and ready to go
P-51
FW-190
Zero
Spitfire
FOKKER DR-1

All will be blown to 3 times original size...

Which would you build first?

bp

Difficult set of choices. My personal favorite would be the P-39. If you were serious about getting one to fly I would do the Dr-I because of the wing loading or the Mosquito because of the power loading.

Since you are doing U-Control the proportions of the models are not that important. You can fly a barn door on a teather. If this were to be an R/C model I would choose the Zero, Mustang or Cobra because of their excellant flying proportions. The Spitfire and FW-190 would be a little tricky to trim.

Something this size would make an absolutely terrifying free-flight model, but you are in Texas. You might actually find a place to fly something like that free-flight, out near Levelland.

Have fun!

Howard

[BillParker]

Levelland?

I thought I was the only one on earth that knew where Levelland was!

I went to college in Lubbock...

yeah, we'd just crank up that chain saw motor in the nose, and throw her off the Caprock!

I have the P-51 printed, the Tri-plane printed, and the P-39 printed.

Going to build the Tri-Plane static and give it along with the NIEUPORT II to my neighbor who apparently is a WWI freak...

The 51 and 39 are both going to be studies in lightning holes. I'm going to see if I can get them in under 10 pounds. If so, they'll fly electric. A guy gave me a couple of sheets (4' by 8') of some really old 3/16 wood paneling. It's lighter than the ply I've been using, so I think I can use this stuff and build really light.

Now I just have to decide who's first...

bp

[kittyfritters]

...I went to college in Lubbock...

...yeah, we'd just crank up that chain saw motor in the nose, and throw her off the Caprock!...

Well if you are going to fly it free-flight out there some interesting possabilites occur... Like making it electric, so it doesn't sound like a gas engine, rigging the most powerful lights you can find on it, then launching it at night...Hey! You're not old enough to have been in college in 1951, are you?


Howard

[BillParker]

Not quite, but I know where you're headed...

Hobbs? Hitch hiked to Hobbs just to buy a beer once...

Good times...