I would like to talk about the aircraft model of a retro airplane, created by the author after a feature film, shot in England in 1965. This film was called "Air Adventures."
Before the construction of this aircraft model, the author looked at many documents about airplanes of a hundred years ago and made his drawings.
Hoping to see my retro model in the sky, the author began the creation of this model.
TTX model.
Span - 1800 mm.
The length of the fuselage is 1300 mm.
The regulator is 50 A.
Battery - 2200 3S
Engine - D4023 - 850 kv
Screw - 10 x 6.
Screw - 11 x 7.
Applicable materials.
Ceiling tile (ceiling) - 5 mm.
Wooden slats - 5 X 10 mm.
Bamboo skewers -3 mm.
Glue - epoxy.
Metal knitting needles -
Glass fiber laminate - 2 mm.
Plywood - 3 mm. and 4 mm.
Heater "Penopleks - 20 mm.
Wooden rulers.
Colored adhesive tape.
All the main dimensions of the model details are shown in the photographs.
The entire fuselage is a reinforcement glued from wooden slats. The length of the fuselage is 1150 mm.
Reiki are connected by honey with bamboo skewers - 3 mm. The frame, in which the ends of the slats are glued, is made of plywood - 3 mm. 110 x 110 mm in size.
The whole model is glued with epoxy.
Four pieces of insulation are installed in the nose of the fuselage. This will be the hood of the model, inside which will be the battery and regulator.
In the nose of the fuselage 4 mm plywood is glued. size 80 x 80 mm. A motor will be mounted on it.
To mount a removable stabilizer, two pieces of wooden rulers are mounted.
Mounted platform for installing the rear wheel.
Racks are made of fiberglass. The nuts for mounting the stabilizer are secured with an epoxy.
From the wooden rulers, a design for installing the wings is made - the "Table" and glued to the fuselage.
The table repeats the V corner of the wing. Wing extensions are made of nylon cord. Stretch marks give the model a special retro look.
A piece of 8 mm plywood is glued on the table. to install the wing retainer. The wings are screwed to the "table" with M3 x 40 screws. and pressed with fiberglass washers.
The tail parts are made of two layers of the ceiling and are mounted in one structure, which is screwed into place with M3 screws.
The keel has an image of a double-headed eagle - a symbol of the Russian Empire.
The servo is installed on an additionally glued plate from the ceiling.
The height of the side member glued into the wing and made of a wooden lath increases to 20 mm with a strip from the ceiling.
The wing itself is made collapsible.
A heater is glued along the leading edge of the wing.
At the trailing edge of the wing, a ceiling strip is glued. Root ribs of the wing are made of 3 mm plywood. They make holes for the latch mounted in the "table".
The design of the chassis is clear from the photograph. The racks are made of knitting needles mounted on plywood glued to the fuselage.
The fuselage in the front is sheathed and covered with colored tape, repeating the colors of the tricolor.
There will be a pilot.
In plastic plugs on the wings, mounts for stretch marks are installed.
Photo for comparison of two aircraft models - biplane "Strangers" and "Empire".
A flock of kites amiably met the aircraft model on the first flight.