7/26/2023 0 Comments Model warbirdsType: Scale WW II rocket-powered interceptor Extremely docile, yet highly maneuverable.For scale effect, I also added a remotely triggered Estes model rocket engine () in the tail. 46 engines and is only slightly larger but with the much more power. 61 4-stroke and would make an easy electric conversion. The kit includes a formed metal landing gear strut that is permanently installed and a steerable tail-wheel. The full-size Komet had a dolly-mounted landing gear setup that would drop from the plane after it reached climb speed. A painted fiberglass cowl, cockpit hatch, canopy, rudder, spinner and wing tube and a complete hardware package are also included. Each wing panel and elevon is covered in an olive drab heat-shrink film and matches the fuselage very well. The painted stubby fiberglass fuselage is quite strong and has no internal formers. This is perhaps the quickest-building scale warbird model and has surprisingly few parts. The BP Hobbies Me163B-1a ARF is a faithful replica with many nice scale features. BP HOBBIES ME 163B-1A KOMET (October 2011 MAN) Price: $3,695 (ARF kit with wing-fold option) $2,595(standard kit w/wing-fold option)ģ. Radio req’d: 7 channels (rudder, throttle, ailerons, elevator, flaps, retracts) wing fold function optional The build time for the Corsair is around 100 hours for the basic build, but it can take several hours more to do an absolute “Top Gun” quality job with added details including scale doors on the top surface of the wing to hide the wing mechanism structure. The airplane can be built and flown by the intermediate builder/pilot who has worked with composite kits before and has some experience with giant-scale aircraft setup techniques. It can be purchased in three versions: the standard kit featuring a plug-in wing, the folding wing kit, and the deluxe ARF folding wing kit with the wing mechanism installed, flying surfaces hinged and gear doors hinged and installed, which is the subject of this review. The CARF-Models F4U Corsair is a true museum-quality warbird. CARF-MODELS F4U CORSAIR (December 2011 MAN) Price: $141 (Ziroli plans, canopy and cowling) $256 (Ziroli short cut wood kit) $385 (precision cut kit)Ģ. Radio req’d: 6-channel (rudder, throttle, ailerons, elevator, flaps, retracts) The first flight went very well.ĭistributor: Nick Ziroli Plans () Balance point was ok, the engine started up and idled great and put out a lot of power at full throttle. I brought my new South Pacific fighter to the Long Island Skyhawks’ flying field on Long Island and we checked everything out. I chose the Mitsubishi A6M5c Type 52 Hei from the 721st Naval Air Group JINRAI Fighter Squadron, in February 1945 colors.Īfter 18 months of on and off building, the new Zero was ready to fly. In Japan, the plane was unofficially called the and became known as the Zero Fighter. The Zero or Rei is the designation taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940). Zero comes from the Japanese Navy designation, Type-0 Carrier Fighter, or Rei shiki Kanjo Sentoki in Japanese. It was not the Allied code name for the plane which was “Zeke,” nor was it because of the red circles on the wings and fuselage. I found the origin of the name Zero quite interesting. With some 11,000 Mitsubishi Zeros built between 19, there were many variants flying in the South Pacific. Ziroli Plans/Precision Cut Kits Zero (December 2011 MAN) Check with the manufacturers for current pricing and availability.)ġ. (Editor’s Note: the prices and specs here are listed as when the products were test flown and published. Any one of these great warbirds will make you feel like an Ace! From Giant Scale to Park Flyer all have been excellent products and all really get the goosebumps going when they make a low level screaming fast flyby! One of these amazing heavy metal warbirds was also awarded the “Plane of the Year” by the MAN editors. What a great way to end the year than with an exclusive MAN & Electric Flight Magazine Online Warbirds Roundup! During 2011 we have reviewed some of the nicest WW2 fighter aircraft in both Kit form and ARF.
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