Daily Archives: August 14, 2013

Aug 14 2013

Free Flight Rubber Powered Airplane Kits!

Anyone interested?
At an average cost of 24$…..you get everything you need…..except the lacquer for the tissue paper and paint.
Check this site out for some possibilites! Fhttp://www.easybuiltmodels.com/ff.htm

Here is a great scenario: Take your Crawler through an obstacle course win points for technical capability…..pull a trailer to airfield, fillup, wind the plane for take off and win points for distance. You’d better ensure your plane is an “endurance” flyer to win! This may mean picking a plane where the wing is above the canopy vs. below it.

I personally like the 36″ #FF78 Westland Lysander

Kit FF-78 is a 1/16 scale, flying model that uses the Box and Former method of construction.

The Lysander was a British army cooperation & liaison aircraft of WWII. It achieved fame through its ability to operate from short stretches of unprepared airstrip and its clandestine missions to plant or retrieve agents behind enemy lines.

This free flight rubber powered kit contains a full-size rolled plan, building and flying instructions, hand-picked competition weight printed balsa and balsa strip wood, rubber motor, 12″ E-B propeller, EBM thrust button, clear plastic for the windshield, wheels, wire, Easy Built Lite tissue in brown, desert tan and evergreen, and TissueCal™ markings – markings printed on tissue. You will need a building board, hobby knife, fine sandpaper, and glue.

FF-78 Westland Lysander
Wingspan: 36″
Class: Scale flyer
Building Skill / Flying Skill: Experienced / Easy

Aug 14 2013

Coming from Avant Slot– DELTAWING Slotcar!

“These photos of a 1/32 scale Delta Wing slot car under development by Avant Slot have leaked out onto the Internet. No information on price, release date, or technical specifications has yet surfaced, but this prototype looks like a very credible effort. It will be intriguing to see how it performs as a slot car. If it doesn’t perform, the body and chassis can be used as a starting point for building a model of an exotic sci-fi spacecraft. The bottom view reveals how much the shape of the car resembles that of the Space Shuttle. We’ll pass on more information as it becomes available.”

Preliminary indications are that Avant Slot intend to release their model in Red (presentation) Black (2012 LeMans and ALMS) and Silver (2013 ALMS) decorations. Although the prototype is shown without a driver figure, I am assured that a proper driver will be fitted to production examples.
Avant Slot Delta Wing 08.jpg
The 1:1 Delta Wing was a joint development of All American Racers and Highcroft Racing in partnership with Nissan and Michelin. It competed in the 2012 24 Hours of LeMans as part of the “Garage 56” experimental racing car program and in ALMS in the P2 Category.

Coming from Avant Slot – Electric Dreams Forum – Slotblog.