Aeronca C-3 Collegian 889 mm

Great-grandfather of today's ultralight aircraft produced from 1931 to 1937 Aeronca American company. One trainer and touring aircraft had a very simple structure of steel tubes coated canvas with steel wire reinforcement, drive ensured by twin 36 horses. Thanks to the excellent flight characteristics and advantages resulting from an unusual hull design - the Aeronca is virtually impossible to make a hard landing because the pilot directly seen on Wheels, and could accurately estimate the moment of touchdown, beside the pilot was a place for the traveler, so the student to "read lips" proper piloting - capable owners to fly solo after only 5 hours of training. Aeronca were widely imitated by amateur builders and airlines companies all over the world - it has not spared Czechoslovakia, Be-60 "Bestiola" from Beneš-Frost is a clear example.

Kit U.S. firms DUMAS Aircraft is the ideal machine for hobbyists who already has at least basic experience in building small models powered by rubber or piloting gliders and RC model controlled rudder and elevator. You will improve in the works "žbrdličkové" fuselage and wings, paper coating and painting - it goes through highly preprocessed laser engraved works like clockwork.

Kit RC semiscales American high-wing trainer and tourist intended to drive the electric motor. The model is simple but classic balsa construction in Rozsyp with laser carved wooden parts, scale accessories from vacuum-molded plastic, plastic parts drawn by injection molding and metal. The hull is constructed normal minimaketářskou technology from balsa wood beams, bulkheads and partitions forming a lattice frame. Any local curves get stuck after a large number of thin stringers. Due to the unusual shapes of the hull for the correct assembly of the product necessary simple construction - drawing at a scale of 1:1 for the fabrication can be found in the construction plan. The wing is a classic design of beams and ribs, tail strips of balsa wood and laser-carved pieces. Minor "tweaks" is making the peripheral parts of the tail and wings arches end of balsa wood strips laminated wet. You get so easily surprisingly strong and very light parts - without the use of carbon! Drawings necessary templates again refer. The entire model can be coated paper supplied in the kit or a suitable lightweight iron-on transfer with little shrinkage, such as Airspan or Litespan.

Aeronca is designed to drive small DC motor with gearbox - as the drive unit GWS, which is covered by the plan. Nowadays most likely choose a small AC motor - for relaxed flying with "half motor glider" just motor AXI 2208 class and Li-poly two cells 800 mAh. In this case, you have to be redesigned motor mount (insert a new motor mount from 2 mm birch plywood), but it should not pose a serious problem.

Kit includes: Laser cut balsa parts, balsa wood beams, vacuum-molded parts (engine cover, canopy ...), clear plastic sheet on the "glazing" cab, steel strings on chassis and other small parts, lightweight foam wheels, colored lining paper , sheet of stickers, building plan.

Size [mm] 1016
Length [mm] 559
Wing Area [dm2] 12.6
Controlled functions S, V, M
Building intensity of S2
Difficulty piloting P2

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