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Hola, where can I get the plan of the super Talon? Thanks saludos
Manuel Contreras : Talon : 22/05/2022

I also think CB adapted it for flight. Normally, the Weihe should not have a right wing. The right wing is for the cost. It was therefore necessary to strengthen the emplanture of the wings. Perhaps simpler with a seagull wing?
Olivier : CB 12 : 22/05/2022

Too bad Mr. Diel didn't include the true lengths of all the struts, could've saved us some work...
Vic Arcudi : Fokker DVIII : 22/05/2022

If you want to see a superb J2F on the silver screen doing his damnedest to get at the evil U-Boot, you have Murphy's War by Peter Yates 1971. Peter O'Toole also shows.
Miguel : Grumman J2F-6 Duck : 22/05/2022

The plan shows 750mm dihedral at tip with the gull wing layout BUT the writing top right mentions Weihe scale 1/10 straight wing with 5cm dihedral.
Perhaps the scale build is meant to be straight with 5cm dihedral. However if building...
M Hodgson : CB 12 : 22/05/2022

What? Please explain. Neither of these things are (as best I can tell) reasons to add a gullwing.
SteveWMD : CB 12 : 21/05/2022

I fondly remember the Aerobras ads in the old Donald Duck & Co magazines back in the 60s Portuguese editions :-) Isn't that an owl perched on the propeller in photo 006.jpg?
Miguel : Paulistinha : 21/05/2022

Two reasons :
" Unlike the "gullwing" wings of the Reiher from which it was developed, it has an airfoil right for construction cost reasons."
"- Plan CB 12: The Challenge house and Bonnet edited, between the end of the war and...
Olivier : CB 12 : 21/05/2022

Ah, good point. Ok, have tagged this now as ScaleType=DFS_Weihe. It's interesting that all the photos of the fullsize Weihe show a straight wing, but this model has a gull-wing layout. I wonder why?
SteveWMD : CB 12 : 21/05/2022

Hello, Looking at the plan of the cb 12, I realized that it is the exact replica of the Weihe glider. Here is the link to the construction site...larger...of a Weihe glider: Olivier : CB 12 : 21/05/2022

There is no living animal with ribbed ears so I cannot take this as anatomically correct, I'm sad to say.
Miguel : Bunfighter : 21/05/2022

Hello Mary, I am sending you a few pictures of my old Delfin from Robbe [main pic, 005-007]. Someone found it in an attic in really bad shape. I restored it and of course I have the right transmitter for it. Best regards from Germany,
OliverS : Delfin : 21/05/2022

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