Tiger Moth (oz13007)

About this Plan

Tiger Moth. Rubber sport model. 1920s style construction, uses colour-printed card skins. Wingspan 22 in.

Planfile includes detailed build instructions.

Quote (from ad, see pic 003): "This is the most wonderful Model Aeroplane Construction Set ever produced, and is very simple to make up from the profusely illustrated Book of Instructions. There are no difficult parts to make.

The set is complete with miniature set of tools. Real elastic shock absorbers are fitted to the chassis, and the wheels are fitted with our new miniature Aeroplane tyres. A new form of wing wire bracing makes the model very rigid and practically indesctructible.

A working joystick is fitted in the cockpit to make the take-off foolproof. The engine housing is completely made in aluminium.

Never before has such a realistic and wonderful flying model been offered to the public at such a low price. The model is beautifully coloured silver and red, and has a wingspan of 22 inches, and will rise off the ground under its own power and fly 200 feet. It will loop, bank and turn. In fact it will perform any maneouvre if the controls are set correctly.

Complete Set of Parts, Metal Fittings, Screwdriver, Spanner and all Necessary Parts packed in an attractive box with Instructions and full size Working Drawing. Price 2/6. Postage and packing 6d. (Postage abroud 1/10)."

Direct submission to Outerzone.

Quote: "Here are plans from one of the early model aeroplane innovators, William Edward Appleby. The monoplane Tiger Moth, was rubber powered with a wingspan of just over 22”. Wings and fuselage were printed card stiffened with hardwood strips. the original nose was in pressed aluminium, but could be alternatively reproduced from balsa. All the wire work can be prefabricated using the plans, plus the use of current commercial props and wheels.

Appleby was born in Newcastle in 1902, his father was a Clerk with the Newcastle Corporation. As a boy, Appleby worked at the Gosforth Aircraft Works of Armstrong-Whitworth. Later he rented the hangar at Cramlington Airship Station to carry out the manufacture of model aircraft from 1925. This business didn’t last long and by 1933 the Receiver was called in to fire sale the stock, and subsequently dissolve William E. Appleby Ltd in 1937.

Appleby’s ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT; a purchased collection on flying history containing thousands of mounted newspaper cuttings and extracts from journals, photographs, pamphlets, and trade literature, is available to view at the National Archive. William died in Leigh-on-Sea, 1981."

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