Radio Queen (oz15909)
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Radio Queen. Radio control sport model. Wingspan 84 in.
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Note this seems to be an earlier plan of the Radio Queen, and shows many detail differences (most obviously rounded tail parts, not squared-off) when compared to the later Radio Queen (oz5471) plan.
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(oz15909)
Radio Queen
by Harold Taplin
1949
84in span
IC R/C Cabin
clean :)
formers unchecked
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Submitted: 28/02/2025
Filesize: 708KB
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Credit*: TomRyan
Downloads: 372
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There is a replica of the blue Radio Queen held by Col. Taplin at the National Model Aeroplane Museum. This plan has outlines much closer than seen in oz5471.https://amamuseumtour.modelaircraft.org/
Fred Mertz - 18/03/2025
note that the model in the photo is the electric version that flight was unsuccesfull. I think the very first RQ had a taller rudder too.
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1031143-Early-Radioqueen-Electric-power
more on Radio Queen on: https://forums.modelflying.co.uk/index.php?/topic/23499-radio-queen/#comments
Pit - 19/03/2025
Agreed, the main model pic we have at the moment is not ideal, it shows a model much-modified for electric power. Can someone send us in a pic that would fit better here? With the rounded tail shape on the fin and stab? Thanks.
SteveWMD - 19/03/2025
Here’s a sketch of the RQ with the rounded empennage. Ironically, the accompanying plan shows the square tail.
http://claudel.dopp.free.fr/Les_planeurs/BIP/user/une_fiche.php?planeurID=3253
The Colonel seems to have incorporated a flat center section into the wing of the ERQ
TomRyan - 19/03/2025
Um, no that's just a blurry photo from an ad in 1954 Aeromodeller, that has in turn been grabbed from our own page at oz5471. So we already have that.
SteveWMD - 19/03/2025
But that advert does raise a useful point - there were at least two different versions of the rounded tail. We could maybe call them 'rounded' and 'rounded-and-extended'.
SteveWMD - 19/03/2025
photo 010.jpg of (oz5471) is the closest model for this plan (except twin engine).
Pit - 19/03/2025
According to 2021 march Aeromodeller, reporting the death of modeller Peter Cock, it say that the Radio Queen plan is credited to Peter who revisited the plan throughout his life, adding ailerons, four stroke engine and electric motor. It was the first succesfull rc kit.
Pit - 19/03/2025
There is a Pathe Pictorial clip of the Colonel with the electric version of the Radio Queen, on YouTube, showing the bank of silver iodide batteries, however the flying shots are not very helpful. I remember the batteries, I think they were 2V and connected as shown would possibly have struggled to provide sufficient power.
G York - 19/03/2025
Here is a video of the Radio Queen as a slope soarer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k1x8IBMi28
Bill H - 26/03/2025
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