Dragon Lady 60 (oz15987)

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Dragon Lady. Radio control sport aerobatic model. Wingspan 66 in, wing area , for 60 engine.

Note the Dragon Lady 60 design from Model Tech was an ARC/ARF model and as such, never included a plan. This here is a later CAD-redrawn plan, that has been reverse-engineered from the completed model.

See RCGroups thread by Treeline at: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?4722247... for more details.

Quote: "Dragon Lady Forever project: I've always liked the Dragon Lady 60 and have some historical sentimental attachments to it. The Dragon Lady, as far as I know, has only been available as an ARC or ARF, so unless you can come across one of these long out of production kits, you're pretty much out of luck. I hate to see the Dragon Lady fade into obscurity. It's a great flying airplane and of a perfect size (66 in wingspan) for sport flyers.

So what I did was to use the un-built Dragon Lady's I have to recreate one in a 'part for part' CAD drawing. I used precision calipers to measure everything I could (.001" accuracy), double checked, and rechecked dimensions as I went. I even cut some random parts with CNC to compare them up against the original areas and they fit perfectly.

Note that I did not do that for every single part and I have not built a complete aircraft from my drawings, although, I am confident that when you do build one from my drawing, it will be an accurate reproduction of the original..."

Update 26/4/2025: Added instructions (for the ARF version) complete, 44 pages with pics.

Update 27/2/2026: Added kit review from RCM&E September 1999, thanks to RFJ.

Quote: "Kit Review: Dragon Lady. Fearsome monster or gentle giant? Gordon Boozer squares up to the venerable old Model Tech design.

So, what have I let myself in for this time? Hand delivered by the editor and in a box that was nearly as long as he is tall (!) the Dragon Lady is supplied 'ready built', but with a difference - a small amount of construction is required, items like ailerons, rudder and undercarriage must be fitted, and thereafter, it needs covering.

Five clear plastic bags are packed in the box, the largest contained the pre-built fuselage, another was protecting the foam wings - on top of them were the tail feathers - and a further two were employed for the nuts, bolts, screws etc. and a pre-cut windscreen. In the last bag was a large glass fibre cowl of what appeared to be good quality. Elsewhere, there was a pre-formed undercarriage, ABS spats and plywood engine mount spacers in three alternative thickness to suit whichever engine you decide to use. Finally, buried under all the hardware, were two instruction manuals.

Of course, it's all very well me telling you that the whole thing is pre-built, but how's it constructed? Well, the fuselage has 1/8 sheet balsa sides, bottom and top front decking, with 1/8 liteply full-depth doublers from the firewall to the rear of the open cockpit where they then reduce in thickness to an inch and follow through to the tail. The rear decking is fabricated in foam and topped with 1/4 x 1/8 balsa stringers.

A very tidy set of foam core wings are covered with 1/16 balsa sheet. Tips are from 1/8 balsa. As for the tail feathers, both fin and rudder are from 1/4 whilst the tailplane and elevator halves are from 3/8 sheet. The latter are joined in the centre with hardwood, similarly strengthened with hardwood inboard tips. Interesting to note is that the tailplane is supplied with the rear fuselage top fairing already glued in place, and all tail components are sanded to a very fine finish.

Moulded components comprise the cowl, which comes complete with pre-cut apertures for air intake d prop shaft, and the heel pants, which though made in white S plastic are thicker than the usual run of the mill jobs we seem to find in ours and some American kits..."

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