Scout (oz15994)

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Scout. Free flight towliner glider model. Wingspan 1000mm.

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Quote: "Hi, I'd like to send you the pdf of Scout, by Aeropiccola circa 1955, but never listed in that house plans. My first model.

I was always fascinated by aircraft, my father was in the Airforce, so it was easy to have magazines since very young. Aeromodelling was natural then and I followed a course in Vicenza St Catherine parochy, 1955 when boys had other interests than playing football.

The model was the little scout, very different from the wartime trainers and modern in looks. So waxpaper, pins, balsa, Gillette, cement and yellow modelspan, tightened by nitro diluted cement. Fuselage red nitro. Launch was of course running into the wind, glide was a joy, when adjusted.

A note on date: Scout is present on Aeropiccola catalog of 1955 at 150 lire, but my plan price is 100 lire. That might date it around 1953.

I was surprised not to find it online, so now I happy to have filled this gap in Aeropiccola plans. All the best and please let me know if some nostalgic builds it. Since running now is out of question, maybe a little 30 Watt electric can help.

Attached photo [main pic]. This is Scout with his proud builder Brunetto 1955, Vicenza Italy."

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