Piper Skycycle (oz16205)
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Piper Skycycle. Scale model. Wingspan 30 in.
Note on closer inspection, this is a static model (see also box art pic, thanks to Pit) and is not designed to fly at all. But it's a fine plan that shows traditional stick and tissue construction, so I'm going to argue it could be made into a flying model.
Since here on Oz we have to tag the plan as something, have set this a FF Rubber for now.
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(oz16205)
Piper Skycycle
by Ed Lidgard
from Comet (ref:Q1)
1946
30in span
Scale Rubber F/F LowWing Civil Kit
clean :)
formers incomplete :(
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Submitted: 15/07/2025
Filesize: 2369KB
Format: • PDFbitmap
Credit*: dfritzke
Downloads: 343
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Needs formers and ribs, or a scan of the wood parts.pb_guy - 13/08/2025
Indeed. So it is tagged as 'formers incomplete'. Now it's up online, we'll see what else turns up.
SteveWMD - 13/08/2025
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