Bristol Freighter (oz16272)
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Bristol Freighter. Radio control scale model, for electric power with twin Speed 400 motors. Wingspan 52 in.
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Quote: " Hi Steve, Attached are the plans for my Bristol Freighter - a 52" semi-scale car carrier dating from the 1950s.
Published in QEFI magazine in 2005, the model is mostly balsa (but with top and bottom decks from foam covered in brown paper). This model was originally fitted with brushed S400 motors and NiCad batteries, and flew very successfully.
The original build thread can be found on RC Groups here: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showth…
After a decade or so I re-equipped the Freighter with brushless 'bell' motors [see pic 007] and a 3S li-po which, not surprisingly transformed its performance!"
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(oz16272)
Bristol Freighter
by Tim Hooper
from QEFI
2005
52in span
Scale Electric R/C Multi
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 09/09/2025
Filesize: 362KB
Format: • PDFbitmap
Credit*: TimHooper
Downloads: 525
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