Curtiss-Cox Cactus Kitten (oz16664)
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Curtiss-Cox Cactus Kitten. Peanut scale free flight model triplane for rubber power. Wingspan 13 in.
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Quote: "CURTISS-COX CACTUS KITTEN
13” SPAN PEANUT
DRAWN 30 SEPT 2022
I saw this little gem on HPA (Hip Pocket Aeronautics) and thought it would make a nice little Peanut Scale model. Red fuselage and silver wings, makes a striking appearance.
CONSTRUCTION:
WINGS: Wings are built flat on the building board using 1/32” sq hard balsa for L.E. and 1/32” X 1/16” T.E. with 1/32” sheet ribs with 1/32” sq hard balsa spars over and under the ribs.
Only the bottom wing has dihedral of ¾” each wing tip.
FUSELAGE: The fuselage is built using the box structure. Build the first side flat on building board. When dry lay a piece of plastic wrap over that side and build second side over the first keeping them the same size. When dry separate the sides and add cross members starting at the middle and working back to the tail, while keeping the sides vertical. Once the tail is connected move on to the nose. Once the box is dry begin adding the formers that round out the fuselage. You may want to use a jig to mount the wings to the fuselage. Check out the National Free Flight Society site’s technical library on Biplane setup, incidence, wing jig etc. https://www.freeflight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Biplane-Setup.pdf
EMPENNAGE: Horizontal stab outline is made using 3 laminations of 1/32”x1/16” balsa strips around a pattern copied from the plan. You can make the pattern from balsa or foam board. Once dry build the interior with 1/16” sq and sheet balsa. The vertical stab is from 1/32” sheet.
GEAR AND STRUTS: The wing struts and landing gear struts are made from hard 1/16” balsa sheet cut to size. Sand the wing struts to an airfoil shape. Wheels are laminated circles of 1/32” sheet"
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Doh, my mistake. Just realised this is a duplicate of the Dewoitine at oz13080. Bear with me, will change this around.SteveWMD - 30/03/2026
Ok. Apologies for the confusion. The previous plan here in this slot was a duplicate of the Dewoitine 520 (oz13080). Have now replaced it with this here plan, the Curtiss-Cox Cactus Kitten.
SteveWMD - 30/03/2026
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