Ryan PT-20 (oz1703)

 

Ryan PT-20 (oz1703) by K Edgerton 1944 - plan thumbnail

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Ryan PT-20. Scale rubber model. September 1944 Aeromodeller.

Update 30/12/2012: Thanks to BryanLea for mailing in some fine photos of his completed model and a cautionary note to check carefully the incorrectly drawn wing spar before commencing a build from this plan.

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Ryan PT-20 (oz1703) by K Edgerton 1944 - model pic

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Attached are some photos of my Ryan PT 20 built (circa 2005) from the Aeromodeller plan of 1944 by Edgerton [003, 004]. There is unfortunately a problem with the plan in that the spar is drawn wrongly. The following is from an article that I wrote at the time: "The wing is monospar construction with 1/16in reed outline for the wing tips. I substituted 1/16in aluminium tubing for the reed, this modification applied to the tail plane as well. I made up the spar to the full span in one piece with dihedral keepers which I made from thin ply instead of 1/16in balsa as drawn in the magazine. It was only when I had a complete wing and offered it up to the fuselage that I realised that something was wrong. The flat section of the wing, which sits underneath the fuselage, was too long compared with the width of the fuselage. Oh bother! Nothing for it but to start again. I suppose with hindsight I could have probably just sawn it in half losing the offending bit and glued it together with a bit of ply reinforcement."
BryanLea - 30/12/2012
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