Percival Mew Gull (oz3373)
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Percival Mew Gull. Scale model racer for control line. McCoy 29 power shown.
Quote: "For a team or proto racer, it's hard to beat this famous plane of yesteryear. Full-size plans make it easy to build. Percival Mew Gull Racer, by S Calhoun Smith.
The rapid growth of interest in team racing and its many Variations, such as proto, prompted the construction of our Mew Gull. The West Coast's FAST boys have set the pace with their rules of minimum wing area, engine size, etc but much is yet to be done on behalf of the pure scale fans.
Since none of the proposed rules are official nationally as yet, we have tried to design a model that is very close to scale and yet legal under the proposed FAST rules. Naturally we would like to see a line-up of scale Petes, Mikes, Wedell-Williams and Folkerts in the team-race circle, so maybe this scale model will help the movement along.
The possibilities for scale racers are endless, and some of the trimmest looking airplanes ever built came out of the pre-war racing era. Way back in the files we uncovered the Mew Gull, a natural for racing and appearance if ever there was one.
The full-scale Mew Gull made its appearance in 1935-36, in England, and proceeded to hang up a long list of wins, both there and on the continent. It was designed and flown by Captain EW Percival. Its 200 hp Gypsy-Six engine gave it a top speed of 225 mph and it cruised at 190 mph.
Our model is scaled at 1-1/4in = 1 ft. This may seem like an odd figure, but this scale enabled us to completely cowl the McCoy 29, and brought the wing area up close to the 125 square inch minimum. The only deviations from scale are in the wing outline and nose section. The wing-tip chord was lengthened to bring the wing area up to 126 square inches and the nose was thickened a bit to accommodate the McCoy 29..."
Update 28/09/2017: Replaced this plan with a clearer copy thanks to DBHL, theshadow.
Scan from DBHL, cleanup by theshadow.
ref DBHL-6955.
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(oz3373)
Percival Mew Gull
by S Cal Smith
from Flying Models
December 1949
30in span
Scale IC C/L LowWing Racer Civil
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Submitted: 22/09/2012
Filesize: 524KB
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Credit*: DBHL, theshadow
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