Zaunkonig (oz5349)

 

Zaunkonig (oz5349) by John Greenland 1950 - plan thumbnail

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Zaunkonig. Free flight scale model German primary trainer.

Quote: "A 39 inch span Flying Scale Model. Zaunkönig, by John Greenland.

WHEN John Greenland first flew his prototype at Eaton Bray, the manner in which this deep blue parasol lightweight dragged its high-cocked tailplane around flat turns, drew sighs of appreciation from our scale-loving colleagues. For, not only is this job built to perfect scale, and realistic in all views, but it also flies exactly as does its full-scale counterpart. You'll notice in the reduced scale plan that scale extends even to the airscrew in this unusual free-flighter. Note too, how the designer has made the wings detach in the proper manner to facilitate transportation - and also that undercarriage which will take the hardest of knocks, yet spring back into place ready for another test flight.

Accuracy of this model is assured, for every line has been scaled exactly from the original German student drawings - now happily in the hands of the Ultra Light Aircraft Association. The full-size job, a very much 'one-off' aeroplane, is more fully described elsewhere in this issue and, you will notice, is the subject of our cover paniting this month.

If you want to build one of these unusual but fascinating scale Zaunkoenig models. full-size drawings for the 39-1/4 in replica, complete with a reprint of the cut-away drawing and full instructions on building by designer Greenland, are available frorn APS, price 5/- post free.

Designed around the Amco .87 diesel, the model was also tried with one of the new type 1.5 cc diesels which proved to be too powerful. Top limit should be around the 1 cc mark in diesels, and up to 1.5 cu in Glow plug motors. With the Amco, and an 8 x 5 in prop, a shallow climb to the left, with an equally shallow glide was the trim of the prototype."

Quote: "Time to contribute one to the growing historical stash! 39.25in span scale FF for 1cc glow/diesel. 1/8 scale. Designer is John Greenland, published in Aero Modeller. I have never seen any other plans for this particular aircraft. The prototypes apparently had pretty impressive STOL capabilities."

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Update 14/09/2016: added 3-view from Model Airplane News March 1956, thanks to dfritzke.

Supplementary file notes

Article pages, text and pics. Includes 'Aircraft Described' No 34, text and scale drawings.

3-view, Model Airplane News March 1956.

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Zaunkonig (oz5349) by John Greenland 1950 - model pic

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  • (oz5349)
    Zaunkonig
    by John Greenland
    from Aeromodeller
    September 1950 
    40in span
    Scale IC F/F Parasol
    clean :)
    all formers complete :)
    got article :)
  • Submitted: 23/02/2014
    Filesize: 2826KB
    Format: • PDFbitmap
    Credit*: dfritzke
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This pretty and capable model is graced by a superb AM cover and a 3-view by Master Bjorn Karlström.
Miguel Morao - 02/07/2019
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