Scorpion (oz5785)
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Keil Kraft Scorpion. Free flight sport model. Wingspan 44 inches, for engines up to 0.19 cu ins or 3.1cc.
Quote: "Scorpion. 44in wingspan free flight sport model. KeilKraft Kits version of Gordon Murray's Answer (oz3). Kitted circa 1946. This scan taken from an original kit plan."
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Update 27/10/2018: Added PDFvector plan tracing, thank to belli. Found online at https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=40394293&postcount=6 this seems to be a faithful copy, although it does show modified tail parts for 2 channel RC, with hinged elevator and rudder parts.
Update 29/10/2018: Added CAD files, thanks to belli. This is a zipfile containing 2 dxf files, one with original layout, one with mods for RC.
Update 13/09/2019: Added article, thanks to RFJ. This is a nostalgia feature from R/C Model Flyer, January 2014 by Stephen Herbert, that details the rebuild (with electric power) of a vintage model that has been in the attic since the 1950s.
Normally, I'd OCR and quote the article text here, but it's full of quotes from us here at Outerzone, and that's all just a bit too meta for me. Steve.
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(oz5785)
Scorpion
by Albert E Hatfull
from Keil Kraft
1946
44in span
IC F/F Cabin Kit
clean :)
all formers complete :)
got article :) -
Submitted: 15/08/2014
Filesize: 525KB
Format: • PDFbitmap • PDFvector • CADfile
Credit*: stormin
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Hi Steve and Mary, I have included some pictures of my KK Scorpion, built in 2002 and still in one piece, albeit with loose U/C fittings and a rather oily front end [main pic, 004-008]. In its time it has been powered by an ED series 2 "Bee", AM 10 and AM 15 engines. Although a bit of a "builder's" model it is well worth the effort and makes a great flyer.DickEdwards - 13/02/2017
Hi, here are some pictures of my latest model the KK Scorpion [pics 010, 011] PAW.049 Diesel powered.
DieterF - 03/02/2021
Hi Steve, Hi Mary. I'm about to start work on a Cambrian 'Answer' and have been reminding myself of just how nice a model it is by looking back at some pictures of its 'developed' version - the Keil Kraft Scorpion [pics 012, 013]. These two images - which readers may find of interest, as flying shots are relatively uncommon - have been cropped from larger pictures and are of my model which I actually acquired 'ready-built' at an Old Warden flying day getting on for fifteen years ago. It has hundreds of flights to its credit and flies the classic pattern of 'left under power, right on the glide'. The engine is a Series 2 Bee which has definitely seen better days, but it still gets the model aloft in stately style. The model has had two treetop arrivals in its time and is no longer looking pristine, but I hope to add some more flights to its log this year. The super close-up picture [012] was taken at a Middle Wallop flying day in 2018 - sadly something which we are unlikely to see repeated for the foreseeable future.
Richard D Scott - 21/03/2022
Greetings! Photos of a newly built Scorpion [pics 015, 016]. Thanks for the drawing!
Sfjk Tyiopz - 13/11/2024
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- Scorpion (oz5785)
- Plan File Filesize: 525KB Filename: Scorpion_KK_44in_oz5785.pdf
- Supplement Filesize: 1695KB Filename: Scorpion_KK_44in_oz5785_article.pdf
- Supplement Filesize: 144KB Filename: Scorpion_KK_44in_oz5785_vector.pdf
- CAD Zip Filesize: 358KB Filename: Scorpion_KK_44in_oz5785_cad.zip
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