XFV-1 Salmon (oz6718)
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XFV-1 Salmon. Scale model VTO model for .049 engine. Subject is the experimental tailsitter prototype aircraft built by Lockheed in the early 1950s. Note this is a low resolution plan.
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Quote: "Our replica is a copy of the Lockheed version right down to the contra-rotating prop, since without it the model would never get airborne. This is the third such model built by the author with many of the bugs worked out. This design is something entirely different in model aviation. Bear in mind the design centers around two requirements. One, is to duplicate the prototype's vertical take-offs and the second, is to bring the craft down again in one piece to fly again. The model's design is for free flight all the way. After careful study of the drawings, proceed by laying out the wing structure..."
Full article and pics are available online at: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/vto-build-a-flying-model-of-the-most-revolutionary-of-all-aircraft-a-plane-that-takes-off-vertically/
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(oz6718)
XFV-1 Salmon
by Paul Palanek
from Mechanix Illustrated
November 1955
17in span
Scale IC F/F Military Fighter
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 17/06/2015
Filesize: 542KB
Format: • PDFbitmap
Credit*: AllenHunt, AugustaWest
Downloads: 2850
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Many thanks to Pit for finding the article details and photo online for this plan.SteveWMD - 19/06/2015
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