Udet Flamingo (oz7168)
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Udet's Flamingo. Scale model for rubber power.
Quote: "Building the Famous Udet Flamingo. How You Can Build a Model of the Unusually Fine Flying Plane Used at the National Air Races by the Famous War Ace. The Udet Flamingo, by Bil Winter.
THE Flamingo, a popular German light plane used for school and acrobatic work, is known to all of us through the spectacular stunts performed by the great German war ace Udet, at the National Air Races in the past few years. We all can recall the dead stick acrobatics performed at low altitude. Despite the fact that it has only one hundred horse-power, it is one of the best combination school and stunt planes of the last 10 years. To date about eighty have been built.
The model is rugged and is an excellent flyer. It has a very steep climb with quick recovery.
Fuselage. (Note: Both sides are assembled at once). It is advisable to cover drawing of fuselage with waxpaper to prevent sticking. The longerons of 1/8 sq should be a soft grade. They are pinned down on the side view. All cross pieces are cut to size and cemented in place. When dry remove pins and separate fuselage sides with razor blade. Widest cross pieces are cut to size as shown in top view and glued in place. Pins will hold work in position. When dry, draw rear together and cement. Add remaining cross pieces at designated positions.
Cut T section from a 7/8 piece of 1/4 sq and cement in place. Rear hook miht now be added. Formers are cut from 1/16 sheet and cemented at stations shown. Cut notches to receive 1/16 sq fairing strips and cement fairing in place. 1/32 sheet is bent between cockpit formers and cemented. When dry, mark out cockpits and cut a sharp razor..."
Quote: "Hi Steve- the bill winter UDET FLAMINGO was scanned directly from my march 1935 issue of universal model airplane news. the plan by the master himself was published full size. any power or control system could be used to fly this classic. submitted by jeff mccammant story city iowa. thanks Steve!"
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(oz7168)
Udet Flamingo
by Bill Winter
from Model Airplane News
March 1935
25in span
Scale Rubber F/F Biplane Civil
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all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 28/10/2015
Filesize: 305KB
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Credit*: JeffMac
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