Curtiss P-6E (oz8300)
About this Plan
Curtiss P-6E. Radio control scale model American biplane fighter.
Quote: "On reflection, I think that it was the color plate on the inside cover of the Profile Publications No.45 (RCL-1903) which finally decided me to go ahead and tackle this project. Here, to my mind, was an aircraft which was colorful, plenty of character and also presented something of a challenge. With proportional radio gear, it has now become accepted that with this type of aircraft, no compro-mise need be made in tail areas to make a model fly; this model is an exact scale outline in every respect, though personally, at this stage, I am not ready for the rib-for-rib copy. The plans were drawn from photographically enlarged Wylam drawings to a scale of 1-7/8 in = 1 ft and I am indebted to club member Peter Tearall for his help in this matter.
My thanks are also due to Dick Meixell of Dayton, Ohio, who kindly passed on to me his file on the P-6E, just when I was getting desperate to obtain a decent photograph. None of the construction is tedious, just time-consuming: when you start to flag, keep looking at the color plate from the Profile #45 pinned up on the workshop wall.
CONSTRUCTION (Note: a Monogram 1/72 scale plastic kit is a handy reference of mine)
Wings: I don't like building wings, so I always get them built first, after which I kid myself the model is nearly finished. Start with the top wing—this is made in two halves in the normal manner. Cut out all the wing ribs from medium 1/16 sheet and notch ribs for the front 1/4 x 1/4 spars, but leave notching for rear 1/-8 x 1/4 spruce spars until ribs are fitted. Carefully splice the leading edge spar from 1-1/4 x 1/2 balsa; be accurate here.
Cut out top and bottom trailing edge sheets from 1/16 sheet balsa. Pin lower front 1/4 x 1/4 hard balsa spar over plan and pack up from building board with 1/16 sheet scraps. Glue lower 1/4 x 1/8 spruce spar in place on lower 1/16 sheet trailing edge and pin over plan.
Now glue all ribs in position, notching same for the rear 1/8 x 1/4 spruce spar as required; when dry, glue leading edge in position, then glue in top 1/4 x 1/4 front spar and rear 1/4 x 1/8 spar. Owing to the curvature and taper of the ribs, I found it necessary to attach the upper trailing edge sheeting with contact adhesive. I do suggest you do a couple of dummy runs on this before gluing; use pins as a guide and mark the 1/16" sheeting to line up on a selected rib and you will have no trouble.
Now fit the top leading edge sheeting in place and when dry remove it from the board and fit balsa tip blocks. Build other wing panel and join both with the upper 1/4 x 1/4 spars flat on your building board to give the required dihedral on the lower wing surface only; the top surface of the wing being flat..."
Direct submission to Outerzone.
Update 03/01/2016: added article, thanks to RFJ.
Supplementary file notes
Article.
Corrections?
Did we get something wrong with these details about this plan (especially the datafile)?
That happens sometimes. You can help us fix it.
Add a correction
-
(oz8300)
Curtiss P-6E
by Ken Marsh
from Model Airplane News
April 1972
57in span
Scale IC R/C Biplane Military Fighter
clean :)
all formers complete :)
got article :) -
Submitted: 28/12/2016
Filesize: 1056KB
Format: • PDFbitmap
Credit*: Bernd57
-
Curtiss_P-6_Hawk | help
see Wikipedia | search Outerzone
ScaleType: This (oz8300) is a scale plan. Where possible we link scale plans to Wikipedia, using a text string called ScaleType.
If we got this right, you now have a couple of direct links (above) to 1. see the Wikipedia page, and 2. search Oz for more plans of this type. If we didn't, then see below.
Notes:
ScaleType is formed from the last part of the Wikipedia page address, which here is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk
Wikipedia page addresses may well change over time.
For more obscure types, there currently will be no Wiki page found. We tag these cases as ScaleType = NotFound. These will change over time.
Corrections? Use the correction form to tell us the new/better ScaleType link we should be using. Thanks.

Do you have a photo you'd like to submit for this page? Then email admin@outerzone.co.uk
User comments
No comments yet for this plan. Got something to say about this one?Add a comment
- Curtiss P-6E (oz8300)
- Plan File Filesize: 1056KB Filename: Curtiss_P-6E_57in_oz8300.pdf
- Supplement Filesize: 2614KB Filename: Curtiss_P-6E_57in_oz8300_article.pdf
- help with downloads
Notes
* Credit field
The Credit field in the Outerzone database is designed to recognise and credit the hard work done in scanning and digitally cleaning these vintage and old timer model aircraft plans to get them into a usable format. Currently, it is also used to credit people simply for uploading the plan to a forum on the internet. Which is not quite the same thing. This will change soon. Probably.
Scaling
This model plan (like all plans on Outerzone) is supposedly scaled correctly and supposedly will print out nicely at the right size. But that doesn't always happen. If you are about to start building a model plane using this free plan, you are strongly advised to check the scaling very, very carefully before cutting any balsa wood.
Terms of Use
© Outerzone, 2011-2022.
All content is free to download for personal use.
For non-personal use and/or publication: plans, photos, excerpts, links etc may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Outerzone with appropriate and specific direction to the original content i.e. a direct hyperlink back to the Outerzone source page.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site's owner is strictly prohibited. If we discover that content is being stolen, we will consider filing a formal DMCA notice.