PAA Master (oz8395)

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PAA Master (PAA-Master). Free flight PAAload model.

Quote: "Presenting Full-Size Plans and construction data For the plane that placed First in the PAA-Load 'AA Event at the 1950 Nationals ...Shortly before the 1950 Dallas Nationals, we heard that Pan American Airways was going to sponsor a special 1/2A PAA-Load Event. With such a wide variety of good small engines on the market, this was all the inspiration we needed - before long our T-square was in action. The design of course, had to center around the 1950 dummy, a required two-ounce 4-1/2in high problem child; This required a deep-bellied fuselage, clearly visible in the three-view herewith. Pan American has now eliminated this problem -the 1951 rules for this event call for a three-ounce dummy only 3in high, permitting you to thin out the fuselage belly by raising the lower longerons, as indicated by the broken line on the plans. The complete 1951 PAA-Load dummy dimensions will be found on Plate 1G. The PAA-Master was fully tested before we headed for the 1950 Nationals, and proved first rate on all counts. Minor adjustments had to be made of course, as with all new models, but our efforts were well rewarded - the ship soared to first place in this new event..."

Note this plan is a 2-colour 600dpi bitmap PDF, reduced down from hogal's vector tracing. For the original hogal tracing (probably shows more detail) see supplementary file.

Here is the final drafts of the PAA Master CAD tracing on one sheet with a few corrections to the length at the rear of the fuselage. Enjoy the build if you do but please measure twice before cutting. If you also notice any mistakes let me know. Al

Supplementary file notes

Article pages.
PDFvector plan tracing (hogal).

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