Dorado (oz8967)
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Dorado. Sport aerobatic 'sleekie' for .30 to 40 motors, full house radio.
Quote: "I TAXIED the model onto the mowed strip of grass and presented the nose to the wind. It stood there like a stallion ready for the start of a race; the nose slightly up, the tail almost touching the ground and the engine ticking over just a bit too fast. I checked the controls - elevator, ailerons, rudder and engine. Dorado started to roll in front of me and I pushed the throttle stick all the way up, and the elevator stick back a tiny bit. After ten yards or so it lifted off the ground in a beautifully smooth way, and headed for the sky.
At about thirty feet I started a left hand circuit and, by the time the circuit was completed, the model had risen by about another thirty feet - so I flew it up wind and adjusted the trims. It needed a slight touch of down-elevator and left aileron, to keep it straight and level. I felt confident enough to start putting Dorado through its paces, and found that I needed the full power of the HP 40 only when attempting torque rolls, otherwise throttle was adequate for most of the flying, so it could easily fly with a .30 engine. That was the first flight and I went on flying until the engine cut out and realised that even on the glide the model seemed to be guided by rails as it was so smooth. I know I must sound very enthusiastic about it but you should hear other people!
CONSTRUCTION It is a straightforward proposition for modellers with some experience, and 'should not present any problems' - as they say in all the best plan features!
Fuselage Cut the sides from 1/8 medium balsa, add the 1/16 plywood doublers, the 1/8 balsa wing doublers, the 1/8 doublers at the tail section and the balsa strips..."
Dorado, Radio Modeller, May 1977.
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(oz8967)
Dorado
by Jo di Giorgio
from Radio Modeller
May 1977
56in span
IC R/C LowWing
clean :)
all formers complete :)
got article :) -
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