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Marushi Diecast Model

Marushi full metal model 1/48. Limited Edition

N1K2 Shinden Kai.

Condition is mint. Asking $50.

Fineworx Miles

 

The Miles is a new, all wood glider kit suited for the 2-Meter competition class designed by Phillip Kolb. The three piece wing is a built up rib and spar construction with strong spruce spars and balsa sheer webs all along the span. To keep the coupling of torsion and bending minimal, the spar is kept straight. The polyhedral tip panels are joined to the flat center panel by strong 6mm steel joiners. The polyhedral layout offers enough stability in flight. A ballast tube is installed in the centre panel. It can be filled with up to 14oz.of lead or 10.6oz of steel by detaching the tip panel.

The leading edge is fully sheeted; the aft section of the ribs is capped with balsa strips. This offers more than enough torsion stiffness. There is a spoiler to be installed as an option on the top surface of the center panel to ease up landing approach and rescue from high altitudes. The wings airfoils are flat bottomed for easy build up. They are as thin as possible but as thick as necessary to supply enough strength in terms of bending. The airfoil transition shows 8.7% thickness at the root and 7.8% at the tip with an average camber of 2.2%.

 

   

The box fuselage is designed to be as slim as possible, but still being able to carry two standard size servos. The wing mount is fully closed to avoid weak points in this area. For supplying enough robustness without excessive weight the fuselage is made from a combination of balsa and plywood parts. Most of the parts are fitted with dents and teeth to lock into each other, so that the construction is easy to manage without misalignments. The fuselage sides are completely doubled with plywood. The wing and the elevator are bolt on by 4mm steel screws and 3mm nylon screws.

The tailplane is made from light weight balsa. Elevator and rudder are full balsa constructions with flat plate airfoils to be sanded slightly to airfoil shape. This reflects the most simple solution here. The elevator is removable in terms of transport. Both tail surfaces offer very effective control. The agility of MILES is second to none in its class!

Condition is new in box. Asking $250. 

Wing Span	Wing Area	Flying Weight	Wing Loading	Airfoil	Controls
76.4"	554 sq. in.	28-31* oz.	7.27-8.05 oz./sq. ft.	PK/FB01-FB04	RES

TMRC Schweizer SGS 1-26E

The exact scale 1-23 may be built as either the Standard, B, C, D, E, G, or H15 models using components supplied in our laser cut parts kit. The plans provide details for each span and aspect ratio that Schweizer manufactured on the same basic airframe. The photo above is Herbert Eberbach with his meticulously built 1:4  beta scale H model 1-23 finished in the colors and markings of the plane flown by Steve McQueen's character in The Thomas Crown Affair. The 1-23 is of special interest to Tom Martin. His father James Martin, worked for Paul Bickle who set two world altitude records in a sailplane. The aircraft was the Schweizer SGS 1-23E equipped with oxygen and flown by Bickle in a mountain wave over the high desert of California on February 21, 1961 to 46,267 ft. with an altitude gain of 42,303 ft.

KIT SPECS
1-23 1:5 EXACT SCALE

Plan Sheets, Rolled, (sheets 1 of 2 and 2 of 2)

Laser Cut Parts Kit 

FUNCTIONS: Rudder, Elevator, Dive Brakes, Ailerons, Tow Release (optional)

REQUIRED TO COMPLETE MODEL

Wheel 2-1/2” dia. Lightweight Treaded, DUB250TL

Steel Landing Gear Wire, 5/32” x 2” length

Plated Brass Dura-Collars, 5/32”, DUB140

Aluminum Wing Rod, .375” OD x 14” length TMRC70753814

Brass Joiner Sleeve, 13/32” OD x 12” length K&S136

Steel Incidence Pin Wire 1/8” x 6” length

Hinges, Nylon, pkg of 15, DUB117

Bolts, 3-48 x 3/4” with Blind Nut and Washers, DUB126

Pushrods, Sullivan Semi Flexible 36” with Hardware SUL505

Rudder 2-56 Pull-Pull Cable and Hardware Set, DUB517

Tail Wheel, 1/2” dia. Sullivan 350

Wing, fuse, tail 1/16" balsa sheet,

Spruce spars caps,

Balsa shear webs

Balsa wing leading/trailing edges.

 

Cable pushrods (dive brakes) 2,

Adhesive epoxy and CA cements,

Covering, fabric or film,

Servos, wires, battery and receiver. 

Condition is new in box. Asking $250.

ABS Boat Hull

ABS boat hull, 22 inches long, 7 inches wide at stern. Suitable for scratch building projects. 

Condition is new. Asking $25

Enya 11CX Diesel

Enya 11CX Diesel. Includes a muffler.

Condition is mint in box. Asking $180.

Brodak 40 Stunt Engine

The Brodak .40 control line stunt engine is a high precision engine designed for a very specific purpose, which is to reliably cycle on and off power during the entire flight. The Brodak .40 weighing 6.7 ounces is a good power choice for most classic stunters from 550 to 585 square inches of wing area up to about 40 to 44 ounces in weight. Includes a muffler.

Displacement: .3915 in. 
Stroke: .73 in. 
Bore: .831 in. 
Rpm: 10,500. 
Recommended prop: 10x5.

Condition is new in box. Asking $210.