L-19 Bird Dog 457 mm laser. carved

Light reconnaissance and connecting Cessna L-19 (since 1962 O-1) Bird Dog earned undying fame and great reputation throughout his long service. Especially Bird Dogy famous during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. For saving the life they owed hundreds of downed pilots, to which small and inconspicuous Cessna guided rescue helicopters. And without Cessen in the role of forward air controllers branding goals in the Vietnamese jungle if they were American supersonic fighter-bombers completely "blind".

The Cessna Bird Dog is also connected to one particular and instructive tale: the day before the fall of Saigon, South Vietnamese Air Force Major had done in his two-seater Cessna wife and five children, and flew away over the sea. When he appeared on the horizon Midway aircraft carrier flight deck crowded with army helicopters evacuated, it remained barely had fuel per flight hour. He circled the boat and dropped a message requesting the release of the deck for landing. Commander, Rear Admiral Chambers, let into the sea overthrow helicopters worth $ 10 million and Major Bung-Ly landed safely. His Cessna is today exhibited in the Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola.

Designers of American companies DUMAS Aircraft is the ideal machine for modelers who already has at least basic experience in building small models powered by rubber (as a general model for the acquisition of basic experience with classical building is recommended to first build eg. One of the cabin wing aircraft from Guillow's or HERR) . You will improve in the building "žbrdličkové" skeleton fuselage and wings, paper coating and painting, preparation and curing the rubber volume zalétávání - just all those wonderful skills genuine classic modelařiny. While the building is not much they expect hundreds of hours in the workshop, thanks to a highly preprocessed laser-carved parts it goes like clockwork. < / P>

Designers freely flying semiscales American reconnaissance planes and connecting intended to drive by rubber. The model is simple but classic balsa structure in Rozsyp with laser carved wooden parts, scale accessories made of vacuum-molded plastic parts and plastic drawn by injection molding. The hull is constructed normal minimaketářskou technology - the first of balsa wood strips assembling the sides, which connect polopřepážkami and bars in the lattice frame. The final round shapes get after sticking a large number of thin stringers. The wings are the classic design of the spars and ribs, tail out of balsa wood strips and laser-carved parts.

Bird Dog is also suitable for conversion to a miniature RC model with electric drive - although the construction plan does not offer this option for experienced modelers and the pilot would not be a big problem. For example, you can try to use the drive unit, and cabin electronics of miniature foam models Nine Eagles.

Kit includes: laser carved balsa parts, balsa wood beams, vacuum-molded parts (engine cover, canopy ...), plastic propeller shaft and head, rubber volume (FAI competition rubber TAN II), bicycles, steel strings on the chassis, and more small parts, colored lining paper sheet of stickers, construction plan.