Spirit of St. Louis (876mm)

Legendary wing aircraft designed and built in 60 days by Ryan, who is an American aviator Charles Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight Atlantic Ocean. For completeness, we should add that the first stage crossing the Atlantic Group carried Curtiss NC flying boats the US Navy (Europe flew machine NC-4), the first nonstop flight then on 14 and 15 June 1919 made British Alcock and Brown on the twin-bomber Vickers Vimy and the first two-way flight in July of that year succeeded the British airship R-34 - sometimes, especially in bringing "American comrades" it sounds like it was twenty-five postal pilot "Slim" Lindbergh's first, who overcame the Atlantic. Although it was not the very first, it was a really fantastic performance. For 33 and a half hours flew a distance of 3,610 miles between Roosevelt airport on Long Island, New York and Le Bourget airport outside Paris, where it landed early in the morning May 20, 1927.

Designers freely flying mock record high wing aircraft designed for remote drive by rubber; instructions and schedule allow you to build a model as well as a free flight with a powered combustion engine 0,8ccm, the captive model with combustion engine 0,8-1ccm or as a static model with sophisticated details maketovými in museum quality at a scale of 1:16.

The model is a classic balsa structure in Rozsyp with předseknutými wooden parts, scale accessories made of vacuum-molded plastic, plastic injection molding parts drawn by a předseknutými parts of "plastic plywood", a light and strong material replacing conventional plywood. The hull is constructed of course true minimaketářskou technology partitions a plurality of longitudinal enabling faithfully reproduce the rounded shapes. Built in two stages - thanks to "split" in the vertical plane stand directly on the countertop first half of the fuselage, and then to her "dolepíte" second half. This ensures that even complicated shapes hull stand straight and symmetrical, without needing any special preparations. Since it is a small model for advanced builders, you should already have prior experience with classical building and test-flying models powered by rubber.

Spirit of St. Louis is also suitable for conversion to a RC model with electric drive - although the construction plan of variants of this offer, for more experienced modeller would not be a big problem.

Kit contains: balsa předseknuté parts, balsa wood beams, předseknuté parts from plastic plywood, vacuum-molded parts Scale (bow model, engine ...), plastic propeller shaft and head, rubber volume rubber (5x1mm) steel strings on the chassis, and more small parts, plastic wheels, lining paper and handle rocker for tethered model, wet sheet of decals, construction plan.

Tip for construction: Předseknuté parts NEVYLAMUJTE! Turn the plank, place it on a work surface and lightly sand the fine sandpaper (no. 220 or finer). The parts can then be easily separated; if they still have some wood fibers "tied" to a cutting board, carefully separate the part of the pattern, using a sharp knife (suitable eg. Excel No.1 knife with a blade No.11).

Treatment of rubber harness: The new rubber carefully wash it in soapy water and allow to dry. Then, lubricate it with castor oil (sold in pharmacies) or silicone grease to lubricate fishing lines (available in most stores fishing equipment). After flying harness with the model, remove and store it in a sealed plastic bag. Lubricated rubber volume unfolds smoothly and with less friction - provides more power and last longer. The new bundle is also advisable to first fetch - for the first 2-3 years to film only 80-100 rpm, only then can safely shoot more.