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JohnPearson:
Hi All

Well it's time to get building for next season, and after looking at a few designs over this year's flying season, i have decided to go with a B57D. This is the USA upgrade of the British Canberra, used as a sky plane by the US airforce in the 50's



The wing span is 106" and it is balsa fuselage and foam wings. I have started building and will post a few pics of the progress so far soon!

johnp

Fred:
=P~

And that's pretty much all I have to say !  :D

Alan_Perse:
Those wings will certainly generate a lot of lift John. Looks like a nice project.

Happy Days:
That’ll be a more manageable size than the big B52, and I would presume produce far less drag with only two engine pods. Hopefully I'll see this one fly off Big L. :D


Are you going to make the design yourself John, or will you be using existing plans?

K.

JohnPearson:
Hi Keith

This one is from existing plans and yes! this model will fit inside the car. I got the plans and vacuum parts in a traplet sale £20.00 the lot, I think? anyhow at 106" wingspan the B57 is a nice size. Here are a few pics of the build so far:



The formers have a ply middle with balsa skins on both sides.



Nice set of vacuum engine pods, I am thinking of installing two fan units into these pods later for flying of the flat.



Long canopy for two pilots nice!!!

So far I have had one problem, after getting the fuselage formers lazer cut from lite ply according to the template provided, the formers are to short according the the plan by about 1/2", therefore I had to move the bottom span up to link with the formers. right pain in the a*!/*

Anyhow hope to have one side finish over the weekend.

johnp

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