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Key Aero o7 Plens & Cut Parts 2021 Subscriptions 1445, 2 Flying Scale ModelsONLY MAGAZINE FOR SCALE MODEL FLYERS June 2012 No.151 16 36 42 54 CONTACT Scale model news DAVE CHARLES’ BRIAN TAYLOR SPITFIRE IX Chip off the old block! The son of the first ever World R/C Scale Champion is alsa a scale modeller of note THE BOXKITE PROJECT Gary Sunderland corsmencas a multipart feature on the project that culminated in an R/C Scale Bristol Boxkite - bbut not before thorough study and reseerch into those early, turn-ofshe-century ‘ying machines’ that are, today, ‘as much a challenge to scale modellers as the originals were, way back then! SLEAP SPRING SPECTACULAR NW Warbirds open their new flying season with @ bang! BREWSTERS FLYING BARREL The final build of Richard Crossley 1//18th scale rubber driven frae fight, FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE FOKKER D.VI 1/8 scale electric powered model designed by Peter Rake with the prototype model built and described by Simon Uglow FOKKER E.V & D.VIII TYPE HISTORY Did the entirely avoidable problems initially experianced with this late WW fighter set back monoplane fighter development by more than a decade? FOKKER D.VIII FLYING COLOURS Werpaint for the Fokker €.V and D.ll FOKKER D.VIII SCALE DRAWING 1:40 finedine three views FOKKER D.VIII IN DETAIL A closeup study of ythe Fokker E,V at the Fantasy of Flight museum in Florida. itis a replica, but an accuate one. 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Dick Smith made a fortune by establishing @ ‘hain of stores selling elestranie components, elec tronic hobby kits and sundry other electronic ere oy See cd Te eater exe dy: eas eee aos Sener Peete erent) eae ee EES ere Ete non ao) pon Reread Abeitonedt te ae et te ‘ore selling the whole concern to Woolworths, one of he two dominant grocery chain store operators in Australia, Smith has a great interest in aviation and some may be aware of Fis helicopter exploits, which included a sola tight to the North Pole. Now semi retired and with a [ot of money to spend, he has B large rural property at Bowrylie with @ 3,500 f bitumen runws Gnd a hangar ull of aeroplanes and helioopters of various types In years gone by there was 2 small private fiving club in the, {roa and Dick has resurrected the period with an old style FRangar and period club house. He's a bit eccentric - witness the Rhames on tho clubhouse and on his modern hangar! 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THE SON OF THE FIRST EVER WORLD R/C SCALE CHAMPION IS ALSO A SCALE MODELLER OF NOTE faye Charles and his Dad Mick _Hendon to take photos of full-size Spitfires. Tike the Mick Reeves Clan, are He also notes that there is a splendid scale probably the closest we have to model in the foyer at Hendon, which was a {good for surface detailing ideas flthough thats @ Mkt - Ed) In addition, Dave used 9 Tamiya V32 scale plastic kit Plastic kts are fying seale model has shed loads of prove- always a good starting point when com. nance, mencing a new scale project The model Construction Dave made many trips to Duxford and ‘This model is traditionally built, of balsa an«Brian Taylor’s celebrated plan and Dave Charels’ superb bench skills have delivered a magnificent scale model.‘pl, with ply doublers added to the forward fuselage and uees the BT designed fibre glass cowl. The wings are of balsa, py, and Spruce, though Dave notes that he has used much stronger spars and joiners than the origina plan. The flaps were laminated from 1/84” piy and carbon cloth, with a car bon tube leading edge. The orginal plano ~ — Seeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee specifies wood. The tlie balsa Engine “The Spitfire is powered by a Laser 160 glow engine, fitted with an in-fight miaure con: trol and the engine aleo has an on-boar low system. The only down side to these fdaltione are wo non scale holes in the owing, Dave has used a 1.5" steel orank: shalt extension to add Bors nose weight The model uses a Graupner Super 16x prop. And engina coaling is by_a small hhatoh in the front ofthe cowl. This is sorvo_ ‘operated and linked to the engine kil witch, '50 that tis opened whilst the engine is run fing. The airs ducted through the fuselage ‘and down into the wings, where it exits through the scale radiators, Exhaust Dave has kept the standard Laser silencer, but extended and adapted it with brass and copper additions so thatthe exhaust exits in the scale positions.Retracts “The Unitracts International retracts use @ servo for each individual leg allowing stag: ‘gering of the speeds of each leg for Covering The elevators, and rudder are covered in Solartex while the fuselage, wings, and til are glass cloth and epoxy-resin covered. ABOVE: With increased in the fuel, the Spitfire is properly aerobatic. RIGHT: Dave Charle’ Spitfire IX is very impressive in the air. Painting The glass-lothed areas were first finished in white primer. Raised and flush panels various tapes, fol of paint on top. The tapes were then removed to yield the pan- els, while Aluclad was used for wing made with a syringe and resin. The rest of ae pareve Ee aaa enone cee ae Caer Peer) erent aC ceo cc aye prop the model has flush riveting, Dave used a soldering ion with a brass tube attached to the bit, 22 make the rivet indentions in the primer, These were then sprayed with silver paint. Each colour was then back- masked ‘and butted up against each other - and not overlapped - so that there would be no ‘ghosting’ when the weathering was applied ‘This involved nine colours, Once all the, painting was done the rivet end panel detal 72 Flying Scale Modelswas raised by rubbing with wire wool, in the direction of airflow. Insignias were al painted and. ‘masked as before. Dave ‘used his com puter to enlarge fand enhance the smaller Spitfire transfers inthe Tamia kit, to make his ‘own transiers, Final weather ing was accomplished with an airbrush, and then the entire model was sprayed with matt, Flexicote, Cockpit This is fully detailed 94 depth cockpit. The bottom 1id'is used for Micks clever engine cooling ducting. Radio Dave uses a Futaba FX40 2.4 GHz transmit. ter. The madel requires 10 servos and the aileron servos are built into the outer wing panels, no non-soale acoess hatches are required. Flying Notes. ‘To quote Dai “Fullsize Spits don't have any side thrust to offset toraue, they ust use rudder tim. mixed in Mt" ight der ti wth the trot tle to make it automat ic. Power, withthe Laser 150, was originally @ Tite lacking for aerobatis on low nitro fue oI tried some Hel 20% nitro, which added a ‘another 350 rpm. The Laser now runs cooler, ‘and has plenty of power. A bigger engine ‘Would not have fitted the cowl”. Footnote ‘Mick Charles died suddenly in 2008, He is ie Spit is Laser powere. remembered by soale modellers as the Winner of the World Seale Championships in 1970, and naturally, for his outstanding durca Seirocco. 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FEBIE ic Bonu cnotha, With his two brothers, lenry and his Boxkites Maurice and Dick (Richard?) he was. Recon‘ Fight commemora- brought up mar whore his tions n Europe soem to ave nag: fethar wos the Pars orespanent Indes orignoresthe morsgntt. forthe rbune” : Cort end; atthe tne, tre ost te pote Pench lie 2 native ond famous Sth plonerpistand Englan wth a ditint French Consiector Henry Hamman setfy- accent However, he wot 9 Brch ingecordsn ones and UK and subjact and fished his education Mis bone’ design was wide” fhEnalnd, He remained Briish Copied and manuactuedin once, Subject unl 87, whan he became Brainard Rusia, a Prone Chien fat Hs erove Stone nario iscibed bony The man Farman et 2 Mary weterenoes Horry Farman was bom 26h May acorahis nam wit he Foch 187440 a British father and a French speling of ‘Henn, possibly ‘Te French Miltary wore uid to latch on othe likely eventual value of tvation fare. Her one of ‘with the extended span upper wings being readied for fight because the French pronunciation ff both is ON-REE” a3 distinct from the English ENERREE: “The boys raced bites, then automobiles until Henry had a bad faocident. He and Maurice then tuned thet atenton to fr The pilot Henry ordered a ‘Deleagrange’ tyoe Voisin with 850 HP Antoinette engine an June 1st 1907 and on September 30th managed a short “hop followed on 7th October 1907 bby a 30 mete fgnt, thus making him the frst Brie sh Subject in the British Empire to Fy 8 powered, heavierthan-air aerator aero plane’ This Voisin was then subject to @ ‘number of modifications, to fit ‘monoplane elevator in place of the Original biplane unit, plus other changes untiit resembled what became tne ‘standard’ 1908 type Voisin From the beginning, this proto type aeroplane bore 3 tail in Marked ‘ENR! FARMAN No.1; slg rifying not onty thatthe Voisin brothers thought him to be French, boutthat the machine was bul 0 Fis specification -orideas (Note 1h Finally, the machine was atores to remove the side-curtains from the wings, which wore igged to provide some dihedral, but stl ‘without allerons or any effective ‘means of rll contol ‘On January Yath 1908, Henry coaxed 7No.into the airto fy 76 Flying Scale Modelsaround two matkers oF flags set one kilome- tre apat for the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize. This entailed @ very wide ceuit of fat turns, with @ landing back atthe start-an actual dis- tance flawn of many kilometres, and received the 50,000 franes prize. This was the first com pleted circuit flown in Europe, though there ‘were reports from USA thatthe Wright bth ets were already fying circuits, ‘During this period, brother Maurice was also flying Voisins and the Brothers were fwarded French Aero Club Certieates nary bers 16 and 17. (Note 2. Henry Farman then established a factory to manufacture aeo- planes to his own ideas. The fst two were Curious tractor machines that did not fy. This all changed when, on August &th 1908, Wilbur Wright catapulted into the air atthe Le Mans racetrack, flew a quick circuit in 1 minute, 45 seconds and landed, He flew again fat Hunaudies fr 50 minutes, then from the mmiltary ground at Camp d’Auvours fora ‘World Yesord duration of 1 hour, 31 minutes land then two passenger fights of an hour Finally, on December 30th thet yea, Wilbur flew aclosed circuit distance around markers 2.2 km apat for 56 laps completing a nominal distance of 123 km, although the actual dis tance flown was much greater “This won Wilbur the Michelin Cup, 10,000 Franes prize and the admiration ofall France and Europe Tt was back tothe drawing board for Henny Farman and the result the famous Farman I aeroplane. This etsined the rugged Voisin structure ofthe wings, but Henry deleted the heavy nacelle and undercarriage. The pilot Row sat exposed upon the lower wing lead ing edge and the Wright type front elevator ‘was maunted on alight frame, with landing skid undercariage underneath to which ‘wheels were applied Henry added four ailerons, with twin ud ders and an additional rear elevator. This, rst df the nev Farmans was fitted with a 50 iP Vivinus V8 engine, andthe Voisi-ke tal fine were clearly marked HENRY FARMAN No. Il, H:FARMAN CONSTRUCTEUR’. Four Henry Farman ills were entered in the August 1909 Groat Intemational Aviation Weok a Rheims, Henry fying his machine withthe prototype 50 HP Gnome engine. This proved a winning ‘combination and Henry won both the fs tance and duration vents, with 180 km flown in 3hours and 15 minutes. This, and later ‘examples of the FARMAN I had dispensed ‘withthe tall fine and they now had one, two tnd sometimes thes rudders. The emphasis ow was on contol rather than stably ‘The naxt fying meeting was at Blackpool in England in windy conditions and Henry won most of the major prizes, with a fight of 7 miles in 1 Hour andl 32 minutes (Ret 3). Other FARMAN Il pilots ware also doing well and at Doncaster, lager Sommer won the cup with fa dhstance of 30 miles in 45 minutes. Toward the end of 1909, Henry Farman set twa more World Records at Chaelons in France, with a distance of 234 km (145 miles) ind houre and 17 minutes, being records for distance and duration, seta standard Henry Farman Ill aeroplane powered by @50 HP Gnome engine By now, just watching aeroplanes fly was no longer a novelty and the emphasis changed to distance flying, The fist off once again, ‘was Henry Farman with a fhght from Bony to Reims for a distance Of 2 kr. This had been back in October 1909 and the next day Bleiot managed to fy from Toury to Artenay and Feturn, with several forced landings along the ‘way for a total distance of 28 km. “The Daily Mail newspaper offered a £10,000 prize forthe frst pilot to fly between London find Manchester. In April 1810 this was turned into a spectacular race between Frenchman Louis Paulham and Briton Claude Graname White both flying Farman il aeroplanes. During this aerial contest, Henry Farman pro: vided technical support and advice, following the contestants by train ‘The gallant Grahame-White’s take-off inthe darks often reported as the frst night fight, but Henry Fatman had previously flown at night during one of his duration records. The French pilot won, witha time of 12 hours and the Henry Farman I was firmly established 18s the preferred aeroplane for duration fying ‘The Farman Ill aeroplane Farman copied the Voisin wing box structure, vith the biplane wings formed of wood spars, Struts and ribs cross braced with pian wire This cll structure was light, strong and ig When Miles Aircraft built a replica forthe fm Those Magnificent Men in Ther Flying ‘Machines, the engineers found thatthe struc ture met most ofthe curent, post WW2 cd reine ions design standards, ‘Another advantage ofthe cell structure was thatf one or even two wires broke, which ‘often occurred for all sorts of reasons, the cll would stil remain intact, with the load res tributed among the remaining wires. So the VoisintFarman structure was rigid and redun dant, unlike that ofthe Wrights and ‘Aatoinettes that were disconcestingly flexible, (Reta) Farman discarded the side curtain, but retained the singe fabric covering on the UNDERSIDE of the wings only, indicating that neither Voisin nor Farman knew how if was ‘generated. The fabric was nailed on under eath the ribs and spars and then fabric pock lets were sewn over the top. Thus, the under Sides ofthe wings were smoath and the ribs, Particularly the large compression ts atthe ‘tut locations protruded above. (Note 3) The engine, ususlly @50 HP Gnome rotary ‘was bolted tothe rear ofthe lower wing cen {te section, with the copper fuel and ol tanks in the centre and the plo’ seat atthe leading ‘edge. The controls were relatively "modern in featuring a rudder bar and a very long sin ‘gle control column or Joystick as came to Be known later in WW Unfortunately there was no balance cable tothe alerons and the four hung down when the machine was st rest. This would have made lateral control impossible at low ‘speeds, but none of the pilots seem to have complained, including the modern-day test ‘and film pilots fying the replica, Perhaps contral in rll was e0 bad that they hardly noticed! Rudder contro! was probably the main means of turing and various ‘arrangements are evident In photographs of Henry Farman. Some were fitted with 100 HP Ghomes, which might explain why some had three rudders, ‘Aatually, low speed’ isa relative term, given thatthe Boxkte's slowest speed was 30 mph, hile the best climb speed was 42 mph. With the 50 HP Gnome engine, i tends to swing to the right the opposite of tractor configuration ‘aeroplanes such asthe Blerot withthe same engine. inthe ai, the Boxkte would just climb in straight fight, but any turn would decrease this limb to zero or eau the aeroplane to sink. Crouits were usually flown at 300 fect ‘sbove ground, of less, Turns to the right were normal, but left turns sometimes resulted in re ea ieee Flying Scale Models 17antlase poeraciee ues ‘The fragile nature of the airframe of this Farman is well 18 Flying Scale Models, mutch loss of height. Oftan,itwas better to fly 8 270-deqree right tuin rather t to attempt a 90-dogree lft! “The contre of gravity, oF balance point ‘of the Boxkito was about mid chord, The Miles replica was flown at aC of G about 51 percent wing chord. With such an aft leading edge and with the large forward tr, the aeroplane was very unsta- plane, the pilet concentrated on man {aining atthude in pitch by reference to the foreplane postion onthe herizon. A pivee of string nearby was used to ind {ate any sip, or sidewvays atlow. ‘By accurate tying the pilot the aeroplane attitude within s but accurate fying within safe bat accurate fying was also necessary {o obiain any sort of climb perform Instruments were usually not fitted, ‘except forthe ol pulestor, a oe fue th the pilct to see that ‘the castor oll was lowing tothe rotary tengine. The lubrication was a totaiowe system, where a large percentage of ‘aster oll was injctod into the trankcase petrol and air mixture and passed through the cylinders and intothe exhoust ‘The main undercariage consisted of four catfiage wheels, mounted in pairs on two short axles, sprung with rubber shock cords totho main skids, Inthe event of a wheal failur, a reasonably common cccurrence from a numbor of causes, the landing loads ‘woul transfer tothe main aka, usually without any damage tothe basic airframe. This workmanlike compromise, between the skids of the Wright machine and the whealed Undercarriage favoured by the Franch pict noors, was suited to raining schools and ‘explains why tho Farman Ill aeroplanes were very soon widely adopted by the many clubs land commercial schools being setup all ovar Europe This development led, in tur, to another modification to the Henry Harman il with @ lightweight seat being installed immediataly behind the plots seat Here a pupil or inetructor could sit behind the pile, wth one lag eithor side, This arrangement only made upto some extent forthe lack of any dal controls. Seat belts were not usually avail ‘ble or installed a the time Military developments French miltary observers attonded the Groat Rheims Air Moeting and in September 1909 tho French Parliament voted funds for the purchase of two Henry Farman Ils, two Whight Med! As and one Bloriot XI forthe Sapper Corps (Balloon Unit) Soon after, the Axillary ordered six two seat Antoinettes and ‘wo Fatmans. (Ret 6). This ator led tothe development of anoth- cer variation to the basic Henry Farman Il the tipper wing span being extended with » removable section of the wing and aileron ‘on each sie, the extra span and wing ate being sufficient to restore the aeroplane’s rato of elim with an arillay cbserver on board. The span extensions wera cabane braced from upper wing pylons that was lao removable (Note In September 1910, aeroplanes took part in the Army manoeuvres and their use was proved a groatcuocess. A substantial now ‘der for twenty Blriots and an equal num. ber of the Honry Farman il resuited, with seven of the Farmans being two sesters ‘This largo order and tho sulbsequent organi sation of the Air Service, the eronaunque Militaire; founded on October 22rd 1910, led ‘other Nations to consider the formation of Similar air Forces, Copies and clones The remarkable success of Honry Farman, {and the simple boxtite soon led other ind Vidas and manuifactarersto copy the design. Among these there were the Voisin Brothers and thei 1911 Type Militaire Rogor Sommer, who set a new World record ff 2 hrs, 27 mins In a Henry Farman Ion ‘August 7th 1908 went on to develop and ‘maniifacture his own boxkita design. Inthe spring of 1910, there were 50 Sommer aero- planes on order InUK, the Short Brothers abandoned thet development of the Wright design and ‘opied the Farman ae ther Type :27. This twas subsequently modified to increase the wingspan, but withthe extensions braced with stats and saveral were bit fr the ‘Admiralty (Ref7. “The British & Colonial Aeroplane Ca, Lid (Gristl) built their first Boxkite in July 1910. This appears to be a close copy ofthe Henry Ferman il, right down to bod features such ‘as drooping ailerons and fabric covering only ‘on the underside ofthe wings. The only ‘oticeabla variation occurred withthe Brito! ‘Miltary’ Boxkiteof 191, where the wing extensions were strutbraved, as onthe Short 527 dovelopment, The Bristol Boxkite was a relative success ‘and 75 wore built, nainly for civilian fying Schools (Ref). OF thos, the Russian Military purchased a total of nine, while ix went 0 the British Army, sic tothe Admiralty and ‘ome to the Australian Army {Note 6). ‘The Dux Factory in Russia obtained licences for the manufacture of Farman aer0- planes and the Henry Harman Ill was in serv- {oo ag an ab-intio trainer as late a8 1978 (Rog 3h Aftermath Despite tis intial succuss, the Boxkites were soon superseded by beter aeroplanes. “Mauries Farman joined his brother is design ing new types and the Maurice Farman ME 7 Longhorn set naw record for duration, 13 his, 22 mins, And distance (360 ris) in 1912,, became the standard military trainer inthe early WAV! period, although obsolete. Even the Wright Brothers had abandoned the Canard surface with thelr Model @ of 191, ‘The next gonoration of military aeroplanes wore the nacelle pusher types, as established by the Henry Farman HF 20 and the Maurice Farman ME 11'Shorthor Bath types played an important part inthe early years of WI and saw active service with all the Allied nations. In Britain, G. Holt Thomas form the ‘Aieraft Manufacturing Company’'n 1912 and built Farman trainers during the War until these were superseded by De Havilland designe. Tis Australia, tho CFS at Point Cook used the Boxkites and Fatman MF 11 ‘Shorthomns throughout WW! as abvinito trainers. a meer en ra Por rea career eons Pear tone oe aaa eee nny ares Ts Before the Gra roe enya aver ater Pee er pare ery aS Flying Scale Models 19PLANS AND PARTS PLANS and PARTS BE READY TO START BUILDING AS SOON AS YOU UNFOLD THE TAS wit THESE LASER-CUT PARTS SETS See we CANBERRA B()8 lan price £29.50 Plan No.262 ymponent Pack £175.00 From the bikie board of elcrie ducted fn scale expert Chris Goldy :/F Cowl price £17.50 reat rstime sae model fo novices and spart flrs who want rel! se accuracy 79 in span 15.3 sale mode! usa range of engines $40-60-Two sheet plan Gas foe cou avaleie CORBEN SUPER ACE Soe we ornate rd HEINKEL HE 51 Cea IETR ys PLAN PRICE £1750 PLAN NO0 pie ccattradcoresews | Component pacar , deccwmcerewngearrysnae, Keg (iiewrgen (erege rec ote, FOMPOMENT Pac: 110.0 SecMeeemaeesi neler, Slee teas 5 sen wag gn pre Seyadetcogir tad Srgsnaraie | Loa esWSce Cube nate tele en comer eed cy Seolcparyesien Venederpecamtis | (uci Rr tgintoeracigeriem Se tleantrlarman Boreoraeweanwmn | Reeceavecucl Rcese cron dae ones aoe Four function ratho sysiems required. 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Every time | have visited, there has been an escort vehicle to take ‘we punters across the airfield. There is even a sign with the appropriate mobile telephone number to ring for assistance, fs you join the field, All good fun, First fly For many it was their first warbirding event of the year. As usual, at such "ly ‘wot-yer-brung’ events there was an excellent imix of scale types. And wasn't al fast, [ow wing, WWII mono: planes either. 1 truly smashing SESa and there was even fn old favourite of mine, the venerable Flair Tipe. It was also good to sea two distinct variants of Focke Wulf 190. The first | spotted was Colin Bostwick's fine hand-built Focke Wulf FW 190A, This had 72" span, Laser power, and weighs in at 13 Ibs. Colin always builds 4 first rate model, and this was wall up to par. The other hand-built Focke Wulf was @ subtly different mark, and flown by by Dominie Brassey Williams, His version was the FW 190D. Built form the Brian Taylor plan she was 66" in span, complete with fn OS 80 FS driving a 14x7 APC prop. This lesser-known variant 1s sleeker. slips through the air very pleasingly indeed, fora well-known killer Speaking of variants, both John Jackson and Oryray Peters had built rare ‘Aichi Vals over the winree from the new YT kit, Naturally, they were finished in very different colour schemes. | thought they were delightful Maiden twin There were a number of exciting flying ‘moments, but none more nerve wracking than when George ‘Shone maidened Alan Jackson's new 83" span electric powered YT Grumman FIF Tiger Cat, She was powered by two EPower 90s, backed by 4400s power packs, and weighed 11.5 kgs She flew beautifully, but Alan did not relax until she was back in his cat! Bowman's Magister This was a blast from the past -» pukka Bowman's scale kit, complete with 90” span foam wings. This was flawn by my (youngl old mate, Alan Griffiths, It weighs 17 Ibs and is powered by an ASP 180, This is a rare model these days, and even though a bit careworn, flew very convincingly. New WM Tempest Mk. V ARTF This brand new Steve Webb/ World Models ARTF was maidened by Lyndsay Todd. It is 57° in span, and designed for engines in the range of 6-55, and their four stroke equivalents. it comes with retracts, and that thoughtful WM trade mark of a spare transparent cowl, with Which to mark out the engine apertures fn the real cow. A very useful feature. Te was curious that Warld Models had printed a small advert for their covering film, directly into the film of @ supposed scale model. | imagine that they have Flying Scale Models 23 »COLIN BOSTWICK’S FINE HAND 3UILT FOCKE WULF FW 190 A. 72" SPAN, LASER POWER, WEIGHS © L3S. their reasons, and all of them barmy. Don't let this put you off this model though. The Tempest is @ handy size, ‘and flew well, but in the bright sun, she Proved a bit too shiny for my camera. A 900d scuffing with a plastio Scotch Scourer would work wonders, | have assembled quite a few World Mode aver the years, all bought with my own Domini Brassey- Willams floating his grandded's alleat in on full lap. Colin Bostwiek's Focke Wulf on en aggressive beat up ofthe light ne money, and they make @ good ARTF. Lam Spartacus Spartacus is an illustrious Midlands ‘scale man, known for his exquisite craftsmanship. He is famously reclusive. fe will not even allow his real name to be printed. He Is a known associate of he Peore Brother, best known from } Langar Warbirds. We have celebrated his stunning Miles Messenger, a joint ven ture built with Chris Peers. It now tran. spires that he built truly superb Curtiss Kittyhawk London Pride some ten years, ‘ago, Simon Isley, who now owns t flew ‘at Sleap. As you can see from the 8, she really is first rate Jett Pearson's Cub 4 Grasshopper from the Precedent kit. 105° span, ‘Weigh 17s, with Quadre 35 24 Flying Scale ModelsLyndey Todets wellnown World Models ARTF Thunderbolt. tradition with hie CM Pro 1 20 FS power JOHN JACKSON'S AICHI VAILFROM THE YT INTERNATIONAL ARTF KIT, OWN SCHEME — —_—_ Ss i aliaBomb drop Sartorial make-over be said that all Warbirders The NW Warbirds lads have a new uniform. A sensible ‘and practical black fleece with nity red legending. Just the gear for lving under ii tarmac te CEL evTE ORE EERIE ook terol hair, and munched away with a big smack in front of the pilots! ‘There were other signs of refinement. As smile on my fizzag. A great day out! ml Join The Fun - Check out the NW Warbirds site for the rest of the seasons’ dates: hitip://northwestwarbirds.webs.com/ PHIL RO3ERTSHAW'S MAGNIFICENT V/6TH SCALE, 2 FOOT SPAN HEINKEL tI. WEIGHS 7713S, POWEPEI 26 Flying Scale Modelsod P40 Suniesanetr but PY Lika Jot Jackson Oryray has selected an ‘own Seheme for hs VT international Ahr vatese B . <= Jimy Pattrson's Zonosh 260s powered Fokker DAY Tilane rom the be. a ie tamed Fala Weighs 15 Flying Scale Models 27INDOOR FREE FLIGHT SCALE =\A ail Ce? THE FINAL BUILD OF RICHARD CROSSI.EY'S V/18TH SCALE RUBBER DRIVEN FREE FLIGHT PARTI] Undercarriage Moke the whecls from foam or all three together. You should now Ifyouintendto fy your model out- laminated balsa discs and sand tobe able to wrap the wood around doors, you may wish to ignore this shape. Note that the retainer isthe former, using pins to hold it in, Section and build with tle gear” recessed and a balsa cover gives @ place. Repeat for the left and right Fetracted. streamlined ‘invisible’ fixing. Drill tail outlines and once dry, build up Using thin-nose pliers, bend the and bush with aluminium tube. the structure as noted on the plan. ‘mm dia. wire companents to shape The wheels are held in place with On my model thickened the see using the plan as a guide. The inner plastic coating striped from thin _tion of the fin and tailplane, using legs are made up from ane piece at electrioal flex before the stream- taper shaped ribs and spars, ‘wire: start bonding from the wheel lined cover is fixed in place (see ‘Before building, | packed up the fend and work your way up you will plan sheet 3 for detail) laminated outlines clear of the ‘eed to slip the two sections of alu plan to ensure a symmetrical sec: ‘minium torque tube on the wire as Tail surfaces tion - see plan, Once complete, ‘you progress This design uses laminated balsa carefully sand the tails. Cover the 'Nekt, bend the outer sections, slip- outlines. The main benefit of lami- tails, making sure that the grain of ping into place the tube betore you nated parts is strength with light the tissue runs spanwise. make the final bend at the top. Weight. Surprisingly, these are Ensure that you make a lefthand and also quicker and easier to make Cockpit canopy aright hand leg. Bind and solder the than using out sheet outlines, You oan either choose to mould ‘three sections together Let's build the fin first: cut three the canopy, or make it up from flat ‘Mount the undercarriage into the strips, 1116" wide from a piece of acetate. Ammoulded one looks bet ‘model, epoxving the aluminium 1182" shest balsa (these need to be ter, but is more difficult. | moulded ‘bes fo the wing plates you will long enough to go around the. my canopy using the ‘piunge” have to remove a Section of tissue entire fin outline excluding the __-methad: make a balsa mould using from below the wing, and patch in base}, Whilst these are soaking inthe top, side and front views on later). Note thatthe assembly also water for 10 minutes, cut out the the plan and sand to a very ‘epoxies fo the rear of FIA, Thioken former from balsa or mount board, smooth Finish, Cut tho plug up into the gear logs with sanded scrap ‘which needs to be the same size. canopy sections, and mount the balsa and use thin stips of paper as the inner line of the fin outline. plugs an stieks, then plunge around the balsa to replicate the, ‘Wax the edges of the former and through some preheated acetate bleos etc. Use soft balsa block for the pin it to the building board. Dab that has been stapled across a cut ‘equare sectioned outerlegs andthe strips of wood dry and apply out aperture about 1/8" bigger all fashion the doors from thin card. white glue between them, sticking round than the top view of the ‘The Royal Nvay Flt Al Arm received Bultfalogs. This one operated by 711 Squadron for tls in early 1841 28 Flying Seale Modelscanopy. You must make sure _acetate version, make up two that the material you have will laminated formers (see sections stretch well with heat some A and Bi; these formers will be types of clear plasties will not unobtrusive, soften enough. Itin doubt, get the clear sheet to them. hold of some clear vac-form packaging i.e. the stuff Easter Final assembly come in and heat itup Fix the talleone components to until it melts back to fat. ‘your model, taking extra care Ifyou try a simpler sheet that everything is true and RAAF No.A59 Squadron Buffalo 1 based at Singapore December 1941, tissue strips. Add cookp details such as the roll cag ‘and soat backrest from sorap balsa and card. Paint the inside ‘of the cockpit with ‘cockpit reen’ paint, ‘A dummy engine will m big difference to the realism of your model and details are ‘shown on the plan. Note also the exhaust stubs, cow! panels, ‘gun troughs etc - there are olour schemes presented with this feature, but If you can get a copy of the ‘Squadron(Signal book ‘F2A Buffalo in action’, it algo has good colour refer ‘ences, three-views and photo- ‘graphs. The aerial is cut from Visa" ply and mounted off-cen. We to starboard on the cow! top. perfectly the hole in the ing. bend an'S” hook on my shaits as this stops the rubber ‘motor wobbling on the hook, ‘The front of the prop-shaft should be bent over at 90 degrees so that it engages in the Treowheol at tho front of the. propeller (I used an 8° Peck prop on my model). The nose plug should be a tight ft into its perture. Drill out the hole in the peg support to take the alu » Flying Scale Models 29‘minium tube that retains the Fubber motor. Make up a Fubber motor from 18” oF 3/16" flat eubber forming two loops, 22° long, “The ventral window was often painted over an the Buffalo. You can cut the frame from paper and paste to the underside of the model, Once doped, you can ut out wrinkles and add tis sue panels these will not notice if you intend to paint your model Colour schemes The RAF Buffalo Mk1 (or Model 339) was camou: flaged with ‘Dark Earth’ and ‘Dark Green’ on top with Sky’ undersides af the Brewster factory. These colours varied slightly from the official RAF colours, in particular the Sky tone was more like a pale blue, closer to the German ‘Hellbiau’ When the Buffaloes arrived at Singapore in mid-1941, the port half of the under sides were painted matt black and a sky band (cor Brewster 8-280 variant ofthe Finish Air Force, 1944, rect RAF colour was applied to.the rear fuselage. References to National insignia are shown on the plan. The British model 3396 was very similar to the US Navy F2A-2, the Dutch 3390 and the Belgian 3398, so there are plenty of other colour schemes to choose from. My model was ait- brushed with Humbrol enamel paints, using cellu Tose spirit to thin them. find a cheap external mix airbrush best for these "arg € er” models, ‘Another Bromstor 8-239 variant ofthe Finch Ai Fore, late 1841 -porsonalateraftof Lt, Jorma Sarvanto Flying Balance the model before you attempt to fly it. Due to the forward position of the rear motor peg you should hot need to add too much weight to the nose. U.S. Navy Browster F2A-2 of VE-2, also aboard USS Lexington lato 1840 30 Flying Scale Modelsaaa ee oo a Gintincsr ec) (__ ee 3 ae LOWER KEEL (REAR) or readers ‘st an appeared in the May issue, "lave ica ts that id otherwise have a ai bly process can start mediate " 7 = 5 5 npeh DRCT FROM KEY PUAISHIG LiD, PO BOY 100, SrAMORD,LavGOLNM Pe) 1, UK. (TEL: ove s0904)DQEISCALE) 22.5 mew wmesran TORSION UNDERCARRUCES FOR A SUPERIOR RESULT | —— ESAKI — TISSUE FOR COVERING YOUR MODEL TE BENETTT OF USING 4 TORSION SPRUNG LANDING EAR (9 THAT MOST OF THE LANDING MMBACT 88 DEN UP BY {THE TWISTING MOTION OF THE WIRE WV THE TORQUE TOBE, ee BeNpe Bate TH MEIN THAT THE WIRE LEGS WILL NOT DISTORT, THROUDY 90 DEB. ANd Aid OF THE NICE GEAR DETAR AND D0GRE Wed WOT ‘AND 19 EPONED (Pike OFF EVERY TIME YOUR MODEL LANDS: F2A-3 (BATTLE OF MIDWAY ERA) THE BREWSTER F2A-3 USED BY US FORCES AT THE (GYTLE OF MIDWAY HAD A LONGER MUSE THEN. THE BRIT BUFERLO MKT OR F2A-2.1F YOU WISH TO ‘BULD THE VERSION, EXTEND THE LENGTH OF ALL ‘EELS BETWEEN FT AND Fh BY 5/16" ut) © erCUseD CROSSLEY, JAN 201, DESIENED AND PRINTED WW ENGLAND ‘4N0PY #0 FLAT - WHERE 7 Jon ee sn ertyya age DESIGNED AND ORRWN BYThe talplane hose sight section. Note the hollowed light basa block tll wir temporarily in place have not vot i the wings, Note alse an my model the Py rar FIA ls not deep enough. Use lod th goar my resin to gle Lubricate the moter, wind find that as the power adding some right-thrust. Full descent on the glide, on afew tums by hand and increases, the model ties to power can only be achieved The Buffalo makes up into a launch into any breeze. The ‘loop’ or stall inthe climb. If by stratch-winding the moter lovely looking model, one of, model should achieve a sta- this happens try alittle down- using @ geared winder. Aim my alltime favourites, | hope. ble powered-glide.Ifall looks thrust. Any tendency to spiral for aclimbing left hand turn, you enjoy building and fiying good, then gradually increase to the left under the torque of after which, the model may yours. 7 the amount of turns. You may the motor can be offset by well reverse into'@ right hand Flying Scale Models 35FULL SIZE FREE PLAN Low passes for the camera are simple with this stable, predictable little model 36 Flying Seale ModelsFokker D.VIII A 1/8 scale electric powered model designed by Peter Rake with the prototype model built and described by he Reinhold Platz designed ‘Flying Razor, as it was nick- named by allied pilots, arrived toa late to have much impact on the outcome of the ar bat: tles of World War One. Originally designat- ed E.V [that’s E.), a series of fatal wing failures saw the parasol monoplane fighter temporarily withdrawn from service. Aer the problem was rectified - main spars hav. ing been found not to be to design speci cation - the fdlieg (German Air Command) btdered resumed production. Redesignated the D.Vl the Flying Razor’ went on to lam the last aerial victory of the Great War, Atotal of 289 EVs were manufactured from an intial order of 400 machines. The model Peter's model is to Vath scale, giving a ‘wingspan of 42". At this size, the fully ‘assembled model fits nicely into the book imon Uglow of your average family car, With excellent flying characteristics, this may just be the perfect electric soale park flyer. Designed to use either three or four func: tion controls, depending on which wing, ‘you build, | obtained a set of laser cut parts find construction was commenced on the three function version, {Since this model was designed some time ago. | have updated the plan to show the option of a brushless, ‘bell’ style out » Flying Scale Models 37‘runner motor in addition to the original brushed set-up. It simply requires a rectan- ‘gular 18" ply firewall and spacers. This, Imore closely resembles the arrangement Simon used. PR) Tail surfaces The tal feathers are quickly built over the plan from stip, the rudder receiving a lami- hated outline, of three strips of W/16" x 1S" balse, formed around a foam board tem- plate. Laminating in this way produces & Very strong but also light structure Eminently suited to curves, the rudder as here, oF wing and tal plane tips are easy to produce, so don't be afraid at giving this {echnique a go. Foam board is idea! for producing the template. Take care to not {ut to the full rudder size, but 3716" under {0 allow forthe balsa thickness. Protect the edges of the tempiate with Sellotape and pin securely to your building board with cling iim beneath, Pre-cut your balsa strips and allow to soak thoroughly. You may use ammonia (purchased as Cloudy Ammonia from tha cleaning section ‘of your loval supermarket) added to the water if you wish, but beware the smell and the iritant effect to eyes and nose. This is ‘especialy noticeable if you use hot water Tor the soaking ‘Once nicely pliable, run each strip through a saucer of PVA glue to coat thor ‘oughly. Now take your three strips, stack them and then, stating at one end, work your way around the template pinning as {You go. The laminates wil slide over one [nother at this stage allowing for thir dit Trent curve radi, ike to use a small stip ‘of shim brass as fence outside the lami nates to help apply even pressure and pre Vent the pin indentations otherwise caused “This detaches easily once all is dry. ‘Several days are best here. Ply control home are let into the control surfaces after Covering, o allow hooking up to the closed loop conttols. (The plan shows pushrod ‘operation, but closed loop is @ simple ‘upgrade. PR) Fuselage The fusclage follows Peter's preferred and well proven construction method: a forward fuselage box, mated to a stick built rear fuselage. The rear fuselage isthe standard build; two sides over the plan joined with these sides pinned dirsetly over the plan, Cut the Uprights for both sides when Building the first and you are slmost quarantoed two identical sides. Similarly 30 the cross, pisces. Cut two of each, fitting the lower {pinned and therefore fixed) stations using the second between the top longerane for absolute equareness. ‘With the forward fuselage largely sett ig ‘ging using the precision of the laser cut parts, a fow strategically placed supports allow this to be glued in one sitting. This is ‘again accomplished aver the plan view, on the building board, to ensure accuracy. ‘Once joined to the rear fuselage, a series of ‘sub formers are added to accept the rolled balsa top decking and develop the fuselage shape. Prior to adding the top sheeting, the cen tro section struts need forming. All the strut lengths are accurately shown and using ‘Vi6" piano wire the Bending work isnt too arduous. The two upper struts are sewn and epoxied to 18" ply mounting plates The lower strut is made.a free ft ito piece of brass tube, securely boxed in on Fb. With the fuselage attachment points fixed, the wing attachment point can be sol- dered in st Whilst you're inthe swing of things, you may as well shape the rear wing strut and Undercarriage. These lems are each sewn to further ply plates inthe fuselage bottom, butonly after covering, Using measure: ments taken from the plan, a simple jig was Constructed at one end of the building board and the undercarriage legs sof so: dered together. This same jig was used to hold the undercarriage lags for mounting the underaatoge wing and panowite renee, ene, Fownee avait Returning to the fuselage: take the oppor tunity to paint the false cockpit floor (not shown of the plan) and detail the cockpit to taste whilst you stil have ready access. ‘The top decking is now added in two pisces: from the firewall to the rear ofthe ookpit Foremost D1 to rearmost D1) and {rom here to the front of the tailplane seat {D2 to the 19" square atthe front of the tailplane). ‘When dy, the cockpit aperture can be marked and cut. Simplified gun troughs Were also cut to later accept a pair of Vth scale Spandau guns, purchased from Wright Brothers Aviation. These are delightful additions to this model. A combi- | Pretty as a picture, the model shows off the intricately applied finish and vinyl graphics 38 Flying Scale Modelsnation of laser cut balse, thin eard for the perforated cooling jackets and plastic rod, they assemble quickly and paint up well into light, but convincing facsimiles, ‘A separate cowl, formed from laser cut laminations of 18" balsa and ply with 1152" ply wrapping, is next Use belea stand-otfs to set the distance between C1 and C2 before adding the ply wrap. To aid this last step | soaked my ply overnight in a Waterfammania mix and then taped and rubber banded the ply to an appropriate ‘sized coffee tin t0 preform the curve. This was left to dry for about ten days, (Easter intervened) and made the job of attaching the ply so much easier! ‘The cow! fixing was addressed at this time using the now commonplace neodymium magnets, These are recessed into the rear of C2 and the frant of FE. Ghie all magnets atthe same time with @ piece of waxed paper between. This ensures both correct polarity and accurate alignment. This completes the basic fuse- lage Wing The last major assembly to tackle is the wing. Here you are offered a choice, for three and four function models are shown. Both are built as a single piece, albeit as three distinct panels. The single spar, itself constructed from three pisces, sets the dihedral and wing taper. As such, the wing ‘spars are diferent for the aileron equipped ‘and non-aileron wings. The laser cut parts imide the nesessary pieces for either ‘spat. The wing centre section is construct- ed first, followed sequentially by the outer panels, packing the unsupported structure 2s required 'No washout is included, so each section is built fat over the pian making for @ quick ‘and easy assembly. All the ribs are delight- fully cut with the option of cutting lighten ing holes. These double as servo wire runs {or the aileron-equipped wing. You will be required to construct the ailerons, modify- 2 fuselage begin with building side frames over the plan 3: Once ‘strong, but lightweight Box structure. 47 hates together CUT PART: fy tern the made wil require SET AVAILABLE have alasor-cut component pack available. We empha: Pose to build Peter Rae's Fokker DVI, we sise that these cut-part sets provide ready-cut pieces of allthe bits that you would otherwise have to trace out onto the balsa or plywood sheets before knifing them out, thus saving a fait bivof tedious time, so that the airframe assembly process can start immediately. The parts sets do NOT include strip and sheet wood that you can get from your friendly model shop. ‘The parts set costs £75.00 plus £850 for carriage in UK. Sets can be supplied to oversoas customers, wth cariage costs quoted ‘on an individual destination basis, Order direct from Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 100, Stamford, Lincolashire, PE9 [XQ, UK. (Tel: 0178 480404) Flying Scale Models 39tion Simon tau tft brushieee Despite the ing the appropriate wing ribs, 28 @ com man set of ibs is used for either wing. My Version is the three-function model Installation & assembly With all the basic structure completed, now isa good time to start the radio installation land mount the motor. My chosen power plant was an AXI 2212/34 running an 11x65 Inch APC-E prop from a 2s 2180mAh LiPo. A ‘Jeti 18 amp speed control and two Topae ‘gm servos completed the electronics. The plan itself doesn't show any details for mounting, but shows the location ofa simi Tar power motor 'AS stated, | chose to add a false floor onto which I glued my pilot. The floor underside ‘doubled asa mount for the receiver and speed control and acted to support the bot tom of the servos, The servos themselves fre mounted to conventional spruce fil, Silicon sealant was used to attach all these items. Two hatches in the fuselage under: Side achieve access tothe radio, The for ward hatch is used for battery changes. Despite the undercarriage appearing to be inthe way, battery changes are fuss free ‘with the model supported inverted, Drilling ofthe wing mounting blocks is now required. To ascomplish this, support ‘the wing inverted on a flat surface. used some foam wedges that accommodated the wing pratile and dihedral, Now lower the fuselage onto the wing, again supporting as rnevessaty. Check and double-check the key alignments before marking where the strut sttachment points locate. Allow any Slight dsorepancy here ‘wen comparing one Side to the other #8 Tong as the wing to fuselage and wing-to alignments are accu- ‘Onoe satisfied that all is wel, remove ‘Although seen here with the allron wing option (Simon but both wings] the ita DVI shows off the uncomplcatd structure, 40 Flying Scale ModelsAlthough seen drifting s the fuselage and dhl the mounting blocks slightly out ‘board of the strut positions, Use your choice of sorew 19 cu thread, remove ‘and reinforce the hole with thin oyano. Thin brass straps were fabri cated to alamp the struts to the mounting blocks at final assembly. Covering & finishing Uhad alwaye intended io, depict one of he naval ‘bumblebee! schemes on this model ter being sutably chastised on AC Groupe: with PE susan chwimging sand tonguesnaheek commente of “lozenge was the only soheme used on the fll ie" {'Succurbed to preseure and chose a scheme with jst enough lozenge to satity. fe a bonue though, the scheme sported 2 very atractve yellow cow, yellow whea! Covers anda stiped horizontal a. The dlociding fact for this soheme wes tindoubtedly the enake motif. Thie an flmost the ful length ofthe fuselage sides With picture of the finshed model now forming in ay mind, just had to find 9 tway of reproducing the scheme Easy pars fis: The cow! ie simply sprayed using chrome sver as a btee cost ‘his enables some rubbing back ofthe vel tow topcoat simulate wear Canopy luc “fivets-applied with the hypodermie ike nozzle from a bole of Superphatle and Syringe prior to painting add tothe effect The stored card wheel cavers are leo painted. One wheel inspection panel was fett open with false piano wire spokes glued behind to adda lite interest. The wing Covered with dark green itespan and rush painted with thinned offvo green ol paint. Both the horizontal and vertcl tals ore covered with white Ltespan. The tal stip ingle achieved by masking off the white dately overhead, the model is capable of far more spirited flight performance - even on just three channels, stripes, with Tamiya’s excellent kabuki masking tape, then spraying semi-gloss Black enamel Now for the tricky bits: The fuselage received a base covering of cream litespan for all but the dark green (Litespan) forward panel. Each fuselage side requires three panels to accommodate the contre section {o/s struts. Aerodrome RC kindly provide 9 series of downloadable lozenge patterns in Various scales. The appropriate Vth scale pattern was glued to.9 piece of thin ply ‘and the individual lozenges cut fut as tomplates. Each Tozenge on the model is ‘actually a piece of doped tissue, cut using these templates; definitely @ cage of it taking longer to do than to doseribe - twenty five hours plus, for the fuselage and underearriage wing, ‘tow customised lozenges were Fequired 9 acount for slight errors in euting ‘and positioning, but ‘overall the fit was excel: Tent, Graphics were custom cut by Callie Graphics ‘Scale dotaling proceeded, with the fit ting of the Spandau guns and a dummy motor soratch buit from items to hang Sml syringes, suture material (guess the day job! tape, piano wire and the bottom ‘of @ small bottle, “An acetate windscreen With piano wite frame and a real leather cockpit combing applied over a spit length ‘of vinyl tube wore added. The tubing here Creates depth to the combing and simulates the padding of the ful size machine The undercarriage logs and struts were faired with a stip of 1/16" balsa, tissue cov. fred and painted, Weathering followed with ‘2 combination of oil paint washes and Powdered pigments Flying Balanced as per the plan, 1/8" in front of the spar, the morning of the maiden dawned calm and generally bright. Taking off is a thing of beauty! The model lifts its fail early, then holds that configuration ntl you aotively ease back on the eleva: tor. In fight the model is stable and per: fectly controllable with the three Tune tions, Some contral authority was lost with reduced throttle, but this was with low rates. Power was adequate for ‘gentle flying and for the close- in slow passes required for the photos, which show the model off to ite best ‘advantage. (On landing, use throttle to control the descent rate, Touch down with @ little power on, hold up elevator and roll out to 4 full stop. The power draw with the listed setup is vary modest. There is room to experiment (up to an 11°x8" pro: poller on 3) ityou desire @ more spirited flight envelope. Indeed later fights with a #500mAh 3s, pack, but sticking with the original propeller have proven this point with no f|pperent loss in duration. Loops, stall {wens and barrel rolls are now easily, fsccomplished. (Unfortunately, Simon's flying proved a littl too spirited for the relatively soft balsa spar supplied with the lager eut parts - it Talled mid Might. Since | thought you probably wouldn't want to include this ‘scale’ feature on your model, | have upgraded the parts to bass. PR) if you only build one model this year, ako sure it’ this Fokker DVI, she's 3 honey! . Flying Scale Models 47TYPE HISTORY eye Did the entirely avoidabi with this late WWI figh development by more than a decade? ack in 1914-18, the active in service lifetime of WWI combat aircraft could often be measured in ‘months only, before obso: lescence set In as military hlerarchy, aircraft designers {and manufacturers on both sides of the contict strove 10 achieve or maintain supe tort of combat perform ance over the aircraft of the enemy, Lives depended "upon it On the German side, the latest in a succession of competitions for the supply of fighters, in early 1918. led 10 the selection of the Fokker DVI the best of a umber of machines, all of Which were required to use the 160/180 hp Mercedes engine ‘The D.VII went into immediate production, but the German High Command, Were fully aware of how uickiy the performance of 8 new aircraft could be eclipsed and immediately decided to float a further fighter design competition, the requirements of whieh Wore circulatiged among the ‘manufacturers, including Albatios, Dornier, Kondor, WG, Preiz, Roland, Rumpler, Seimens-Schuckert and Fokker. At the later company, Designer Reinhold Plate had inhand @ number of expert ‘mental parasol monoplane configuration designe, V26. 27 and V28. Platz was, ip his day, an extraordinary aircraft designer. Although he had no knowledge of aerodynamics, no research facilites to fal back on at Fokker's Schwerin head. uarters and not even made aware of the existence of official technical publica tions, he was in many of hie ideas ahead of his timo. Ho Was a welder by trade, skilled in. metalwork but eventheless achieved out standing success as a designer of wooden wings, Yet he worked in the shad ow of Antony Fokker and Seems to have tolerated his employer's explicit claims ot all redit for the aircraft that, Pratz had designed. When the January 1912 competition wae run off it was leading pilots from the Jagdstatfein in the war Zones who did the compara tive testing and who were the arbiters of which design Would be selected as the Toliow-on fighter, Their Shortlist whittled down the choice tothe Dornier Di, Seimens Schucken and Fokker V26V28. Finally, the Fokker design was selected recelving the official desig. nation EW (for Eindecke) The production order Fequired 400 machines, the first 20 beIng delivered in july 1916. Jagdstattel 6 was the first unit to get thelr hhands on the new fighter, Feceiving six in earl August, but before the end. of the month, three of thest le problems initially experienced ‘ter set back monoplane fighter pilots had been killed due to wing failures, Initial offical investiga tions blamed these faileres ‘on deformation under heavy {n-fight wing loads, but furs ther more practieal exam Ration revealed appalingly oor standards of constr ton that included the use of Lunseesoned wood and per shed glue. But even more {damning discoveries wore found. To expand his manu: facturing capability, Fokker had, in 1816, acquired she former Perina Planoforte Fabrik Company where the facilities were turned over 10 airframe construction, Including wings for the Fokker E.V: Examination of EV wings off that produc. tion line revealed that those had not been made with proper igs; that that pins to hold the surface wing skins ad been so carelessly har ‘mered in thatthe pins missed the rib cap strips Underneath; that the depths of the spar flanges had beon planed down from the des ‘nated 13mm to just 7.5mm in order te slot spars into the structure. Not surprisingly, Fokker received the ‘racket of his Ite from the Flugzeugmeisterei responsi Die forthe investigation, which even recommend criminal proceedings ‘against him. With Reinhold Piate now responsible for manage. ment ofthe Perzina Works, Immediate improvement in