Pick a Plane 2011

[Jonners]

My choices:

 

FW 190 A4

BF109 E

Miles Magister

 

Around 60" span, electric.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

[Ady Hayward]

Martin Baker MB5

Miles Gemini

Beagle Bassett

[Geoff Peacock]

Gannet

Wyvern

FW 190A 

[Sir John]

My choice would be either,

 

Bristol Scout 1/8th scale or

 

Sopwith Pup 1/8th scale

 

Both for use in Air Combat WW 1

 

 

[Barry Ensten]

Here are my suggestions

 

 These are planes that there are not good plans for at the moment

 

1 B24 Liberator 100" (or bigger)

2 FW190 72 - 80"

3 Dornier DO 335 Pfeil   70" max (that is something different!) 

 

All Electric

 

 

Barry 

[twilightflyer]

FW 190 for me, I'm afraid.

[buster prop]

1. Lockheed Constellation.

2. A smallish DH Chipmunk for EP, less than 50" span.

3. EDF Folland Gnat.

[Papa]

My first choice:

 

Bell P63 Kingcobra

 

Jack Higgins

[Papa]

My second Choice:

 

Sea Fury

 

Jack Higgins

 

[Papa]

My third choice:

 

TBM-3

 

Jack Higgins

 

[Papa]

My fourth choice:

 

Grumman Martlet

 

 

 

Jack Higgins

 

[Lee Damms]

1) Zero

2) Messerschmitt 110

3) Heinkel He 111

[wlfk]

Enough of the WWII planes, much as I love them... And perhaps this is ungenerous of me, but I wouldn't want to build a Nazi warplane either... Too many bad associations.

 

How about a Rutan design - somebody already mentioned the Starship which would be a fun twin. The Long-EZ would be considerably simpler as it is mostly designed to be cut out of foam to be built by amateurs and is boxy by design - though not unstylish. There are good scale drawings readily available too.

 

 

The early jet fighters were very stylish, and my favourite of these would be, without doubt, the vampire:

 

I understand the intakes would be hard - perhaps they could be supplied as moulds and would have to be enlarged slightly. But what I like about these early jets is that they span the transition between the piston powered fighters of WWII and the ultra-fast modern jets. They have the appeal of jets, but still have relatively long, straight wings. As such, it should be possible to build them with nice handling. I would love an SR71, but I doubt I would love flying it. The good old vampire looks as if it could be a pleasure in the air.

 

 And finally, perhaps something pre-WWII:

 

 The old de-Havilland Comet

 

[Brian Coe]

I'm still in favour of the:

 

1. Bolton Paul Defiant

 

2. Gloster Gladiator

 

3, Hawker Hind

 

May the best 'plane win

 

Brian

[Erik Manson]

How about,

 

1) Lockheed Electra ( Amelia Earheart)

 

2) Junkers Ju 88 A-4

 

3)  Grumman Goose

[Vic Rowse]

How about :- 1) Percival (Piston) Provost

                      2) D.H. Vampire T11

                      3) D.H. Chipmunk

    As I have worked on all three types I have an extra reason for wanting one of them. Of course a Boeing 707 would be on the list if we were allowed 4 !

[Richard Hodge]

I say : 1 - Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer

           2 - Edgley Optica (for EDF)

           3 - Beech 18

[Clive Pegden]

What about a Naval Aviation Flavour for a change.

 

1.  Fairey Firefly

2. Fairey Swordfish

3. Hawker Sea Fury

 

[P-A-W]

Another very unusual but very atractive aeroplane is the P39 Aerocobra.

I cant say that I have seen this subject modelled for many years.

Americans used them only for a very short while in Europe.

But they supplied other nations with them, notably the Russians, who had

hundreds of them.

The P39 Aerocobra is a very interesting plane and would make a worthy subject !

 

PW.

[Manish Chandrayan]

And here are the choices from India

1. Fairey Swordfish

2. DH Rapide

3. Haker - Fury

[Preben Soegaard]

I wote for:

1) Avro Vulcan

2) Pilatus PC6 Turbo Porter

3) SIAI Marchetti SF260

[Jim Newberry - Nuviation Ltd.]

1. Stuka.

2. P38 Lightning

3. FW190

 

[Glyn R]

Percival Mew Gull about 60 size.

Old DH Comet 

Similar prewar racer.

 

[Darrell Bullard]

1.Gulf Hawk

2.Vought SBU1

3.Heinkel pursuit

[Glenn Philbrick]

Hoe about ,

 

Vulcan

Mosquito

Fairy Firefly.