Pick a plane 2008!

[David Ashby - Moderator]

Ok folks you've read the homepage piece so cast your votes here. Remember we're looking for your top 3 aircraft suggestions.........

Here are mine

 1. Sea Fury

2. Whittman Tailwind

3. Skyraider

(don't worry I'm not in the draw!)

[Dead-stick]

 Let's have a change from WW 2 fighters, so I propose the following:

1/  Bucker Jungmeister

2/  Fieseler Storch

3/  SE 5a

[Stefan Hafner]

How about

1) P 38 Lightning (twin 60 Four stroke)

2) Eurofighter (EDF)

3) AV 8 Harrier (vectored thrust would be fun but a wee bittie ambitious perhaps)

[Ian Deeley]

How about

1) Blackburn Buccaneer (EDF)

2) Gloster Javalin (EDF)

3) Fairy Swordfish

[Erfolg]

Her are my suggestions

1. Heinkel 219 uhu
2. Gee bee R1/2 or Z
3. Martin Baker MB5

I think that an electric twin using approx. 150W motors would be extremely viable today. A AVRO Mancheser could be a viable conversion from a Lancaster plan.

Something along the lines of a Gee Bee or any of that period racers would be a little different from the run of the mill.

I would like to see a British aircraft modelled other than the miriod of Spitfires and Hurricanes that have been modelled over the years (fine planes though they are). A BF109 would at least be a change.

As many will have guessed I am only interested in electric, as convienance and noise restrictions have confined my IC engines to the garage for many years.

Not to large either, 36" to 60" is my optimum (not to large an investment in time, materials, space etc.).  

Regards

Erfolg 

[Karl Settle]

1 Long EZ

2 Defiant

3 VariEze

4 Voyager or Solitair (for the glider types)

notice a theme developing .........

All electric powered

[martyn sharp]

Hi dave i guess my choices would be

 1.Sea vixen (EDF)

2.PBY Catalina (electric)

3.VC10 (EDF)

regards

Martyn 

[winchweight]

1. IL2 Sturmovik

2. Skyraider

3. Wellington

[Jonathan Lewzey]

1. F22 Raptor (EDF)

2. F35 Joint strike fighter (EDF)

3. F104 starfighter (EDF)

basically any good Lockheed Martin design

[FlyingAngel]

1. something for beginners 2.F117 3.F35

[Dave Towell]

1. Buccaneer (edf)

2. English Electric  Lightning  (edf)

3. P-38 lightning  (elec /or 2x .25's)

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Martin Baker M.B.5

Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden (Jack)

Boeing XL 15

[Reno Racer]

Dave,

My suggestions would be:

Hawker Hurricane  - They seem to still be the neglected cousins to the far too numerous Spits, Mustangs, P-47s etc. (although this also seems to be a the top of the list for the next Hanger 9/Eflite model)

Scottish Aviation Bulldog - A good solid everyday hack

Grob motorglider - any type - a good hack with good glide ratio, hence duration (potential suitable for electric)

Chris

[Peter Atkins]

1. HEINKEL HE111
2. MESSERSHMITT ME110
3. DE HAVERLIN DHC-1 CHIPMONK

for Ele/25's

Please

[FEDERICO GILLI]

MY SUGGESTIONS FOR A BIT MORE UNUSUAL MODELS ARE:

1 ENGINE FIAT G55 CENTAURO

2 ENGINES FIAT BR20

3 ENGINES SAVOIA MARCHETTI S79

I KNOW........

CHEERS

[John Porter]

norththrop p 61 black widow.

[Molly]

1 stuka

2 lysander

3 avro anson 

[Fats Flyer]

Hi David,

Here we go again,

Great fun eh?

the three i would like is :

1....junkers ju-52

2....C-17 Globemaster

3.....Hercules

fingers crossed

[Chris Beer]

i would prefere to choose from a short list with pics as ive no idea what the above planes look like,

[Andrew Percival]

I'm surprised that the following aircraft are so rarely modelled

1 - Avro Tutor

2- Klemm 35

3- Canberra

There are gorgeous examples of the Avro and the Klemm in the Shuttleworth collection, and the earliest version of the Canberra (as at Duxford) is quite beautiful.  I am open minded as to the power source but obviously twin EDF for the Canberra - although possibly quite difficult to keep the engines small enough to maintain scale.   

[David Ashby - Moderator]

Chris - good point but we need your suggestions so we've something to go on the list

I should have mentioned that we may make a shortlist at the end if one aircraft isn't a clear favourite.

[Braddock, VC]

My three would be

 1. True scale Midget Mustang for 91 -120 4s or electric, I'd even buy the electric gubbins

     if you did this one.

 2. Bristol monoplane 40 -52 2s, up to 70 4s or electric.

 3. Zlin 526, retracts, for up to 82 4s

[Richard V-D]

How about

1 de Havilland DH 104 Dove

2 de Havilland Mosquito

3 Bristol Beaufighter 

[Alan Proud]

 1 De Havilland  Hornet  electric

 2 Lockheed  Electra  electric

 3 Nieuport 17  electric

[Chris Salomon]

How about:

 1. Tiger Moth - Electric.  Yeah, I know, often modelled but I can't remember one as a free plan.

2. Pitts S2A - Electric

3. Slingsby T31 or Capstan.

What I would like to see is it presented at a good size, even if it meant going over two issues or in the annual Special.  We get loads of '400' size plans but rarely anything bigger.