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Col.Taplin Electric Radio Queen And Other Early Electric Models


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I present here information gleaned from numerous model magazines, books, YouTube video etc. regarding early electric powered models including the efforts of Col. Taplin with his 'Radio Queen'.

My apologies for the quality of some of these as they are usually photo copies of old or out of print items.

YouTube video of Col.Taplin and his 'Radio Queen' note bank of battery cells:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqhMD5iu_gs

Here is the 'Aeromodeller' article from the September 1957 issue:

radio queen electric aeromodeller article.jpg

However, earlier electric models are suggested including this from 1918:

kerruish plane 1918.jpg

And from 1938 American 'Flying Aces' magazine, the Herb Lozier 'Electric' spanning 64 inches. I managed to obtain a full-size plan of this from 'Model Builder', a(nother) project for one day!

lozier electric 1938.jpg

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