Consolidated XBY-1 Repair
A number of years ago I build a profile model of the Consolidated XBY-1. This was a prototype that never made into production. I got the idea from a Peanut scale plan I saw in the now defunct Model Builder Magazine. The first one had a nearly scale fuselage.
Version 1 crashed at the NATS one year when the slider popped on take off. Rather than repair it I built a second with a slimmed fuselage. But I never throw anything away and the original lived it my garage attic until a few months ago. The main damage was to the wing which had been trashed, so I figured a new wing and it almost will be back in the air. Since the original had a Wiley which I have sold, I decided to go electric.
Right now I don’t know where I’ll be able to fly it, if you haven’t heard all flying for a 30 mile radius has been shut down in the DC area. You know CL is just such a big threat. All fields have been closed and it is not clear when or if they will be allowed to reopen.