Al Rabe's Sea Fury Plans ?

[Rob Killick]

Hi ,

I had read an article on Al Rabe's Hawker Sea Fury and was wondering if there are plans available for it ?

Thanks ,

Rob K.

[Mike Spiess]

I love that plane I still remember what an impact the cover of Flying Model was with it on. I've always wanted to build one some day. If you find plans let me know.

[Shultzie]

Hi ,

I had read an article on Al Rabe's Hawker Sea Fury and was wondering if there are plans available for it ?

Thanks ,

Rob K.

Go to the members section and contact Al directly. That is truly one of my favorite Al Rabe's beautiful models.

[Bill Little]

Las time I asked Al, personally, there were no plans available.......... :cry:

[Al Rabe]

As for Sea Fury plans, there never were any.  The two Sea Furys that I built were made form a side view, a set of molds, and stack of templates.  When I built the Critical Mass, I turned the wing templates into a plan view as the Critical Mass used a Sea Fury wing modified only with an improved control geometry and removable gears.  The size, shape and areas ares the same as Sea Fury excepting the Critical Mass's inboard leading edge dummy radiator extensions.   Still, there really isn't enough information available to actually build a Sea Fury, and if you knew what a bitch the wing is to build with its outboard dihedral breaks and carbon torque tube, four section flaps, You'd not even try to make one.

Al

[Shultzie]

Captain Al....
Thanks for sharing the history of those awesome SeaFury's....GADS! THOSE WERE NICE B&W PHOTOS...
I still have that beautiful  high quality B&W photo here in my studio wall that you gave me so many years ago during one of your trips here  to SeaTac...perhaps on one of your Braniff stop-overs.
(Leo and I being ol' photo nutbags...would have to ask? "Where those shots with a 120 roll film 4x4 camera or what?)
I wish that I had taken more photos of my old projects...seems like waaaay to many of my models photos were often taken...(OF THE PIECES ON THE GROUND...AFTER MY INFAMOUS CRASHES!)

[Al Rabe]

Captain Al....

"Where those shots with a 120 roll film 4x4 camera or what?)

Nah.  Just a '35 with ASA 100 film, big "F" stops, and tirpods.

Al