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Offline pat king

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F8F BEARCAT Fun Scale
« on: May 04, 2017, 08:28:06 PM »
A 54” wingspan, 575 square inch, built-up fuselage Grumman F8F Bearcat. The airplane is designed as a Fun Scale airplane. The fuselage is strip planked with 3/32 balsa. The builder will have to cut the planking strips from the sheet wood supplied in the kit. The wing is sheeted with 1/16 balsa. The rib profile is the NACA 230 series used in the full scale airplane. This is a .50 to .60 size airplane, do not try to fly it with an old weak .45. It will be great with a newer .50 to .60 engine.  It will be a Fun Scale competitor, or a fun sport flier. The airplane has fixed gear. The airplane will be able to stunt, but will not be an airplane for flying a pattern in competition. The laser cut kit comes with full size CAD plans with templates for all the parts. The kit does not contain any control system hardware or a canopy. The first kits will sell for $195.00 plus postage on 6 pounds from Zip Code 60449. The finished airplane should be less than 5 pounds.
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Re: F8F BEARCAT Fun Scale
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2017, 04:21:29 PM »
Who sells the canopy that fits this model?

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Re: F8F BEARCAT Fun Scale
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2017, 09:31:01 PM »
Fred,
The plans call for an 11" WWII canopy. RSM Distribution sells that canopy.

Thanks,  Pat
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