Wanting to build a B-17 using 2 Norvell 61's in the 2 & 3 positions,
with the 1 & 4 positons being dummy engines with free wheeling props.
Question is how big to make it.  I have the Guillows 2002 kit which is a 1/28 scale with a span of 45".  But I feel like the two Norvell's would handle a larger plane, maybe around 52~54" span.   Comments or suggestions ??

Anybody know of any plans available for a 54' span B-17.
 
My dad was a B-17 bombardier, he flew 33 combat missions. 

Once you get the scale sorted-out, go ahead and build it ----- and bring it to the Tucson Cholla Choppers annual 1/2A multi-engine PROFILE scale contest, October 11-12.

Details and rules available:  vsc-guy(at)cox(dot)net.

here is a C/L from a model mag for 4 .05s
B-17G Flying Fort   1963 AM Jl-Ag p16   span 44.50 area 270.00 power .05 x4 plan 763 Laumer, Keith & Simmance, John
there is an 80" R/C model for .20 x 4 engines
contact me direct for the scans = tawilk36@cpinternet.com
Tom Wilk

Hi Thomas,

I bought that issue of American Modeler back in 1963 just because it had the B-17s on the cover! LOL!!  I waited almost 40 years to get a set of those plans.  The model won the British NATS in 1963.  It had a lot of *homemade* optional features.  It used homemade exhaust *throttles* on 4 Cox .049s.  The LG retracted through an electrical switch which was wired through the engine throttle control.  A Pittman electric motor (which doubled as nose weight) was used to drive the gears for the retracts.  It all worked together through a disc, which had copper relays on it, connected to the throttle wire.  It also gives the option for fixed gear and two engines, if I remember correctly.  I would have to get the plans, and magazine, back out to check it all again.

It is one scale model I have wanted to build ever since 1963......

Bill Little