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This thread restores a lost earlier one on Fred China's Slingsby Falcon III.
Fred is a resident of Vancouver, BC and has been model building for the majority of his years. Among countless many competition gliders he also built approximately 18 vintage scale sailplanes, most of them 1/4 scale, and each a scratch built labor of love. The model featured here made its way to Connecticut thanks to Fred and significant amount of logistics provided by Dennis Brandt in California who first transported several of Fred's models to Los Angeles including the one destined for my fleet.
The original Falcon III had a 17.69 meter wingspan. The model is 1:4 scale. Here's a bit more on the Falcon from the web...
Espin Hardwick persuaded Fred Slingsby to build a two-seat version of the Falcon. Slingsby enlarged the fuselage to accept side by side seating for pupil and instructor, and enlarged the aircraft to cope with the increased weight. The increased span wings were attached to a rectangular centre-section which was supported by six struts. To increase the field of vision the centre section had celluloid panels and the wing root fairing strips were made from a clear plastic, both of these vision aids tended to have short lives, and were usually replaced with doped fabric or plywood as appropriate.
First some Falcon recon...
Fred is a resident of Vancouver, BC and has been model building for the majority of his years. Among countless many competition gliders he also built approximately 18 vintage scale sailplanes, most of them 1/4 scale, and each a scratch built labor of love. The model featured here made its way to Connecticut thanks to Fred and significant amount of logistics provided by Dennis Brandt in California who first transported several of Fred's models to Los Angeles including the one destined for my fleet.
The original Falcon III had a 17.69 meter wingspan. The model is 1:4 scale. Here's a bit more on the Falcon from the web...
Espin Hardwick persuaded Fred Slingsby to build a two-seat version of the Falcon. Slingsby enlarged the fuselage to accept side by side seating for pupil and instructor, and enlarged the aircraft to cope with the increased weight. The increased span wings were attached to a rectangular centre-section which was supported by six struts. To increase the field of vision the centre section had celluloid panels and the wing root fairing strips were made from a clear plastic, both of these vision aids tended to have short lives, and were usually replaced with doped fabric or plywood as appropriate.
First some Falcon recon...
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