Berkeley HELIOPLANE PLAN + PARTS PATTERNS to Build 38 Inch UC/RC Model Airplane

Description

I AM NOT SELLING A KIT
, only a new, full-size copy of a
Berkeley
kit
PLAN
+
PARTS PATTERNS
to build a 38" span UC or RC scale model
HELIOPLANE
.
Pop shared his experience of when he reported for U.S. Army flight class OFWAC 60-7 at Ft. Rucker, AL in the 1960s to learn to fly the
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
and
deHavilland BEAVER. “I
was surprised to see another STOL bird on the flight line, the
HELIOPLANE
. The Army had bought one for extensive testing as a possible replacement for the venerable L-19. The idea was to develop a spotter aircraft that was as versatile as the German
FIESELER FI 156 STORCH
in World War II.”
“The
HELIOPLANE
had a 9' propeller that was turned over by multiple V-belts at 1200 RPMs as compared to the 2150 RPMs of the Bird Dog. It would jump off the ground in a shorter distance but the maintenance would have been a nightmare. The inventory was full of L-19s so the
HELIOPLANE
had too much catching up to do to replace them.”
My last 2 pictures are of an Air Trails
PLAN
& construction article by Henry Struck of his 1/2A control line
HELIOPLANE
. I list this one separately.