Indoor Micro R/C Sopwith Camel

This is a scratch built balsa and tissue Sopwith Camel with components (Spektrum AR6400) ) from an E-Flite 4-Site. It has a wingspan of 46cm (18 inch) and weighs 40.5g. It is piloted by Russell Holmes.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Sopwith
• Camel
• E-Flite
• RC
• Spektrum

[MrPlissken99]

Thats the coolest micro I've seen.......would you build one to sell? Seriously......if so please respond to my email and let me know......thanks very much.

[scaleflight]

Thanks. Unfortunately I won't be making another Camel for quite awhile. - I am over-run with several model projects, in addition to regular work.

[Giovanniram22]

40.5grams ready to flight? Are you sure?

[scaleflight]

Quite sure, I measured with a well calibrated Soehnle scale. The similar Fokker DrI that I built came in at 35g. The framework is built mostly from light contest balsa with thicknesses between 0.7mm and 1.5 mm.

[scaleflight]

With a 46cm wingspan (18") the scale is 1/18.

[scaleflight]

I didn't use any proper plans for this model. However, I did base it on the very accurate drawings of the book, Scale Aircraft Drawings - Volume 1 - World War I. For the most part, I kept the same scale dimensions as the full size, except for about 20% larger tail surfaces.

[lolziloveminecraft]

add infared lazer pointer, then an infered sensor on other planes and they turn off motor when they get hit! LOL!!

[gathanb]

Needs rudder in the turns. Looks like it's slipping through every turn

[Andrey11275]

lol thats fly?

[5footShorty]

sweet model, looks really scale. great flight

[Rettungsliegerfan]

what scale is this?