{"id":4658,"date":"2020-01-28T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T02:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warwickmodelflyers.bmfa.org\/?page_id=4658"},"modified":"2020-01-28T02:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T02:46:03","slug":"paul-gleesons-mosquito","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warwickmodelflyers.bmfa.club\/?page_id=4658","title":{"rendered":"Paul Gleeson’s Mosquito"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thank you to Paul Gleeson for sharing his Mosquito build –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I wanted to scratch build something, but little did I know it would take 13 years!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided on a 1\/10th scale Mosquito, based on a scaled down Brian Taylor plan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scaling this down meant there would be no \u201coff the shelf\u201d mouldings, and this would also be a whole loads of firsts for me, retracts, flaps, twin engines.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power comes from 2 Maxcim brushless motors, 4:1 gearbox, Ramoser varioPROP 11.8\u201d on 6S with contra-rotating props for good ground handling. There is an entire thread on RCScaleBuilder : https:\/\/www.rcscalebuilder.com\/forum\/forum_posts.asp?TID=7328&PN=1 if anyone wants to know more.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learnt a lot of things along the way, fibreglassing wings, making fibreglass parts, vacuum forming etc. Tail cone and gear doors are fibreglass, and the canopy was vacuum formed in 4 pieces to get the right shape.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colour scheme is from the Mosquito in Duxford, used in its later years for target towing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much more scale detail I could add, but it was time to get it finished to a flying state.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, a successful maiden in spring 2020.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

—–<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n