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  2. Circa Reproductions Nieuport - Wikipedia

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    Data from Raisner General characteristics Crew: one Length: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) Upper wingspan: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) Wing area: 114 sq ft (10.6 m 2) Empty weight: 265 lb (120 kg) Gross weight: 550 lb (249 kg) Fuel capacity: 10 US Gallons (37.9 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch Performance Maximum ...

  3. Radio-controlled aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...

  4. Air wargaming - Wikipedia

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    FLAC: Fast Large Air Combat – a free rule set that is easy to learn and entertaining to play. Instant Bandits! (Nigel Lancaster) Lacquered Coffins (Ostfront Publishing) Mustangs and Messerschmitts (Rocky Russo)-- dogfights in 3D using 1/72 scale model aircraft. Scramble! and the Angels 15 supplement (A&A Game Engineering)

  5. Radio-controlled model - Wikipedia

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    1:10 scale radio-controlled car (Saab Sonett II)A radio-controlled model (or RC model) is a model that is steerable with the use of radio control (RC). All types of model vehicles have had RC systems installed in them, including ground vehicles, boats, planes, helicopters and even submarines and scale railway locomotives.

  6. Model aircraft - Wikipedia

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    For example, 1:48 scale is 1/4" to 1-foot (or 1" to 4 feet) and 1:72 is 1" to 6 feet, while in metric scales such as 1:100th, 1 centimeter equals 1 meter. 1:72 scale was introduced with Skybirds wood and metal model aircraft kits in 1932 and were followed closely by Frog, which used the same scale from 1936 with their "Frog Penguin" brand. 1:72 ...

  7. List of World War I Central Powers aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The German Giants: The story of the R-planes 1914-1919. Putnam. Nowarra, Heinz (1966). Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Harleyford. Parsch, Andreas; Martynov, Aleksey V. (2004). "German and Austro-Hungarian Military Aircraft Designations (1914-1918)". www.designation-systems.net

  8. Free flight (model aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    F1B Model by Stepan Stepanchuk. Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free Flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over multiple competition rounds, within various class ...

  9. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    World War I was the first war to see major use of planes for offensive, defensive and reconnaissance operations, and both the Entente Powers and the Central Powers used planes extensively. Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: 1914 in aviation. Raid on Cuxhaven; Air combat of October 5, 1914