Free-flight aircraft are usually hand launched, release them and they are away. Set them up correctly and they should glide quite a distance in a series of swoops and then drop gently to earth. If you hit a wall you will have to buy another! However they are a bit of a challenge to build and set up - a lot of the fun is in the making. Master it and the skill acquired is priceless.
Guillows 1/16 US Navy SBD3 Daultless Balsa Aircraft Kit (1003)
The world's finest scale balsa wood airplane kits featuring true to life "action" parts
such as movable flying surfaces, sliding canopies, retractable landing gear, and drop-able
bombs. U-Control (.09 motor), free flight (.049 motor). Although the fuselages of these
models are roomy enough to take simple R/C equipment, no instructions or diagrams are
available. For ages 14 and up
In two early U.S. Navy engagements of World War 2, the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island, the carrier based Dauntless dive bomber played an historic part in blunting the Japanese offensive that began at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Fulfilling the attack role assigned to it at its conception, the SBD, operating from the decks of the carriers Lexington, Yorktown, Wasp, and Enterprise, mortally damaged the main units of the Japanese carrier fleet and set the stage for the ultimate Allied victory in the Pacific theatre. Not as well known is its impressive record for shooting down enemy aircraft when protecting the U.S. carrier form Japanese air strikes- prowess not expected of a dive-bomber. At war s end, the claim was made that the Dauntless SBD had sunk more enemy combatant tonnage than all other arms of the service combined.
Stock:
Available from shops: Gloucester: 1 (explain )
(Prod Ref #68846)
MRP: £66.99 Web Only Price: £62.50