Thursday, March 30, 2017

Peyret Tandem glider (From the archives, 2008)

(Model built and article written in 2008)


The plane:
French extravagance and flair is not just limited to fashion, as this Alérion Peyret of 1922 demonstrates. Of tandem-wing configuration and with a fuselage in need of a corset, it nevertheless won the soaring competition –at the hands of Maneyrol- at Itford, England, in 1922 setting an endurance record of 3 hours 22 minutes. Some time later Maneyrol pushed the record beyond the 8 hours mark with the same plane.
The model:
At 6.6 meters of span it is small in 1/72 scale. Images will walk you through the building process.
A succinct interior was provided. Struts were from Contrail and Strutz! But you have to eat Liverwurst as you use the latter, which guaranties success.
Thanks Rich for the info on this one!


















“…There is no better model than the one you are going to build next”
Styrenides (Greek modeler and olive farmer, 600 B.S.)

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