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Hobbyking Cosmic Wind 920mm (Fiberglass/Balsa/Ply) Kit

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Wingspan920mm
Length755mm
Flying Weight850g (less battery)

Features:, • Scale looks with fast, easy handling, Specs:, Requires:, Your own 4~6 Channel Transmitter and Receiver,

The Cosmic Wind was designed and built by Lockheed's chief test pilot, Tony LeVier, and a group of Lockheed engineers. A very small single-seat racer, it was aimed at the Goodyear Trophy for Formula 1 class racers initiated in the US soon after World War II. It is an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane. Wings and tail surfaces are all straight-edged and tapered. The ailerons are full span and carry trim tabs, as does the full-fin-depth rudder. The undercarriage is fixed, with streamlined main legs and wheels in long fairings. The roller tailwheel is tucked into the rear corner of the fuselage behind the rudder. The cockpit is enclosed with a small, single-piece, perspex canopy. The first aircraft were powered by 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C-85 horizontally opposed engines but more recently at least four have used the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200-A. The engine installation includes a large pointed spinner and long, bulbous cylinder head/exhaust fairings. Three Cosmic Winds were built at Lockheed's between 1947 and 1948 and a fourth rather later, a fifth was also built in the US by amateur constructors, the last example was built in the UK as late as 1972.
The Hobbyking Cosmic Wind is an elegant and fast looking example with a high quality glass fiber fuselage, with balsa and ...


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