B-17F Memphis Belle 1875mm ARF

The four-speed high-speed bomber Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a great promise at the beginning of the war; the US Air Force assumed that it would be able to operate day-to-day on enemy territory without escort fighters and accurately overthrow the deadly cargo of bombs from high altitudes using the Norden, an electromechanical on-board computer. The first combat deployment first at the RAF, then against the Japanese in the Philippines, and the daily raids on the Third Reich in 1943 showed that the reality was different. For the victorious bomber offensive from airports in Britain and southern Italy, the aircraft had to be completely redesigned, equipped with a number of towers and gunships with machine guns; a large vertical tail with a pulling keel has fixed stability problems.

The B-17F was almost perfect, but it still missed a fighter escort in the depths of Germany, as evidenced by William Wyler’s legendary documentary film Memphis Belle (he and his cameramen have personally participated in combat operations on board bombers). The film follows the fate of the B-17F crew Memphis Belle, who first made a full operational turn of 25 bomber missions. The glory of Memphis Belle (backed by a feature film from 1990) still lives; the aircraft remains in the National Air Force Museum in Daytona, Ohio.

Until later, the “Flying Fortress” federations received protection of fighter Mustangs along the entire length of the route. It was only then that the B-17G, along with Liberator, erased German oil refineries and synthetic gasoline factories, disrupting transport by destroying railway stations and railway depots.

Semi-launcher of a US four-engine bomber aircraft made of foam EPO powered by alternating motors with retractable landing gear and positional lights. The model is designed for an experienced pilot who can safely handle flying with standard aerobatic models. <” / p>

The fuselage of the model is made of a foamed EPO molded into a negative mold. The battery compartment and the receiver are located under the removable top of the hull with the cab.

A two-part wing with a semi-directional profile connected by a carbon tube coupling is also made of foam EPO. Ailerons and slit flaps are controlled by short straight rods by two pairs of servos mounted in the wing. Beneath the plastic caps on the leading edge of the wing, LED position lights are installed. Motor gondolas with installed CD4018 and 20 A AC motors have removable plastic motor covers. The whole wing is fastened to the fuselage by screws.

Tail surfaces are made of foam EPO. The rudder controls serve the servos placed in the fuselage, with the rudders connected by wire rods with angled levers.

The chassis has electric retractable main legs and a controlled spur (non-retractable).

To control the model, you will need at least a seven-channel RC kit – if you leave the model in the default version, both aileron and flap servos and all controllers are plugged into one channel of the receiver. If you want to maintain independent control of these functions, you will need at least a nine-channel RC kit.

As a power pack, you will need two LiPo 11.1V 2200-3300 mAh chips with a load of at least 25 C.

The ARF set includes: a foam EPO model with 4 AC motors mounted with 20A speed controllers and three-bladed propellers, servos, electric retraction chassis and functional lights, instructions.

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