I acquired this AcroWot from a club member who bought it from our late club membership secretary. It is in pristine condition and had minimal flights. Simon the original owner built it for electric power with a SK3 5045 500Kv motor. Running on 6 cells with a 12 x 6 APC E-prop. At the time of this article these along with many other of the "Wot" series have been on back-order for ages, although there are plenty of the foamie versions.
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A Miss Molly - Sports aerobatic model, 4 function, 1137mm span, Saito FA-40a. I decided to build this model, because I’d finished building / repairing everything else, the winter weather was keeping me away from the flying field and I wanted something to keep me busy. I’d just re-engined my Piper Cub (more power needed) and so had a virtually new Saito 40 available for a new project.
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Last year in late Summer I had the opportunity to buy a second-hand Nexus Twin Otter. I love these aircraft. As they were out of stock everywhere I grabbed the chance to acquire one. It had been already built by the first owner. I did not look it over too much when I picked it up as I was excited to get hold of one. After getting it home and looking it over, it was a mash up.
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Length 1120mm, Wingspan 1800mm,Engine – Saito FA-40a, 4 function RC
The full-size Cub was apparently ‘the 1st light plane ever to have been built literally by the thousands’. An interesting snippet – the American military used it as a trainer and in its green livery it was known as the grasshopper.
In selecting a subject to model, I was looking for something a bit different to my usual ‘sport’ models, something interesting, with easy flying characteristics and hopefully it’d keep me occupied on and off for a while. I alighted on the Cub and started looking for a kit or plans. It seems that virtually every major manufacturer makes an ARTF version and there’s quite a few kits as well but I was drawn to building from plans.
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Wots Wot once an electric then a four stroke glow and now - electric again? I have flown this Wot Wot for years after I first acquired it when the model was released. It was then powered and built as per the instructions using an Emax GT 3526 motor which quickly got replaced by a SK3 5045. Running on five cells it was a joy to fly although you had to power it all the way to touchdown, it did not glide and too little airspeed and it would drop like a brick. Two of us found that out quite quickly. Way back though in the last decade I decided it boring as it made virtually no noise.
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