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Aerosente Short Kit

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Aerosente
Date:
Aug 27, 2020

Congratulations to our 1st ever Online Model Of The Month Winner Mr. Mike Lonneker!!!

2020
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Mike Lonneker
135"
65"
8.5Lbs
Balsa, spruce, plywood and Solartex
Gravity with Tow plane launch
Single wheel, taildragger
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Cherokee design was offered as plans for homebuilders in the mid to late 50's . 100+ were built worldwide but no production models were ever constructed. My model is 1/4 scale. The kit consisted of wing ribs, fuse frames and some misc. ply parts. There were 2 sheets of not overly complete drawings and no instructions. The drawings showed no dihedral. I checked the real airplane plans and decided to use the 2 deg shown on them. I also added some structure to the fuse wings and wing carry thru with carbon fiber rod incorporating the 2 Deg of dihedral. I also added full cockpit details and a pilot. The model flies and thermals very well

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