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Aerosente Short Kit

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Aerosente
Date:
2020-08-27

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

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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