Airbus A300
Being the first plane of Airbus in 1974 the A300 is still in production but
now as a freighter only. More than 530 A300s have been built until today.
The modelplane has good flight
characteristics. The older variants A300B2 and A300B4 -
usually called A300B - are conventionally controlled by inboard and
outboard ailerons but the more advanced A300-600 is lacking the outboard
ailerons using the wing spoilers instead.
Powerplant:
Glow: two 15 cc (.90 cu.in.) engines
Turbine: twice 55 N (12 lbs.)
thrust
Ducted Fan: diameter up to 135 mm
(5.3’’)
Specifications:
Span Length Wing Area
Weight
A300B 2.80 m (110’’) 3.35 m
(132’’) 101.6 dm˛ (1575 sq.in.) 15 kg
(33 lbs.)
A300-600 2.80 m (110’’)
3.38 m (133’’) 101.6 dm˛
(1575 sq.in.) 15 kg
(33 lbs.)
Pics:
(Norbert Rauch)
(Norbert Rauch)
(Manfred Köster)
(Hermann Geyer)