Caravelle
The french Caravelle was the first
airliner with engines located at the rear fuselage. A total of 282 was produced
between 1955 and 1973. The versions 1, 3 and 6 had Rolls-Royce engines, later
versions were equipped with Pratt&Whitney turbines.
For the modelplane the P&W
versions were chosen. The large wing of this elegant airliner provides a low
wing loading, so take off and landing speeds are low. As the vertical tail is
small sized a gyro should be installed on rudder to maintain yaw control in
case of an engine failure.
Powerplant:
Glow:
2 x 6.5 cc (.40
cu.in.) engines
Turbine: 2 x 25
N (5.5 lbs.) thrust
Ducted Fan: 2 x 70 mm
Specifications:
Span Length Wing Area Weight Fiberglass parts :
Norbert Rauch
Caravelle 10R 2.14 m (84’’)
2.00 m (79’’) 57.3
dm² (888 sq.in.) 6
kg (13 lbs.) Foam cores :
Stefan Hinze
Caravelle 11R 2.14 m
(84’’) 2.06 m (81’’)
57.3 dm² (888 sq.in.) 6
kg (13 lbs.)
Super-Caravelle
10B 2.14 m (84’’) 2.06 m
(81’’) 59.3 dm² (919 sq.in.)
6.5 kg (14 lbs.) Retracts: Hawe Modellbau
Super-Caravelle
12 2.14 m
(84’’) 2.27 m (89’’) 59.3 dm²
(919 sq.in.) 7 kg (15 lbs.)
Build
Log: (1)
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Pics :
(Norbert Rauch)
(Manfred Köster)
(Jürgen Lüling)
(Yves De Latour)
(Gerhard Putschkat)
(Norbert Rauch)
(Norbert Rauch)