The 1912 Blackburn Plane is a smooth scale flyer
The Blackburn plane is an easy to build, smooth flyer of an historic British aircraft
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The Blackburn plane is an attractive model that flies very well
The Blackburn Type D monoplane, one of the earliest antique British aircraft designs, made its maiden flight in 1912. This Blackburn plane is a thoughtful design with a great deal of character and appeal. The Blackburn plane has ideal wing and tail surface areas and moments for a successful radio control model airplane. The Blackburn plane shows a distinctive triangular fuselage shape that separates it from the rest of the RC model aircraft on the flight line. There are numerous photos from the Shuttleworth airplane museum to help detail your Blackburn. In short, the Blackburn airplane makes an ideal candidate for an easy to build, well flying scale indoor radio control model. Let’s take a look at a model of the 1912 Blackburn plane produced from CAD plans available here.
Building the 1912 Blackburn Type D monoplane
The 1912 Blackburn model plane is constructed from normal building materials of balsa and plywood. There are no exotic techniques needed to either build or fly this model - it is very easy to build your own RC aircraft. The Blackburn RC airplane plan build log shows step by step instructions for cutting out the parts and building this great looking RC model airplane. The Blackburn published model airplane plan wing structure is formed from a unique arrangement of balsa dowels for ease of construction and light weight. The 1/8” balsa wing ribs of the Blackburn plane are very easy to cut out, and ensure a warp free wing. The constant chord of the Blackburn plane wing makes for a fast build from the CAD plans. The critical wing incidence of the RC airplane plans Blackburn is built into the wing mounting scheme shown on the Blackburn fuselage CAD plans. The wing incidence angle may look a bit high, but works just fine and makes for a very smooth flying model.
Video of Blackburn scale RC model in flight
Front view of plywood crutch of Blackburn plane fuselage - plans drawn with TurboCAD drafting software
Blackburn fuselage details
The Blackburn plane fuselage uses an innovative plywood crutch as the anchor point for the wing mounting tubes, landing gear and electric motor. With this method, you have assurance your Blackburn plane fuselage will be true and warp free, even after several seasons of model airplane flights. The plywood crutch allows use of a lightweight structure for the Blackburn plane aft fuselage and tail surfaces. This method ensures there is no need for any nose weight to ensure the Blackburn plane center of gravity is at the proper location.
The Blackburn plane landing gear is securely anchored to the fuselage plywood crutch, and benefits from the added strength of fore and aft cross braces. The Blackburn plan landing gear wide stance provides for stable ground operations. The forward skids ensuring no danger of tipping forward on the nose during landings.
The 1912 Blackburn RC plane if very easy to fly
Flying the Blackburn RC model plane
The Blackburn plane flies with just three channels of radio control for the rudder, elevator and throttle. I've had great success using the Spektrum radio and DX6i transmitter for the Blackburn. The original Blackburn plane used wing warping for bank control, thus no need for ailerons. The Blackburn plane fuselage has plenty of room for your radio control equipment. I added the Blackburn plane servos just aft of the cockpit, for ease of adjustment. Light weight is important for the Blackburn plane, and I used Coverite CoverlLite for covering of the wing, fuselage and tail surfaces. I found the CoverLite gave a good rendition of the antique look of the RC planes plans Blackburn, and was very easy to apply. Be sure to cover the horizontal stabilizer and glue onto the fuselage before adding the formers and stringers for the upper aft portion of the fuselage. All this is well described on the Blackburn plane CAD plans. Blackburn plans are available here.
Blackburn plane forward fuselage
The Blackburn model plane plans wings mount easily into 1/4” diameter metal tubes. This scheme allows the wings to be quickly installed at the flying field for ease of model transport. Take care to ensure the wing mounting tubes are accurately glued in place on the mounts, and that you do not accidentally glue the wing spars into the mounting tubes. The removable battery hatch can be adjusted in size as needed. There is room for Ni-Cad batteries, although a lipo battery will give longer flight times.
Full scale Blackburn Type D monoplane in flight
Ensure your Blackburn plane balances at the center of gravity shown on the CAD plans. Do check out TurboCAD video training information for your own RC plane plans. Before first flight, check that you have a large enough flying area, with calm winds if your first flight is outdoors. The Blackburn plane has plenty of lift with its large wings, and will take off at a very slow airspeed. The rudder and elevator are large enough for smooth, positive control. You will find your Blackburn plane is fun and easy to fly, with a large enough size to easily keep in sight as you learn to fly scale RC. In summary, the 1912 Blackburn Type D monoplane is an easy to build scale RC model airplane that flies as great as it looks. Get a set of CAD plans and build a Blackburn today!
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