Full size printed plans Peanut Scale San Diego Flaggship An ill-fated 1930's Thompson Trophy racer

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San Diego Flaggship

An ill-fated 1930's Thompson Trophy racer now brings home the free flight hardware.

Full size printed plan on a sheet 28” x 20”

Two page article with building notes and photos

Peanut Scale

Wingspan 13”

Power Rubber

By Mark Fineman

   Designed for the Thompson Trophy races of the 1930's, the full size F-15 San Diego Flaggship managed one. speed record for its class before mishap ended its career.

   The rebuilt Flaggship had a wingspan of exactly 13 feet, which in peanut scale produces a model with a fuselage length of nearly the same dimension very good proportions indeed for a peanut, with lots of room for a long rubber motor. Construction of the model is quite conventional,

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