West Wings Swallow Glider Free Flight / Radio Control 35" w/span WW15 New in Box
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West Wings Swallow Glider Free Flight or Radio control 35.5" w/span no. WW15 The West Wings Swallow could be your ideal next or first, flying kit This brand new and still sealed kit is aimed a modellers over the age of 14 but dads and grandads are very welcome!! The Slingsby Swallow was designed as a high performance sailplane by Britain’s longest established glider manufacturer. The original was constructed from wood and lent itself to conventional model building techniques. Many survive in gliding clubs throughout the country and some even saw service with the Air Training Corps. The model market is often criticised for ignoring the scale glider market, so West Wings chose the Swallow in response.Our model has been designed from conception to cater for two markets. We wanted to appeal to free flight enthusiasts and to the growing numbers of micro R/C fliers as well. Surprisingly, it is with the R/C sector that the Swallow has found most favour. There are readily available (and affordable) servos in the 4g to 9g area together with receivers around the same weight, that have made R/C projects like this possible. Our prototype flies with two Irvine Saturn S49 servos and an ACT Pico 4 receiver. Combine these with a 4 cell pack of 50 or 110mAh NiMh cells and you've got a very lightweight model with fabulous performance in the lowest
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