Savoia Marchetti S1000

[Daryl J.]

KF,  this way no one will break the thing either.


This is fun to watch go up.



Daryl J.

[PR19_Kit]

I notice some of the older sea planes had secondary airfoils above aelerons and elevators above them. I assume they were rudimentary trim surfaces or assistance devices -- they look cool!

Kitflubber,

Those were servo-tabs effectively, the controls moved the tab, which in turn moved the main surfaces. Very prevalent in Brit flying boat designs of the same period.

[kitflubber]

I am realizing how appallingly huge this plane is... you can walk upright in the FLAPS!

[cthulhu77]

...on your electric bike !

Fantastic work, sir !

[kitflubber]

PR19_kit, thanks for the info!

I did some more with the wing texture.

[kitflubber]

Engine details... I need to have a caged ladder under each engine, for inflight work.




Better oil canning in the engine surface.

[John Howling Mouse]

Unbelievably good!  For the lounge, would they have to bolt everything down to keep tables and stuff from moving whenever the aircraft banks, etc.?

Love the "oil-canning."  I've tried to do that with a Dremel on plastic but haven't got the hang of it, yet.

[kitflubber]

JHM,

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement!

I was thinking there would be a modular system with holes in the floor, and steel pegs on the furniture bottoms. One could move furniture around to fit in any other holes in floor. The rugs would be fastened as well.

I did some quick overviews this morning -- so many fiddly bits left!!

[kitflubber]

Conning Tower -- built rudimentary interior, put in big ship's wheel.

[kitflubber]

Forgot the oil canning!

[cthulhu77]

Super coolness !!!  Boy, can you imagine the parties on that one with some Italians !

[jcf]

Adding more love to the tail and wing control surfaces... I notice some of the older sea planes had secondary airfoils above aelerons and elevators above them. I assume they were rudimentary trim surfaces or assistance devices -- they look cool!

Not just flying boats and seaplanes, another famous user of 'park-bench' ailerons was the Northrop Gamma:


Years ago Jared Zichek wrote an article for Airpower/Wings on Boeing tailless/flying wing designs of the thirties,
'park-bench' control surfaces figured prominently in those designs.

Jon

[kitflubber]

Heehee, 'Park Bench,' I like that name.

[jcf]

Heehee, 'Park Bench,' I like that name.

Same here, kinda makes me nostalgic for the age of simple descriptive terms.

Nowadays it would no doubt be called by a long name consisting of a minimum of
four words, the first letters of which would be read as an acronym.