Doug Rogers Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hi folks, I'll be getting the ball rolling with this Short Crusader; The Short Crusader was built to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy competition. It first flew on May 4th 1927 (quelle coincidence!) , but even after several modifications it became apparent that it was going to be too slow compared to the competition so it was used as a hack for the high speed team. On 11th September Flight Officer Schofield was flying the aircraft when he lost control, the control wires to the ailerons had been cross fitted so when he tried to correct a roll, he span into the sea at 150mph. Schofield was thrown clear suffering bad bruising but miraculously no broken bones. The aircraft was recovered a week later when the crossed wire issue became apparent. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Welcome aboard Doug and a very nice choice indeed! I had to go search on what you're building, she really is a nice looking aircraft!! You may have a bit of fun with this build as I've have read that the moulding isn't the greatest, nothing bad, just requires a little bit of work to sort out. But it will be worth the effort once she's done. Look forward to seeing this one completed, good luck with the build and hope its and enjoyable one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 The kit doesn't look too bad actually Rich, I've test/dry fitted a few parts and they seem to match up OK. A few locating lugs are broken off, but the quality of the casting is great. It's a tiny aircraft, you'd almost think it was 1/72 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Oh great! I struggled to add it to an order I placed today... Now that I see it here makes me kicking myself ;-) I really look forward to this build. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 very NICE..... WILL be coming back to see how you get on.. HOUSTON... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Did you start this elsewhere? Or maybe even finished it? Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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