Nemeth Parasol - circular wing ; AviS; 1/72

[Konrad]

About the plane:
The unusual aircraft with a round wing was created in 1934. It was designed by Steven P. Nemeth, a flight instructor, and built by students at the University of Miami as part of their research on low-speed flight. The fuselage came from an Alliance Argo biplane. The aircraft was powered by a 90-horsepower Lambert engine. The aircraft had very good STOL performance and in case of failure could land like a parachute (sic!). The aircraft was housed in a hangar the size of a large garage.

 

About the model:
Some time ago I built a Lee-Richards Annular Monoplane V3 and at that time I became interested in aircraft built using a round wing. The Nemeth Parasol model was built in 1/72 scale based on the AviS kit. It can hardly be called "straight out of the box", because out of the box is the fuselage, airfoil, propeller and front wheels The engine comes from an Airfix Dakota (+ "wireology") and all struts etc. I had to make from scratch. However, I find the final appearance satisfactory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wulfman]

Well that’s certainly different, excellent modelling !

 

Wulfman

[Spitfire31]

"Satisfactory" seems to me a bit of an understatement. 😉

 

Brilliant modelling of a very interesting one-off!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Billy54]

I was unaware of this aircraft. Thank you for sharing your excellent build and enlightening me. 

[Abandoned Project]

Wow! World's first and smallest AWACS?

[Maginot]

Most interesting. Good job.