This
RC Cessna Airmaster is a model of the
aircraft that saved Cessna in the early 1930's.These RC airplane plans give full
details on how to build a beautiful, flying model.
Cessna Airmaster photo is from the
Williams Vintage Aircraft site.
If you think the economy is in poor shape today (Spring 2009) imagine what it must have been like in the 1930's! It was 1934,the Great Depression was showing signs of improvement and Cessna Aircraft Company had been forced out of business, a few years previously. It was into this environment, that Dwayne Wallace, a new aeronautical engineer and Clyde Cessna's nephew, introduced the first Airmaster, the C-34 ( the number came from the year-1934)
Wallace persuaded Clyde Cessna to resurrect the remains of the Cessna Aircraft Company and he also arranged financing to put the Airmaster into production.
Sales were reasonable, considering the state of the economy and one of the selling features was "The World's Most Efficient Airplane"
The Airmaster model evolved from the C-34 into the C-37 and C-38.The C-37 had a wing mounted flaps and the C-38 had a belly mounted drag flap.
This RC Airmaster came about, after discussions with Jerry Bates and myself. Jerry offered to provide the basic wing drawing with all the ribs and I proceeded with the rest of the design.
The construction is pretty standard stuff, with the fuselage sides being built over the plans, as well as the wings. The tail features the balsa core method.
The wing is made in 2-pieces and plugs into the fuselage, using aluminum tubes.
A build thread is viewable here on RC Scale Builder forum
Here you can get a look at what the plans look like. for the 1/4 scale RC Cessna Airmaster-
We are now offering these plans in this software format. Once ordered, the plans will be E-mailed to you immediately.
You can then visit your local print shop and print of the set of 7 sheets. Any shop that has a 36" wide, roll fed printer should be able to print these PDF files at full size.
Some Staples or Fedex stores have this ability.
Price of the Laser Cut Parts for the 1/4 Scale RC Cessna Airmaster=$250.00USD plus Shipping & Handling Costs
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A fiberglass cowl is now available.
The quality of glass work is outstanding! This cowl will save you a lot of work
and can be painted to suit your color scheme.
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