Scale RC Model Airplane Plans of the Fairey Fantome
Here
are model airplane plans of this beautiful Golden Age biplane. Has the reputation as the most beautiful biplane ever! Only four were built and the all silver finish and RAF markings make into a striking model.
The Fantome when it was brand new and yet to be flown!
Photo Gallery
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Features
The model flies very well and is a joy to land. I line her
up on the runway and reduce throttle to about half and fly her in. When over
the threshold reduce throttle to about 1/4 and flare just prior to the
wheels touching.
The model is covered with silver Solartex and has rib stitching and rib tapes. A coat of clear polyurethane was applied over the finish. The finish on the forward fuselage is a mixture of Presto film and Flite Metal. More details on how to apply finish, both simulated metal and fabric can be found by looking at this page-Detail Finishing of Scale RC Airplanes.
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Specifications
Fairey Fantome
- Scale: 1/5 approx.
- Wingspan: 85.8" (2180 mm)
- Length: 66.6" (1691.4")
- Wing area: 1804 sq. in.
- Weight: 23 lbs
- Wing loading: 29.4 oz./sq. ft.
- Power: 1.8 Glow, 35cc gas
- Channels Required: 4 min.
- Servos: (4) -100oz.in. torque min, (1) standard
- Top wing incidence: +2 deg.
- Bottom wing incidence: +2 deg.
- Tailplane incidence: 0 deg.
- Bottom wing dihedral: 4.5 deg.
- Top wing dihedral: 0 deg.
- Right thrust: 1.5 deg.
- Down thrust: 0 deg.
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Ordering Information for Fairey Fantome Model Airplane Plans
- Price of the Fairey Fantome model airplane plans-
$55.00USD. (5 CAD drawn
sheets)
- If you order through
this site, you will receive an e-mail order receipt from PayPal.
- Shipping and handling of
plans for orders within the United States APO- $12.50 USD.
- Orders to Canada- $20.00USD.
- Overseas orders- $28.00 USD.
- If you have any
questions. please Contact Us.
Price of 5 CAD drawn sheets of
the 1/5 scale Fairey Fantome - $55.00 US plus shipping cost.
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Model Airplane Plans in PDF Format
Plans are also available in PDF format. You can take these files and plot them at your local print shop.
I recently got a set printed at the local Staples store that had a wide (36 in.) format printer.
I found them most helpful and I explained that I needed the plans printed exactly full size and they were able to do this after a few attempts.
Price of the 5 sheets of the 1/5 scale Fairey Fantome, in PDF format is $25.00USD.
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Laser Cut Parts
- We now can supply a set of laser cut parts for the Fantome
made from the original model airplane plans
- Parts are supplied by Bob Holman Plans- the premium RC airplane laser cutter in the U.S.
- Price of
the set is $250.00
USDPlus shipping costs.
- If you order through
this site, you will receive an e-mail order receipt from PayPal.
- This set is a "short kit" of
a large scale model aircraft and includes all the balsa and
ply parts, laser cut to shape but no sheet or strip balsa is included.
- Note also that no hardware is
supplied.
- Please note that the Fantome uses
balsa and ply construction for the cowl and wheel pants so no fiberglass
parts are required.
- If you have any
questions. please Contact Us.
Price of the Laser Cut Parts for the 1/5 Scale RC Fairey Fantome=$250.00USD plus Shipping & Handling Costs
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Items Needed as well as Laser cut Parts
Balsa and hardwoods
- 1/2" x 1/8" x 36" balsa strip-26 required
- 1/4" x 1/8" x 36" spruce strip-20 required
- 1/8" x 4" x 36" balsa sheet- 15 required
- 3/8" x 4" x 36" balsa sheet- 1 required
- 1/2" x 4" x 36" balsa sheet-3 required
- 1/16" x 6" x 36"balsa sheet-3 required
- 1/16" x 4" x 36" balsa sheet-1 required
- 1/2" x 3/8" x 36" balsa strip-2 required
- 1/4" x 3/8" x 36" balsa strip- 2 required
- 1/4" x 1/4" x 36" balsa triangle strip-4 required
- 1/2" x 1/4" x 36" balsa strip-4 required
- 3/8" x 1/4" x 36" spruce strip-18 required
- 1/4" x 1/4" x 36" spruce strip-6 required
- 3/8" x 3/8" x 36" balsa triangle strip-4 required
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Videos
These videos are by Eitan Israeli, who built the model and supplied the above construction photos.
You can see the model is very stable in flight and the landing is good but a trifle long!
This video is of good quality, but has a LOT of talking!
There is a shot of a beautiful landing at the end, so it is worth suffering through the chatter.
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Build thread
This thread, on RC SCale Builder Forum is well worth following. It is written by an Australian chap , who is an excellent builder and has many photos of every stage of the construction, from the laser cut parts to the covering and is still current. Take a look here.
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More Information of the Model Airplane Plans
This is a link to another page on this site, that has more details of the Fantome, plus images of the actual plans
This page has downloadable PDF files of the aluminum parts as well as facts regarding the engine choices available.
A useable 3-view is also included.
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