wonwinglo
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This quaint little shapely beauty always intrigues me,the Republic Sea Bee even today some 40 years after its first flight still has quite a following.
Anyway you can see why,the fuselage lines and general shape are quite unique despite being copied into aircraft such as the Italian Nardi amphibians.
As a model subject it has been tackled by the late H.J.Towner ( see the Pioneers of aeromodelling progress pieces elsewhere here) who built a free flight model of the subject,but she deserves a comeback with a plan for a new radio model to do the subject full justice.
Some aircraft were converted into twin engined aircraft as the pusher version was a trifle underpowered,as a twim engined model ( electric perhaps ?) she would also make a fine model and look unusual in the air.
The fuselage needs careful planning as the shape is fairly complex blending in nicely where the lower boom meets the fuselage.
With a ply keel and the fuselage built around this it would work.
And above all you can operate her from either runways or a stretch of water,what more could you want ?
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Anyway you can see why,the fuselage lines and general shape are quite unique despite being copied into aircraft such as the Italian Nardi amphibians.
As a model subject it has been tackled by the late H.J.Towner ( see the Pioneers of aeromodelling progress pieces elsewhere here) who built a free flight model of the subject,but she deserves a comeback with a plan for a new radio model to do the subject full justice.
Some aircraft were converted into twin engined aircraft as the pusher version was a trifle underpowered,as a twim engined model ( electric perhaps ?) she would also make a fine model and look unusual in the air.
The fuselage needs careful planning as the shape is fairly complex blending in nicely where the lower boom meets the fuselage.
With a ply keel and the fuselage built around this it would work.
And above all you can operate her from either runways or a stretch of water,what more could you want ?
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