SUPERB SCALE REPLICA RC "SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS" DISPLAY AT STOW MARIES - 2020

NO DETAILS ON THE MODEL YET IM AFRAID ! The Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. Length: 8.4 m Manufacturer: Ryan Aeronautical Designer: Donald A. Hall First flight: 28 April 1927 Flights: 174 Number built: 1 (not including later replicas and reproductions) Lindbergh took off in the Spirit from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City, New York, and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Aéroport Le Bourget in Paris, France, a distance of approximately 3,600 miles (5,800 km).[3] One of the best-known aircraft in the world, the Spirit was built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego, California, owned and operated at the time by Benjamin Franklin Mahoney, who had purchased it from its founder, T. Claude Ryan, in 1926. The Spirit is on permanent display in the main entryway's Milestones of Flight gallery at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 27 ft 7 in (8.41 m) Wingspan: 46 ft (14 m) Height: 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) Wing area: 320 sq ft (30 m2) Airfoil: Clark Y[42] Empty weight: 2,150 lb (975 kg) Gross weight: 2,888 lb (1,310 kg) Max takeoff weight: 5,135 lb (2,329 kg) Fuel capacity: 450 US gal (375 imp gal; 1,703 l) Powerplant: 1 × Wright J-5C Whirlwind 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 223 hp (166 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed Standard Steel fixed pitch metal propeller Performance Maximum speed: 133 mph (214 km/h, 116 kn) Cruise speed: 100–110 mph (160–180 km/h, 87–96 kn) Range: 4,100 mi (6,600 km, 3,600 nmi) Service ceiling: 16,400 ft (5,000 m) [41] Wing loading: 16 lb/sq ft (78 kg/m2) PLEASE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL TBOBBORAP1 AND HIT THE "BELL" NOTIFICATION FOR FUTURE UPLOADS NOW (ITS FREE) AND KEEP UP TO DATE AND WATCH OUR 4K / HD QUALITY RC MODELS VIDEOS AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHS UPDATES OF THE MAJOR UK RC SHOWS AND CLUB FLY-INS AT -   / tbobborap1-1483073475269714      / tbobborap1   FILMED AT THE STOWE MARIES GREAT WAR AERODROME, HACKMANS LANE, FLAMBIRDS CHASE, CHELMSFORD, UK, CM3 6RJ, ON 19-20-7-2020,