Chipmunk
This DeHavilland all metal military trainer followed the classic DeHavilland
Tiger Moth as a basic trainer in Canada and Great Britain. Lucky you, we just
happen to have the Tiger Moth model as well.
The Cessna Model 170/172 and its immediate successors of the same family have
the double distinction of being the best-selling series of lightplanes of
all time, and also the most widely produced aircraft series yet developed,
well over 30,000 examples having come off the production lines by the 1980s.
The origins of the series stretch back to 1948, when Cessna introduced the
Model 170, itself little more than a four-Model 170 were improved radically,
and all subsequent Cessna aircraft of the type have been designed round similar
flaps.
In 1955 the company developed the Model 172, which was essentially a Model
172B with detail improvements and the tail wheel landing gear replaced by
a spatted tricycle unit. The improved ground safety of the new variant proved
immediately attractive, and in 1956 some 1,170 Model l72s were sold, compared
with a mere 174 of the Model 170B, whose production was terminated.
This model now comes in Two Versions! Thanks to August Horvath!
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Form the fuselage around a pencil or the handle of your Exacto knife before gluing together. We've found that it's easier to glue thee cockpit to the fuselage BEFORE gluing the wings in. You can get your fingers up in to cockpit area to help it set. Be sure to place it squarely on the top of the fuselage. The wing fillets need a little attention to get them to curve outward. Do this before gluing the wings in. Glue and align the tail surfaces with the same care. The landing gear will need a toothpick to stiffen them and make a strong glue connection with the lower surface of the wing. |
The de Haviland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk was designed to succeed
deHavilland's Classic Tiger Moth biplane trainer. Flying for the
first time at Downsview, Toronto on 22 May 1946, the tandem-seat
stressed-skin monoplane was the first indigenous design of de
Haviland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. The prototype, put through its
paces by Pat Fillingham from the parent company at Hatfield, was
powered by a 108-kW (145hpl de Havilland Gipsy Major 1C.
Chipmunks built to the prototype's specification were designated DHC-1B-1, while those with a Gipsy Major 10-3 were designated DHC-1B-2. Most Canadian-built Chipmunks had a bubble canopy.
Downsview built 218 Chipmunks, the last in 1951. Two were evaluated by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. As a result, the fully-aerobatic Chipmunk was ordered from Hatfield and Chester to Specification 8/48 as an sb initial trainer for the RAF.
The RAE received 735 Chipmunks manufactured in the UK. The first to wear RAF roundels were flown by the Oxford University Air Squadron from February 1950; thereafter, the type replaced the Tiger Moth with all 17 university air squadrons, as well as equipping many RAF Volunteer Reserve flyer, schools in the early 1950's. National service pilots underwent their initial training on the Chip, which served intermittently at the RAE College, Cranwell.
A few Chipmunks of No, 114 Squadron were pressed into service in Cyprus on internal security flights during the troubles of 1958.
| Manufacturer: de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd |
| type: trainer -year 1949 |
| engine: de Havilland Gipsy Major 8 4-cylinder incline air-cooled |
| 145 hp |
| maximum speed 138 mph at sea level |
| ceiling 18,000 ft |
| range: 300 miles |
| armament: none |
| crew: 2 |
| weight 2.000 lb (loaded) |
| wingspan: 34 ft 4 in |
| length: 25 ft 8 in |
| height: 7ft 1 in |
