Full size printed plans Peanut Scale "Miles Sparrowhawk" here's a sleek low-winger that continually pushes

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Miles Sparrowhawk

Our perennially prolific Peanut perpetrator produces positively perfect projects ... period! As proof (whoopsl), here's a sleek low-winger that continually pushes (oh dear!) a minute indoors.

Full size printed plan on a sheet 11” x 17”

Three page article with building notes and photos

Peanut Scale

Wingspan 13”

Power Rubber

By WALT MOONEY

The Sparrow hawk was a special racing machine designed by the Miles aircraft firm in England. There were several of them built and they were fairly successful. In shape, they are classic for their period in aviation history. I found the model to be particularly pleasing, both for its looks and for its flying ability. It flew "right off the board," and the best flight to date was 53

seconds in a contest at the Santa Ana Blimp Hangars. Before going into the construction of

the model, a more detailed description of the flying configuration is in order . The model was built with care to make it light, and it weighs one half an ounce without the rubber motor. It could be lighter if superfine tissue were used for covering, but because the real "G-AGDL" was red and cream, we used Marlow Engineering tissue, which has a pale yellow as one of its available colors.

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