Topic: Fiat CR 32 Build.

Hi Ian,and everyone else too !
Yes thats the one.
Macchi  MC 202 Folgore.
Heres a painting  to unsettle Neilly if he looks in !


Strangely the machine was named " Dai Banana " not sure how the Italian-Welsh-Caribbean connection works though !
This three view ( In my Marks and Spencer  book of Fighters of WW2,  from 1985. £2.50 A3 format and 30 colour three views ! ) was the initial inspiration.



I`ll start a thread soon.

I`ve got a question though about wing sections that some of you Scale buffs or aerodynamics sages might be able to help me with.
Most of the stuff I`ve built has a flat bottomed or semi symetrical wing section. BT stuff for example. The Dennis Bryant 202 plan uses what looks like a fully symetrical section.
Is this unusual for a model warbird and will it have any significant impact on its flying characteristics ?
Regards,Dennis.
Ps . Your house looks beautiful, are there any bedrooms in the Guest Wing ? Is there a wine cellar ?

 Brilliant stuff Dennis..
  Congratulations....looks extremly well in the air!!..on with the Macchi!!

  Cliff

BEAUTIFUL.......been away for a few days Dennis, so missed the test flight pics.....looks absolutely fantastic mate, superb job.

Nice subject also on the 202............section should be OK, Dennis knows what he's doing and I've seen several of his other designs fly well. It's not a slow flying model, and has V little wing taper.....(I assume this question may have been prompted by my comments on Cliff's VAL thread?)......if so, I wouldn't worry, the VAL is slow flying, and with a pretty nasty wing profile in model terms....totally different to the 202................so I'd get stuck in and get her started  ::cc

Phil

Strangely the machine was named " Dai Banana " not sure how the Italian-Welsh-Caribbean connection works though !

A tenuous connection at best (and nothing to do with the Macchi), but one of the British prosecutors at the Nuremberg trials who subsequently became Home Secretary in the 1950s was a gent who rejoiced in the name Sir David Maxwell-Fyffe.  He was known in Wales as "Dai Bananas"...

NALOP(outside Wales)KT

Fantastic job on the CR32 - full of character, and an interesting choice with the Macchi - best of luck!

rgds

Mike

Just been having a dig thru my plans - looking for something entirely different and within my capabilities) and found the paul blakeborough plan - both sheets - never been used - im never going to build it - does any one want to try and emulate this beauty - if so pm me and ill chuck them in the post.


plans have found a new home.