Tony Ray’s Aero
Model Bleriot XI
This Tony Ray’s laser cut balsa
scale model of the Bleriot XI is a micro balsa construction
kit, designed for RC use with micro radio equipment (sold separately), though
it is also ideal for building as a static display model.
Great for flying outdoors in
small spaces such as parks or playing fields on calm days, the model is also
suitable for indoor flying (sport hall etc.).
Accessories such as glues, basic
craft tools and a flat modelling board will be required to complete, as well as
your choice of RC equipment.
Please note we have loaded a video of the model flying in more wind than is recommended. it does prove the model is a fantastic flyer when at its diminutive size it manages the wind. Also note we have been able to load more photos.
Our Kits are of Tony Ray Original Manufacture. If you see it cheaper then ask yourself is it original Tony Ray Stock, When Tony's company cuts and packs the kits they do so to the best possible standard. Buy other versions at your peril!
Accurate laser cut balsa and
hardwood/ply parts
Tissue covering material
Carbon fibre pushrods
Rubber tyres
Micro fittings (hinges, screws,
heat-shrink etc.)
8.5mm Motor with Gear Box and
Propeller
Wing and tail plan sheets.
Instruction Manual (as .pdf
download)
Specifications
Model: Bleriot XI
Wingspan: 420mm
Building Skill: Experienced
Material: Balsa wood
Flying Weight: 35-40g
Recommended Parts (Not Included)
Servo: 1.7g Servo x2
Receiver: Micro 4CH receiver (or
use our RXH62A board)
Transmitter: 2.4G 4ch
Battery: 1S 3.7V 150mAh
*These parts can be purchased from our eBay shop Steve_Webb_Models or from our store ServoShop and Steve Webb Models
Hints and Tips
Tony Ray’s Laser Cut Balsa Scale Avro
504K model is such a lovely looking aircraft it can be built static or as a
flying model. It has been designed to take Micro Radio Control and various
types can be fitted or adapted.
Some might want to use donor RC
gear from UMX aircraft that are passed their fly by date or you can go the
recommended route of installing the RC or with very small modifications fit an
RC board with servos and ESC installed (the type of board used in the E-Flite,
ParkZone, FlyZone, Ares Models etc.).
To keep the weight down, covering
the model in tissue is the obvious choice.
Our own Tony Ray Models have had
tissue applied with Pritt stick and then shrunk with water. We have not
bothered to dope our indoor models and they have proved to be robust enough for
indoors without Dope. Of course, using convention Dope or Eze Dope will
strengthen the model, though will add weight.
Other lightweight model coverings
such as LiteSpan or SoLite could also be used.
The laser cutting makes building
a joy. If a part does not fit, you have it in the wrong place
A link to download the .pdf
manual will be sent included with the kit, if you require this sending by
email, or require an additional copy for any reason after your purchase, you
are welcome to message us providing your email address and we will supply a
direct link to you, where it can be downloaded free of charge.
The Full Size Aircraft
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot Born 1 July 1872 – Died 1 August 1936) was
a French aviator, inventor, and engineer.
He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a
profitable business manufacturing them, using much of the money he made to
finance his attempts to build a successful aircraft.
Blériot was the first to use a combination of hand/arm-operated joystick
and foot-operated rudder control for the basic format of aerodynamic aircraft
control systems, which is still in use to the present day. Blériot was also the
first to make a working, powered, piloted monoplane. In 1909 he became
world-famous for making the first aeroplane flight across the English Channel,
winning the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. He was the
founder of a successful aircraft manufacturing company. The crossing was to
seal the name Bleriot in the history books forever and anyone who knows
anything about aviation will have heard of the Bleriot Aircraft and its
success.
Blériot was a spectator at Voisin's first trials of the float-plane
glider he had built on 8 June 1905. Cine photography was among Blériot's hobbies,
and the film footage of this flight was shot by him. The success of these
trials prompted him to commission a similar machine from Voisin, the Blériot II
glider. After this came many experimental aircraft each one becoming more
successful than the last.
Bleriot and his partners survived a number of air crashes and accidents
before he started concentrating on his next machine.
This, the Blériot VII, was a monoplane with tail surfaces arranged in
what has become the modern conventional layout (apart from its use of
differential elevators movement for lateral control). This aircraft, which
first flew on 16 November 1907, has been recognised as the first successful
monoplane. More marks and more flights and crashes and achievement would
eventually lead to the type XI which became famous for the Channel Crossing.
The type XI was built and sold 18 months after the crossing, by which time over
100 aircraft had been sold. With the conventional rudder bar and Joystick, the
type X1 is the first aircraft to establish standards of control and
configuration.
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