The Model

The Latest Amazing Tony Ray Laser Cut Kit to build a P-26A ‘Peashooter’

and then fly it ( further items required)

Comes with motor, prop and gearbox.

£39.99 per kit

Buy one with a pal and get 5%  OFF on the total order of Two Kits.

Subsidized Tracked Royal Mail Post and Packing £3.95 UK

(Overseas is Royal Mail Post/Packing at Subsidised  Cost £19.99)

The P-26A Peashooter is yet another eye-catching flying model from Tony Ray's Aero Model. This classic WWII all metal (real version) fighter will make an impact wherever it is flown. Reproduced in miniature in Balsa and Bass wood light for flying RC. 

NOT a BEGINNER’S MODEL or KIT.

With comprehensive step by step instructions available (download), you can take to the skies in your very own faithful recreation of this famous aircraft.

Please note the instructions are by download.

Building instructions can be downloaded after purchase, please make sure you give us your email so we can send you the link.

This model is not a beginners model, we would recommend buying the model kit  which includes the motor and then speaking to SWM regard RC options. We are listing this model for SWM. It will be dispatched from the famous store

but cannot be combined with other store orders. We can only sell our eBay listings via this site. Its an eBay rule. Links and stuff that make the internet what it is are not allowed to be listed here.

The Kit is sent a tracked service, if you do call SWM regard this model, make them aware you ordered it via Cobbewebb to save any confusion.

Specifications

Please note there are no electronics included other than the Motor. The Motor Power Plant is a geared, brushed motor, prop set. Coreless motor technology is very efficient for models of this type. The battery  power requirements are very economic to buy.

Wingspan: 381mm (15in)

Scale: 1:20

Receiver (required): Micro receiver (at least 4channels, e.g. Super-Micro Receiver boards)

Servo (required): 1.7g Micro Servo

Battery (required): <200mAh 1S Li-Po Battery

We cannot send Li Po batteries overseas. This model does not contain batteries.

Features /Advice

All balsa and hardwood (Basswood) is Laser Cut. The wood is improved in these series 2 kits. Laser Cutting will often put a bend on the frame of the laser cut wood. The parts are so accurate they glue together with such accuracy any bend is removed in the build (usually). Tony Ray kits used to use an exceptionally light 2 ply which did cause warping problems. The series 2 kits use a light 3 ply which has improved this. Some models still have some parts in 2 ply. The glue used must be thin. Super thin glue that is like Zap Pink or Bob Smiths thin odourless are ideal. Laser Cut Kit Glue from Deluxe is a good choice if you do not like to use super glues. Superphatic is also a good choice. Using old style PVA or glues that hold too much moisture can cause problems with the parts fitting. They are so tightly cut we find PVA is too thick. Balsa cement could be used, but there are much better glues available now a days.

Some hardware is included, but you will also require other items to finish this model.

Great for flying outdoors in small spaces, parks etc. on calm days, the model is also suitable for indoor Flying. Needing the space of 1 to 2 Badminton Courts space to fly.

Required to complete.

You will need a 3 to 4 function Radio Transmitter and Receiver as 3 or 4 functions used on the model aircraft and suitable micro servos or servo boards. This is not a beginner’s aircraft. But because of its size it does not need an special CAA certificates to fly it.

You may want to get the aircraft and then think about what radio control you wish to use. Our store does have RC but we do not list everything on eBay. 

Full-size and Further Information.

The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and built by Boeing, the prototype first flew in 1932, and the type was still in use with the U.S. Army Air Corps as late as 1941 in the Philippines. There are two surviving Peashooters, but there are three reproductions on display with two more under construction.

The project funded by Boeing to produce the Boeing Model 248 began in September 1931, with the US Army Air Corps supplying the engines and the instruments. The open cockpit, fixed landing gear, externally braced wing design was the last such design procured by the USAAC as a fighter. The Model 248 had a high landing speed, which caused a number of accidents. To remedy this, flaps were fitted to reduce the landing speed. The Army Air Corps ordered three prototypes, designated XP-936, which first flew on 20 March 1932.

The "Peashooter", as it was known by service pilots, was faster than previous American combat aircraft. Nonetheless, rapid progress in aviation led to it quickly becoming an anachronism, with wire-braced wings, fixed landing gear and an open cockpit. The cantilever-wing Dewoitine D.500 flew the same year as the P-26 and two years afterwards the Soviet I-16 was flying with retractable landing gear. By 1935, just three years after the P-26, the Curtiss P-36, Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Hawker Hurricane were all flying with enclosed cockpits, retractable landing gear and cantilever wings. However, some P-26s remained in service until after the United States entered World War II in December 1941. 

Please note COBBEWEBB is not based at the same land location as the store. We can only supply what we have on eBay for other items you would need to speak to SWM direct. We can arrange collection at Steve Webb Models after purchase. Please arrange this via the eBay ask a seller a question feature. If contacting SWM about this listing you must make sure you notify them you saw it on eBay cobbewebb.