Curtiss
Canuck 41 1/2"
Short
Kit & Plans: $600Buy
It
Plans:
$250Buy
It
Skill Level: Intermediate
More than 200 laser cut parts
SPECIFICATIONS
Scale:
~1/9
Prop:
8x4
Channels:
R/E/A/T
Wheels:
balsa
and plywood with Neoprene foam tires
Airfoil Type: flat bottomed
Wing
Area: 330 sq in
Cowl:
N/A
Designer: M.K. Bengtson
Weight:
24 oz ready to fly
jSpinner:
N/A
Prototype
By: Dave Walker
Power
System: 6V
S400 with Mini-Olympus 2.33:1 gearbox
Shipping
Weight: 3 pounds
FEATURES
- One piece construction
- Top and bottom wing alignment is built into model
- Scale dihedral
- Box front fuselage, built up rear
- Laser cut parts for dummy engine included
- Laser cut tail parts included
- Balsa and plywood wheel kit with Neoprene foam rubber tire material included
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The Canuck was a Canadian license built version of the famous Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. Canadian Aeroplanes, Ltd. modified the Curtiss Jenny and created the Canuck for the R.F.C. A total of 2900 were built and 680 of them were used in the U.S. in flight schools. A shortage of Irish linen for covering led to the use of equally good cotton fabric from Quebec's Wabasso Cotton Mills Company. Cotton later replaced linen as the fabric of choice for aircraft. R.F.C. Canada pilot training was moved to Texas for the winter of 1917-18 to allow pilot training to continue without interference from the fierce Canadian winter.