Thomas Morse Scout 39 3/4"

Short Kit & Plans: $1000Buy It

Plans: $250Buy It

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

More than 305 laser cut parts

SPECIFICATIONS

Scale: 1/8

Prop: 12x6

Channels: R/E/A/T

Wheels: balsa and plywood with Neoprene foam tires

Wingspan: 39 3/4"

Airfoil Type: scale undercamber

Wing Area: 528 sq in

Cowl: built up balsa and plywood

Designer: Tim Kwasny

Weight: ~42 oz ready to fly

jSpinner: N/A

Power System: AXI 2217/20 brushless direct drive motor

Shipping Weight: 4 pounds

Decals Available

Does not include Instruction Manual

FEATURES

One piece construction
Top and bottom wing alignment is built into model
Scale dihedral with ailerons
Laser cut plywood cabane struts insure proper alignment of top wing
Box front fuselage, built up rear
Laser cut plywood landing gear in scale outline
Laser cut IP strut fairings
Laser cut tail parts included
Balsa and plywood wheel kit with Neoprene foam rubber tire material included

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

The Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company, originally called the Thomas Brothers Company was founded by William T. and Oliver W. Thomas in November 1909 and incorporated in 1912 in Bath New York. Born and educated in England, the Thomas brothers moved to Hammondsport, New York to manufacture aircraft. At the end of the 1914, the company moved to Ithaca, New York, where it built 24 Thomas T-2 biplanes for the Royal Naval Air Service and 15 similar aircraft with floats, designated the SH-4, for the U.S. Navy. On January 31, 1917, Thomas Brothers merged with the Morse Chain Company and formed the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation. The new company trained many U.S. and Canadian fliers and developed new planes including the compact Thomas Morse S-4 "Scout" a single-seat advanced trainer. The company produced almost 600 S-4s with either Gnome or Le Rhone rotary engines and a model with twin floats, the S-5, for the U.S. Navy.