Shipping Weight: 8 pounds

FEATURES

• Removable wing construction
• Scale dihedral with ailerons
• Box front fuselage, built up rear
• Laser cut parts for built up cowl included
• Laser cut IP struts (can be used as templates for bass or spruce)
• Laser cut tail parts included
• Balsa and plywood wheel kit with Neoprene foam rubber tire material included

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

"Tummelisa" is the most well-known and successful design of FVM at Malmen, Sweden. The first of these trainers flew in June 1919. It was designed by Henry Kjellson. This aircraft was given the name "Tummeliten" (Little Tom Thumb), but the pilots preferred to call it "Tummelisa", the name of Tom's female counterpart. Some sources indicate that they chose this name due to the tendency of the Tummelisa to turn over on her back in a nose over landing. The Tummelisa was powered by a Thulin rotary 90hp A-engine. Thirty Tummelisas were built from 1919 through 1933. The length of service indicates that the design was very successful. When the Swedish Air Force was established in 1926, the Tummelisa was given the designation "Ö 1" (Övningsplan 1, Advanced Trainer 1). The safety record of the Tummelisa is remarkable as no one is known to have perished flying one.