Advanced Rubber Powered Models
Indoor Flying models only
These models can be easily damaged in storage, transit and being handled roughly so it is strongly advised to keep them in a box such as a shoebox for safekeeping.
The FOAM 200 Indoor Model design complies with the Living Room Stick class of indoor model aeroplane and should provide anyone with a model capable of near one-minute flights in any large room or small hall.
If you have not built an indoor model before I would strongly suggest that you build and fly a BMFA Dart model and then a Gyminnie Cricket model, to hone your skills, before starting on the FOAM 200.
With the models flying surfaces being made from foam it means that it will survive the bumping about that happens when flying in small spaces. I have a FOAM 200 model that has flown over 800 sorties in all sorts of halls and school classrooms with no in flight damage sustained.
The FOAM 200 is supplied as a two-model kit and comes complete with an 8-page instruction booklet and three sizes of rubber motors.
Each model has a wingspan of 19 cm (7.5”) and Weight approx. 3.4g (0.120 oz)
Part No. K017, £6.95p each two model kit.
The JUNIOR is an indoor rubber powered model airplane kit. This Czech Republic designed model made specifically for school projects or Aeromodeller clubs. It can fly well in a school hall or gym. JUNIOR is lighter and larger than Foam 200 so has a better performance but is more delicate to handle.
Wingspan 22.5 cm (8.9”)
Weight approx. 2.8g (0.099 oz.)
Part No. A006, £3.95p each
Advanced Rubber Powered Indoor Models
The THINGY is a light weight (3 grams or less) rubber powered, 28 cm (11”) wing span, 1930 sq. cm (30 sq. inch) wing area, indoor model aircraft kit. It is an intermediate model from the Gyminnie Cricket, Foam 200 & Junior models and the contest types such as Pennyplane, EZB & F1D models. The kit is comprehensive and contains templates, storage box and full instructions on how to build the model.
There is sufficient material to build two models (with the exception of the propeller shaft bearings). To accompany this kit Sky Hi Products have produced a range of building and flying accessories as shown on the next page.
These accessories comprise of a Propeller Pitch Gauge, Wind Down Stand and Torque Meter Items can be purchased individually or as a Deluxe Pack.
NOTE These kits are not designed specifically for youngsters but for any modeller who aspires to enter the wonderful world of indoor duration model flying.
4* Plus Part No. K028, £9.50p each
The Propeller Pitch Gauge is designed specifically to set and check the pitch of propellers used on indoor duration models. This gauge can be used on propellers from 10 inch pitch up to 24 inch pitch. This kit is made of durable ply wood and should last a lifetime of indoor model building and flying.
Part No. E009, £3.00p each
The Holding Stand is used to support the model when it is not flying. This stand is tall enough to let the propeller turn freely and is able to be packed flat when not in use.
Light weight (3.5 grams or less) indoor duration models can easily move and get damaged if just left on a table prior to flying. Also at the end of a flight the model has to be held while the propeller turns to unwind the remainder of the turns on the rubber motor.
Part No. E010 £3.00p each.
The Sky Hi Torque Meter is fully gimballed to ensure that the rubber motor is in line with the torque meter wire and there is a trigger to
release turns from the rubber motor.
When winding up a rubber motor in preparation for a flight of an indoor duration model it is an advantage to know the amount of power (torque) put in to the motor and so how high the model will fly and also the condition of the rubber motor. This is best achieved using a torque meter.
Part No. E011 £15.00p each.
Deluxe Thingy Kit contains a ’Thingy’ indoor model aircraft kit, a propeller pitch gauge kit, a hold down stand kit and a torque meter kit. This gives a saving of £1.50 on the cost of buying all the items separately.
Part No. K029 £29.00p each.
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