This is Roy Nelder’s original 1940 champion plane from the 1938/1940 International Moffett Trophy Contest. It is a great flying, high-wing, endurance plane. Pre-1942 design, eligible for Society of Antique Modelers contests.
This free flight rubber powered kit contains a full-size rolled plan, printed balsa and hand-picked balsa strip wood, FAI rubber motor, 12" E-B propeller, EBM thrust bearing, wire, and Easy Built Lite tissue in a variety of bright colors. To build this model you will need a building board set, hobby knife, wheels, fine sandpaper, and glue.
CUSTOMER BUILDS & INFO
"Here’s my Roy Nelder Moffet built from your kit FF-82. A lot of wood to put together, but the construction went well once I got a bigger building board. This is one large plane! Needed 3/16" incidence block under front of wing and 1/32" shim at back of stab to get smooth hand glide. Motor is twelve strand 1/4" FAI SuperSport unbraided rubber so there’s a little motor vibration at take off. Test flights so far are promising using 1/16" down and right thrust on the 15-inch, wooden 2-bladed freewheeling prop. Plane seems a little sensitive at times to winds from the side, probably due to its large rudder and stab. Thanks for making this great old timer available." - Mark Chomyn
| Attribute name | Attribute value |
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| Wingspan | 45" - 46" |
| Classification | Old Time Rubber, Endurance Aircraft |
