LeVier "COSMIC WIND" RC RACING MONOPLANE - DLE 120cc FLAT TWIN - WESTON PARK INTERNATIONAL - 2021

SHANE DUNKLEY THE PILOT / BUILDER / DESIGNER SENT THIS INFO OVER ON THE MODEL -

wing span is 98 inches,
weight 17.5kgs
engine is a DLE 120 with pipes in the fuzz.
Menz 24x16 wood prop with carbon spinner.
Receiver futaba R6014HS powerbox evolution with I gyro 3E .
servos savox 1256tg on the elevators
jr 8911 on the rudder
jr 8511 on the elevators
sub c 6v 3800 mah batteries x 2 for the radio
sub c 6v 3800mah running the engine ecu.
The model is all composite in GRP and I produced myself the original plugs and then moulds of which there has only been 2 models made from the moulds.

INFO ON REAL AIRCRAFT -
Role -
Racing aircraft,
National origin - United States.
Designer - Tony LeVier.
First flight - July 3 1947,
Number built - 6
Variants - American Electric Piranha.

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length : 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Wingspan : 18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)
Height : 4 ft 3 in (1.3 m)
Max takeoff weight : 849 lb (385 kg)
Powerplant : 1 × Continental C85 air cooled horizontally opposed piston, 85 hp (63 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed : 185 mph; 161 kn (298 km/h)
Cruise speed : 160 mph : 139 kn (257 km/h)
Range : 318 mi : 276 nmi (512 km)
Rate of climb : 2,500 ft/min (12.7 m/s) initial

The LeVier Cosmic Wind was a small single engine, single seat racing monoplane designed and built by staff of the Lockheed Corporation in 1947. It did not race successfully in the US but one won the premier cross-country competition in the UK in 1964. It still flies today.

The Cosmic Wind was designed and built by Lockheed's chief test pilot, Tony LeVier, and a group of Lockheed engineers. A very small single-seat racer, it was aimed at the Goodyear Trophy for Formula 1 class racers initiated in the US soon after World War II.

It is an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane. Wings and tail surfaces are all straight-edged and tapered. The ailerons are full span and carry trim tabs, as does the full-fin-depth rudder. The undercarriage is fixed, with streamlined main legs and wheels in long fairings. The roller tailwheel is tucked into the rear corner of the fuselage behind the rudder.

The cockpit is enclosed with a small, single-piece, perspex canopy. The first aircraft were powered by 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C-85 horizontally opposed engines but more recently at least four have used the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200-A. The engine installation includes a large pointed spinner and long, bulbous cylinder head/exhaust fairings.

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