I love it!! On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:06 PM bpenikas via Papermodels II < [email protected]> wrote:
> Kettering Bug: an experimental, unmanned aerial torpedo, a forerunner of > present -day cruise missiles. > The prototype Bug delivered to the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1918 near > the end of the war. > > Engine : 4 cylinder, 40-horsepower De Palma mass-produced by the Ford > Motor Company for about $40 each. > Fuselage constructed of wood laminates and paper-mache. > Wings were made of cardboard. > > Length: 12 ft 6 in. > Wingspan: 15 ft > Height: 7.7 ft > Loaded weight: 530 lb > Cruise Speed: 50 mph > Range: 75 miles > > Launched using a dolly-and-track system , similar to the method used by > the Wright Brothers in 1903. > > The Bug could fly at 50 mph. When arriving over its target a cam dropped > down shutting the engine off, > retracting the hold down bolts for the wings which fell off. > > Impact detonated the payload of 180 lb of explosives. > > Model build : > > Model on Dolly & Track: Length: 9 in. > Height: 5 in. > Width: 4 1/2 in. > > Kettering Bug: Length: 7 in. > Height: 2 in. > Wing Span: 7 in. > > http://www.murphs-models.com/x-planes > > BP > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
