Too cool for school Bob , nice model. I have never heard of it.
Bones
On 31/01/19 05:05, bpenikas via Papermodels II 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
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