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In 1956 it released a Model A V-8 rod and a Sprint Car, two of its first car kits. In 1959, Monogram issued its 1932 Ford Deuce 5 window coupe. One 1962 kit, however, showed the company's prowess and intent - the "Big T" (kit PC 78). This was a huge 1/8 scale 1924 Ford Model T bucket, complete with hot-rodded Chevy engine.
In the 1980s and 1990s, car and trucks were well proportioned and had interesting features, but models were a bit too heavy on details that could have been rendered more delicately or accurately. Chrome spears along the sides of 1950s cars, for example, were sometimes too thick and unrealistically embedded in grooves in the die-cast body.
JC Whitney is a retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories. as well as an automotive content platform via JCWhitney.com and the JC Whitney print magazine It was acquired by CarParts.com (formerly U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.), a publicly traded American online provider of aftermarket auto parts in 2010.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83 General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) Wingspan: 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) Height: 5 ft 1.5 in (1.562 m) Wing area: 100 sq ft (9.3 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 4412 Empty weight: 440 lb (200 kg) Max takeoff weight: 750 lb (340 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 40 hp (30 kW ...
Derived from the four-seat RV-10, RV-14 design work was commenced several years before its 2012 debut.It is an aerobatic two-seater designed to accommodate large pilots and offer greater baggage space, to comply with the US experimental amateur-built aircraft rules.
The M400 is a four-seat flying car, a type of VTOL personal air vehicle described by Moller as a "volantor" Skycar models from single-seat up to six-seat accommodation have also been envisaged. [4] It is intended to be flyable by anyone who can drive, incorporating automated flight controls, with the driver only inputting direction and speed ...
Improved single-seat model with higher main landing gear and powered by a 35 hp (26 kW) Half VW engine. [1] Pelican Club Two-seat side-by-side model with fabric covered wing introduced in 1985. [5] Pelican PL Two-seat side-by-side model powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS or 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 and introduced in 1991.
The Model 15 was designed in 1943–44, perhaps with the input of Taylorcraft founder C. G. Taylor. [7] The prototype, registered NX36320 , first flew on November 1, 1944. [ 1 ] During testing, the Lycoming engine proved insufficiently powerful, [ 7 ] and it was replaced with a Franklin 6A4-150-B3 of 150 hp (120 kW).