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The RC-3 Seabee was designed by Percival Hopkins "Spence" Spencer. An aviation pioneer who first soloed in a powered airplane in 1914, he designed the Spencer S-12 Air Car Amphibian . Construction of the S-12 began on March 1, 1941 and the small, two-seat S-12 prototype, registered NX29098, made its first flight on August 8, 1941.
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...
1:10 scale radio-controlled car (Saab Sonett II)A radio-controlled model (or RC model) is a model that is steerable with the use of radio control (RC). All types of model vehicles have had RC systems installed in them, including ground vehicles, boats, planes, helicopters and even submarines and scale railway locomotives.
Data from ICON Aircraft General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 23 ft (7.0 m) Wingspan: 34.8 ft (10.6 m) Height: 8.1 ft (2.5 m) Empty weight: 1,080 lb (490 kg) Gross weight: 1,510 lb (685 kg) Fuel capacity: 20 US gal (76 L) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912 iS fuel-injected, air and liquid cooled four cylinder aircraft engine, 100 hp (75 kW) Propellers: 3-bladed composite ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Jet seaplanes and flying boats (10 P) S. Schneider Trophy (1 C, 50 P, 2 F)
The Osprey GP2 Osprey, also known as the Air Skimmer, Sea Skimmer, or Pereira GP2 Osprey, was a single-seat flying boat designed by Eut Tileston under contract to George Pereira, a private builder.
The founding purpose of the Association was to protect seaplane access to public waters, promote seaplane flying and publish a member Newsletter and Seaplane Base Directory. [1] SPA states that its mission is, "to be the voice of the seaplane community and to represent the interests of seaplane enthusiasts on the federal, state, and local levels.
USS Alaska recovering a SC-1 in March 1945, during the Iwo Jima operation. The aircraft is awaiting pickup by the ship's crane after taxiing onto a landing mat. A U.S. Navy SC-1 from USS Duluth over Shanghai, China in 1948 An SC-1 Seahawk being hoisted aboard USS Manchester during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from in 1947/1948 Seahawk on board USS Birmingham