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Ritz
Designed to teach model builders how to build and fly, the Ritz
will give long consistent outdoor flights. This plane has a balsa
stick fuselage and built-up wing construction. Designed for rise
off ground flights. Pre-1942 design, eligible for Society of Antique
Modelers (SAM) contests.
This free flight rubber
powered kit contains a full-size rolled plan, building
and flying instructions and flying instructions, printed balsa wood,
hand-picked balsa stripwood, rubber motor, propeller, nose package,
wheels, landing gear, and Easy Built Lite tissue.
You will need a building board, pins, hobby
knife, fine sandpaper, and glue.
FF-01 Ritz
Wingspan: 30"
Class: Sport flying model
Building Skill / Flying Skill: Easy / Easy
Price: $12.50
Customer photos:
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photo of your model!
 "These
are the East Coast Pictures. My Mom ...Asta...my brother...Erik..my
sister ...Marje. Our squadron sports a Fantasy Fighter, Italian
colors , Estonian Flag and Independence date, a Red Baron,
and Butterfly decorations. The pilot names in order are Aeronator,
Her Highness, Mothership, Superfly, and Flutterwings." - Heikki Riivald
 
"The
Aeronator" "Flutterwings"
 
"Mothership" "Superfly"
 
"Her
Highness"
 
 
 
 
 
 
"I built the Ritz mostly according to plan, but with the addition
of a couple of braces in the wing, and I used light weight plastic
RC style wheels to help with ROG take offs. I found that the use
of epoxy was essential where the music wire meets the wing, and
also where the tail boom meets the fuse. These need to be very
strong bonds! It is possible to build this model to be very light
weight, and there is a certain appeal to an 'only the essentials'
flying model. You get alot of fun, easy flying for the amount of
time it takes to build." - Kevin Laitala
 
 
 
"Since
this model was from the 1940's, I took the liberty of making it look
like a Wakefield model." - Heikki
 
Click here to
see another Ritz original. And another.
Balsa Model Airplane Kit, Balsa flies better.
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