Thomas
Morse Scout 39 3/4" N157
Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
More
than 305 parts
SPECIFICATIONS
Scale:
1/8
Prop:
12x6
Channels:
R/E/A/T
Wheels: Balsa Ply w Neo Tires
Airfoil Type: scale undercamber
Wing
Area: 528 sq in
Cowl:
built up balsa and plywood
Designer:
Tim
Kwasny
Weight:
~42 oz ready to fly
Spinner:
N/A
Power
System: AXI
2217/20 brushless direct drive motor
Does not include Instruction Manual
FEATURES
- One piece construction
- Top and bottom wing alignment is built into design
- Scale dihedral with ailerons
- Plywood cabane struts insure proper alignment of top wing
- Box front fuselage, built up rear
- Plywood landing gear in scale outline
- Plywood IP strut fairings
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The
Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company, originally called the Thomas Brothers Company
was founded by William T. and Oliver W. Thomas in November 1909 and incorporated
in 1912 in Bath New York. Born and educated in England, the Thomas brothers moved
to Hammondsport, New York to manufacture aircraft. At
the end of the 1914, the company moved to Ithaca, New York, where it built 24
Thomas T-2 biplanes for the Royal Naval Air Service and 15 similar aircraft with
floats, designated the SH-4, for the U.S. Navy. On
January 31, 1917, Thomas Brothers merged with the Morse Chain Company and formed
the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation. The new company trained many U.S. and Canadian
fliers and developed new planes including the compact Thomas Morse S-4 "Scout"
a single-seat advanced trainer. The company produced almost 600 S-4s with either
Gnome or Le Rhone rotary engines and a model with twin floats, the S-5, for the
U.S. Navy.
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