Bleriot's Max Flight in Muncie! - Outdoor Champs - 9.10.21

Film of the 13" rubber-powered free-flight model of the 1911 Bleriot XXVI triplane, pusher, canard...as it has a max flight of 2:04 at the Flying Aces Club's Outdoor Champs, in Muncie, IN on 9.10.21. Designed & built by Tom Hallman in 2013. Includes photos from the original project in 2013. Film & photos by Tom Hallman & Charlie Sauter. Music via motionarray.com.

Raw footage of the launch, plus post flight audio: https://youtu.be/1ZKb-tbouis
Plan of the Bleriot XXVI: http://hallmanstudio.com/BleriotXXVI_plan.pdf

Wingspan, 13". Wing area, 100 sq.in. Prop, 6" light balsa. Foam wheel & Gnome engine built by Enrique Maltz. Model includes 6.5 feet of rigging thread. Covered with Micro-X tissue. Weight w/o rubber, 18.29 grams. Motor, 2 loops of .101", each loop 36", 10 grams. Max turns, 2100. Built in 45 days.

Initial trim session in 2014: https://youtu.be/wAJV7BG6uqY
Spot landing flight, 2014: https://youtu.be/ECb54d-_sBA

The original Bleriot design received a Belgian patent in May of 1911, and was completed by September of the same year, although it appears to have never flown. No photos of the aircraft have surfaced, but there is the original patent 3-view. It shows that the aircraft intended to have a singular, retractable landing gear, with seven soft pads or skids under the lower wing.

***Interview with Tom Hallman by John McAvoy on his Free Flight Fanatic podcast:
https://freeflightfanatic.libsyn.com/episode-231-use-the-good-wood-an-interview-with-tom-hallman

For more info on free-flight rubber-powered models, check these websites:
http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/
http://www.volareproducts.com/BUY/
http://www.flyingacesclub.com
https://outerzone.co.uk/index.asp
National Free Flight Society - https://freeflight.org/
Mike Stuart's Flying Scale Models - http://www.ffscale.co.uk/
https://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/index.php

Geneseo FAC Nats Journals from 2016 & 2018: http://www.maxfliart.com

Flying Aces Club merchandise: https://www.cafepress.com/flyingacesclub
Center of Gravity merchandise: https://www.cafepress.com/centergravity

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