Step-by-Step: Building a Dallaire Howard Pete

August 2015:  After research into the beginnings of Peanut Scale, museum volunteer Vance Gilbert begins building a reproduction of Henry Struck’s Howard Pete, built from Dallaire Plans.   Flying the Howard Pete, Struck won the first Peanut Scale contest at a 1967 Flying Aces competition.

Vance documented the build process with these pictures.

Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete Step #1: Paper formers.Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete #2: Formers on balsa.Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete: wing ribs.Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete #4: cutting out the piecesStruck's Dallaire Howard Pete #5: Working on the tail.Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete: Balsa shavings get everywhere.Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete #7: Working on the fuselageStruck's Dallaire Howard Pete #8: starting on the wingStruck Dallaire Howard Pete #9: working on the wing, cont'd.Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete #10: putting the fuselage together 1Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete #11: working on the wing, pt. 3Struck's Dallaire Howard Pete #12: wheelsStruck Dallaire Howard Pete #13: Cut out decalsStruck Dallaire Howard Pete #14: PropStruck Dallaire Howard Pete #15: Covering the tailStruck Dallaire Howard Pete #17: covering the wingStruck Dallaire Howard Pete #17: about to cover the fuselageStruck Dallaire Howard Pete #18: all the pieces ready to goOctober 2015:  The Howard Pete arrives at the museum.

Completed Struck Dallaire Howard Pete reproduction built by Vance Gilbert at the National Model Aviation Museum.All photos by Vance Gilbert.

Thank you, Vance, for helping to grow the museum’s collection!

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