{"id":2063,"date":"2014-12-11T21:28:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2014-12-12T13:30:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T13:30:28","slug":"new-addition-aardvark-rc-model-airplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/12\/11\/new-addition-aardvark-rc-model-airplane\/","title":{"rendered":"New Addition: Aardvark RC model airplane"},"content":{"rendered":"

How much weight can a model airplane, powered by an OS .40 FP engine, lift, carry, and land with – all without crashing?\u00a0 That’s what the Skagit RC Club in Washington State wanted to find out.<\/p>\n

In the late 1990s they created a contest challenging their fellow modelers to design, build, and fly a model to carry a heavy payload.\u00a0 Four members of the Whidbey Island Radio Control Society (WIRCS) decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n

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Team WIRCS, Dan Simenson, Chuck Bower, Mike Mosbrooker, and Chris Barker pose with the Aardvark. Note the weight bar on the scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They designed the Aardvark, which with its 105″ fuselage and 16′ wingspan weighs in at 13 pounds.\u00a0 It won the weightlifter contest in 1999.\u00a0 And, by the way, the answer to how much weight a model airplane can carry?\u00a0 26 pounds 3 ounces.<\/p>\n

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The Aardvark coming in for a landing during a test flight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Aardvark was recently donated to the museum In Memory of Chris Barker. Thank you Team WIRCS for helping to grow the museum’s collection!<\/p>\n

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