Convair R3Y Tradewind - American turboprop flying boat designed and built by Convair. ######xA0;######xA0;The kit includes. ######xA0;1 frame is made of transparent plastic (cab light).
######xA0;scheme for coloring the model. ######xA0;detailed instruction in English. Convair received a request from the United States Navy in 1945 for the design of a large flying boat using new technology developed during World War II, especially the laminar flow wing and still-developing turboprop technology.
Their response was the Model 117. It was a large high-wing flying boat with Allison T-40 engines driving six-bladed contra-rotating propellers. It had a sleek body with a single-step hull and a slender high-lift wing with fixed floats.
The Navy ordered two prototypes on 27 May 1946. Designated XP5Y-1, the first aircraft first flew on 18 April 1950 at San Diego. In August the aircraft set a turboprop endurance record of eight hours six minutes.
The Navy decided not to proceed with the patrol boat version, instead directing that the design should be developed into a passenger and cargo aircraft. Assault transport aircraft for the USN with shorter nose incorporating an upward-opening loading door, later converted to four-point tankers for probe-and-drogue operations, six built. 11 (R3Y) & 2 (P5Y). Any product you return must be in the same condition you received it and in the original packaging. We do have own warehouse######xA0.The kit includes: - 408 plastic parts - decal - 1 frame is made of transparent plastic (cab light) - scheme for coloring the model - detailed instruction in English Convair received a request from the United States Navy in 1945 for the design of a large flying boat using new technology developed during World War II, especially the laminar flow wing and still-developing turboprop technology. R3Y-2 Assault transport aircraft for the USN with shorter nose incorporating an upward-opening loading door, later converted to four-point tankers for probe-and-drogue operations, six built.
The item "Amodel 72037 1/72 Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind Aircraft, scale plastic model kit" is in sale since Sunday, June 16, 2019. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Military\Aircraft\Airplanes". The seller is "scale-model-kits" and is located in Kiev, Kievskaja obl..
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