Westland Whirlwind R/C Model...

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A couple of nice magazine articles on two scale models made at the begining of the 80's

The first is a flyer, which has a strange look about it, although this is probably due to getting the C of G right to enable it to actually fly. This is explained in the second article as a major reason why the second model, although the more accurate of the two is static...

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Either way - lovely looking machine, never knew it was known as the "crikey"....

a big "what if..." aircraft for me - imagine what damage a single squadron could have done to a 1940 air raid... etc

lovely looking machine.... looks as if its doing 400 MPH when its sat still on the ground!