RobW
July 8, 2012 at 2:02 pm

First Flight of the Airdrome Aeroplanes Sopwith Tabloid Replica

On June 23, our Airdrome Tabloid took to the air for the first time. It flys great!

This is the prototype for an Airdrome kit and can be built as any of the Tabloid/Schneider/Baby variants. It is a two seat side by side replica of one of the earliest Sopwith aircraft.

It weighs (empty) 791 pounds and has a wingspan of 26 feet. It is powered with a 115HP 2332cc Valley Engineering, LLC VW with a 2.47:1 Reduction drive. The propeller is 90×66 made by Culver.

Our plane is painted to represent a SS3 Tabloid flown by the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915.

Rob Waring & Shelly Wells

More info on Airdrome Aeroplanes at: Airdrome Aeroplanes ~ Holden, MO[/QUOTE]

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By: Seafuryfan - 20th July 2012 at 06:56

What a pretty aeroplane – real flying! 🙂 Well done Team.

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By: RobW - 20th July 2012 at 00:39

Here is a video of us getting in and out of the Tabloid… it is a pretty snug fit…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGtuft9Z8M&feature=youtube_gdata

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By: Arabella-Cox - 11th July 2012 at 09:17

Bonny aeroplane…………!!!

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By: RobW - 11th July 2012 at 01:44

Here is a video from the first flight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgRqBZIdhw4&feature=youtube_gdata

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By: The Blue Max - 8th July 2012 at 18:51

Very Nice, you can never have too many natural fabric biplanes:D

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By: DazDaMan - 8th July 2012 at 18:26

Very nice indeed!

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By: low'n'slow - 8th July 2012 at 17:38

Beautiful Rob, just beautiful!

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By: RobW - 8th July 2012 at 17:31

Thanks!

The plane is currently in Missouri at the Airdrome Aeroplanes shop, and will be based in Northern Virginia.

Great! Put it on floats and fly out of Monaco harbour

Floats and a trip to Monaco would be excellent!

rob

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By: Trolly Aux - 8th July 2012 at 16:20

WILL IT BE AT ?

Fantastic, a gorgeous machine, well done.

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By: LveK - 8th July 2012 at 16:18

Nice!

Indeed !
Nice pic’s 🙂

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By: Arabella-Cox - 8th July 2012 at 16:15

Great! Put it on floats and fly out of Monaco harbour 🙂

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By: André1967 - 8th July 2012 at 14:50

Nice!

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By: WB556 - 8th July 2012 at 14:15

Lovely looking kit plane and some nice atmospheric shots as well.