Velocity Aircraft

Cuddly Airplanes fleet has been expanded with an uncommon kind of an aircraft - a canard, Velocity Aircraft (type SE). New type for me meant new challenges, and there indeed were a couple.

One of them was the shape of the fuselage, which I carefully studied and sketched from different perspectives before I begun to sew. I have undertaken two failed attempts until I got the right shape.

Another difficulty was the turboprop engine, which the entire fuselage ends with, creating a cone-like shape. Since the craft is quite big itself, the prop blades needed to be proportionally big, and I couldn't simplify their shape anymore. That's why Velocity has three blades of a slightly twisted shape, resembling the one of a real blade. 

What I enjoy about Velocity? From a visual point of view, I like the winglets which are significantly big due to lacking vertical stabilizer. Shape of the wings, on the other hand, caused the wing joint to be very long, which resulted in a thickened airfoil. That was a bit challenging when putting all pieces together, but brought back a wonderful effect. 

Velocity measures about 60 cm of wingspan. 

SZD-30 "Pirat"

Let me introduce another glider of a Polish construction: a single-seat SZD 'Pirat" (a Pirate) type 'A', registration marks: SP-2880. 

What makes it perhaps the most challenging aircraft I've made so far? First thing is all the details, including some really tiny writings, as well as a lot of colorful elements including the ailerons, the nose, the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, and the fuselage. However, what turned out to be even more challenging were the wings. They have a symmetrical bend somewhere in the middle, and then the outer halves are slightly uplifted, significantly enough to be noticed and gently enough for it to be difficult to obtain the right angle. 

But I made it!

SZD-50 "Puchacz"

SZD-50 glider, called 'Puchacz' (an eagle-owl), is a two-seat sailplane of the Polish construction dedicated for training flying.

It is the first glider in Fanciful Sewings aircraft fleet, and the first aircraft to have an airfoil imitating the real one.

Wing view 

 Top view

The original sailplane (picture of my own)

Scheibe Falke 25 D-KMAX

The airplane fleet is expanding. 

I have recently moved away from the airliners and focused on the general aviation aircraft instead. 

Let me introduce D-KMAX (whom I call K-Max), a Scheibe Falke SF-25 motorglider. Originating from Germany, it now belongs to one of Polish airports and conquers not only Poland itself, but a lot of other European countries as well. 

The motorglider resembles an airplane rather than a glider, though its long wings produce enough lift for Falke to be effectively flown as an engineless sailplane. To be honest, Falke's unusual wing profile was what inspired me to sew it in the first place, for I could immediately picture the wing design in my head. I badly wanted to test it and the results turned out just as good as I'd hoped. 

The new techniques introduced in the design of K-Max include the wing profile (the wings I now work on are not flat anymore, but they actually more or less keep the airfoil of a real one), a rotatable spinner (yes, it does rotate!), and the landing gear supported by a thick wire. 

The small guy and the big guy. If you look closely, the plushie is standing on the aircraft's right wing.