Typhoon

This model was also bought from Alan Tedds many years ago. It sat in the loft for years before bring put into service.

Andy's Hawk report from July 2003 says it al.

Andy had a kite which looked a tad like a Hawker Typhoon, complete with a Thunder Tiger 42 GP motor. Andy explained to your reporter that the kite was about 20 years old (originally built and owned by Alan Tedds), and used a dolly for take off. The first flight was a tad interesting. The kite took off and flew, but kept turning to the right. A couple of unintentional barrel rolls later Andy closed the throttle and landed in the rough. A warp in the wing was spotted so a few trim changes were made including dialling in a jot of rudder trim. This time on lift off the kite shot left, cartwheeled and one is afraid was rather badly damaged.

Although clearly only semi-scale, Andy Thomson’s little “Tiffie” looked quite smart (above), but a warped wing and a “touch of the bananas” about the fuselage (neither of which were Andy’s fault - he didn’t build the model) gave it very unpleasant flight characteristics, leading to a terminal cartwheel in the rough on its second takeoff. It may seem strange that Andy is grinning about his crashed model..... but that’s because he knows that he won’t have to fly the little beast any more!