The de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth is a British three-seater high-wing monoplane aeroplane designed and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company between 1929 and 1933. It flew at a speed approaching 124 mph (200 km/h), making it one of the highest-performance private aircraft of its era.
The unnamed DH.80 prototype which first flew in September 1929 was designed for the flourishing private flying movement in the United Kingdom. It was a streamlined all-wooden aircraft fitted with the new de Havilland Gipsy III inverted inline engine that gave unimpeded vision across the nose without the protruding cylinder heads of the earlier Gipsy II engine.
The first production aircraft flew in March 1930 and was promptly sent on a sales tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Our own design of the Puss Moth in 88" for 90 to 120 size engines includes quick and easy interlocking construction for a simple yet accurate build, and folding wings for ease of transport. Two metal sheets are included in the short kit for the functional parts.
This Kit is certainly a unique piece in your collection.
Specifications:
Materials Required For Short Kit Airframe Completion:
(These materials are included in the Complete Airframe Kit)
Wing material
12.5 x 25 x 915 – 4 off
3.0 x 25 x 915 – 4 off
6.5mm sq x 915 – 8 off
3.0 x 100 x 915 – 1 off
1.5 x 75 x 915 – 5 off
6.5 x 75 x 915 Balsa – 1 off
Tailplane, Elevator and Rudder
6.5 x 3.0 x 915 Spruce – 1 off
6.5 x 5.0 x 915 Balsa – 2 off
3.0 wood dowel x 300 – 1 off
2.4mm K&S Wire – 0.5 off
Fuselage
5/32” Dia K&S Wire – 1 off
3/16” Dia K&S Wire – 1 off
3/16” Brass Tubing -x 12” – 5 off
½”K&S Streamlined Aluminium tube – 1 off
4-40 Dubro Push Rods x 36” long – 4 off
Dubro 4-40 Rod end #302 – 4 required.
Engine Bearers ½ x ½ q x 300 long – 2 off
6.5 x 3.0 x 915 Balsa Stringers – 2 off
5.0 sq. Spruce x 36 – 1 off
12.5mm sq. x 36” Balsa – 1 off
0.7mm bass ply – 0.5 sheet
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