87 inch Bull Dog Scale Airplane GST Inc (Last one Globally) (AUS Warehouse)

ECOM RC is the sibling of a popular RC scale brand on the market. It was released to the public in 2012. The design was customized to suit for US market due to the materials requested. Most ECOM-RC planes use traditional wood construction (light, easy to fix etc selling points). 

Technical Data:

Wing Span: 87 inch (2210mm)

Length: 61 inch (1549mm)

Wing area: 9.3 sq. ft. (60 sq. dm.)

Wing Loading:28.4oz/sq.ft. (86.7g/sq.dm.)

Flying Weight: 11.4 lbs. (5.2kg)

Radio: 6CH & 6 servos

Gas Engine: 25cc-36cc. We highly recommend NGH-25/MLD-28/DLE35RA/NGH-38FS.

Servo Recommendations: Flite-Torque (Comp-Max) Coreless Series CLS-602MG, CLS-608MG or HV series DC704MG (be available soon) or some other brands equivalent

Features:

• All wood construction.
• Pre-Covered in real iron on film.
• Fiberglass cowl already painted.
• All hardware is included.
• Easy to fly.
• Removable wings and hatch
• High quality Carbon Fiber wing tubes included

History:

The history of the Bulldog began in the late 1960s, when the Beagle Company, builders of the then-popular, civilian Beagle B.121 Pup trainers, began developing a replacement for the RAFs fleet of aging DeHavilland Chipmunks. Their design, the B.125 Bulldog, was fitted with a more-powerful 200-hp engine; a constant-speed propeller; longer, strengthened wings; and a strengthened fuselage structure. Before the prototype could be delivered, however, Beagle's financial troubles led it to be liquidated in February 1970.

In May 1970, Scottish Aviation Limited (SAL) announced that it had acquired the development and manufacturing rights, and it resumed production of the Bulldog in 1971. The first customer was Sweden, with other nations following in rapid succession, including Malaysia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Venezuela and Botswana, among others. The Swedish designated the aircraft the SK 61.

The largest customer by far was the Royal Air Force (RAF), which placed an order for 130 Bulldogs in 1972 to be used as primary "flight-aptitude" trainers for their flying cadets in the University Air Squadrons (UASs). The Bulldog served in this role until at least 2000, when it began to be replaced by more modern Grob Tutor T1 trainers.