PZL-106 Kruk, profile model

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Hi everyone,

here are a couple of pictures of my latest profile model, a PZL-106 Kruk (raven). It's a polish crop duster.

I found the plan in an old issue of vol-libre, issue 54, here: https://www.peanut-scale.fr/vol-libre/A4/VolLibre-54.pdf

I have a sweet spot for crop duster so I decided to try to build a profile model of it. The plan is for a peanut and the scan is not the best but I could work with it. I didn't find any reference of a model build from this plan.

Very good pictures of a restored aircraft can be found here: https://muzeumlotnictwa.pl/en/exhibits/pzl-106-kruk-prototyp-2/

It's again, made from 2.5 mm and 1.5 mm foam and a 3 mm square motor stick.
Wingspan is 290 mm (11.4") and it weighs 5.4 g with a short 1/16" motor.
Trimming was a bit difficult, probably because of the short fuselage and relatively small stabilizers. After a bit of fiddeling it flies OK for me. The landing is another "problem", it has no glide.

Here is a short video:

All in all, I'm quite happy how it turned out.

Cheers
Alex

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