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This WW II drone started life as an 86-inch-span Top Flite Ready-To-Cover ARF that Lane assembled with Zap adhesives. Powered by a DLE-55 engine with side exhaust turning a Xoar 22x10 prop, the 31-pound model is equipped with Robart 150HD8 pneumatic retracts and 5-inch aluminum wheels. It also sports a Best Pilots pilot figure, Callie Graphics markings, and Electro Dynamics power switches and internal batteries. Lane writes, “The model is portrayed as a post WW...

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