FLYING WITH FLAPS

PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY YARRISH & DAVID WIGLEY ILLUSTRATIONS BY FX MODELS/CHROME CITY STUDIOS Increase scale realism and improve your plane's performance by putting down the ìbarn doorsî This impressive Westland Wyvern is the work of David Wigley. The model weighs 50 pounds and features scale Fowler flaps, which increase both drag and wing area when deployed. SOONER OR LATER, many RC modelers try their hand at a scale subject, and since most full-size aircraft use...