Rotachute Mk III (Fly 1/72)
I would never knew about this project without somebody from Fly company, who decided to create a model of this strange flying thing. Rotachute had no engine and it was using a well known autorotation principle. During WWII there was a shortage of silk for parachute manufacture, so Rotachute should be a replacement to deliver a soldier to a battlefield. But it never entered a massive production.
This is a very tiny shortrun kit. I’ve replaced some parts with a plastic rods and that’s it!
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Phil Steele said on June 19, 2017
Excallant !!
Craig Abrahamson said on June 19, 2017
Nice little build….even though I’ve never seen one (or even heard of it) before. And you simply HAVE to stop using that gorgeous lighter I covet as your “perspective” item. Find sumthin’ else, will ya? LOL 🙂
Josh Patterson said on June 19, 2017
I can’t imagine working on this model in 1/48, never mind 1/72! Dmitri has a very steady hand! (Also, I don’t smoke, but two smells I am fond of is an old store called Tobacco Wharf in our old mall. It had a nice aroma as we’d walk by to Aladdin’s Castle to play video games. The other is a Zippo like my Grandma used to use!)
Dmitry Stropalov said on June 21, 2017
Noooo, lighter is something I MUST use 🙂
Allan J Withers said on June 19, 2017
Interesting little model Dmitri, well done, but how big is that lighter ?
Rob Pollock said on June 20, 2017
Very delicate. Looks like something the Minions in the Despicable Me films would fly.
Greg Kittinger said on June 20, 2017
Interesting little subject. Hopefully, the blade rotated, not the whole shebang!
Ferry Dierckxsens said on June 20, 2017
This is magnificent. A subject I’ve never heard of. Great little model.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on June 20, 2017
The British Airborne had a supposedly flying jeep they called the rotabuggy. I don’t believe it was successful. Imagine a jeep with a rotor on it. I’ve only seen a picture, in an old magazine.
Dmitry Stropalov said on June 21, 2017
Yeah, Rotabuggy was the next project developed in this line. Rotachute was the first try.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on June 21, 2017
It looked really bizarre! What a great idea! Autorotate down into the middle of a combat landing zone, like the 82nd did at St. Mere Eglise. Target practice!
jim wasley said on June 20, 2017
Great LITTLE build so tiny,believe this, a guy flies one of these things or very similar over my home on Sunday He does have an engine,can hear him coming long before you see him,he hugs the coastline must have one hell of a view from it.Thanks.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on June 21, 2017
Jim, ultralight aircraft. The ultimate build-your-own-airplane in your garage, with a motorcycle engine. Started out here in the US back in the late 50s, I remember from the airplane magazines of the time, like Air Progress. Homebuilts, helicopters as well. Better than the Poid de ciel, back in the 30s. The idea of the everyman aircraft. Me, I’m still waiting for my jet belt, as promised in Popular Mechanics back when I had hair.
jim wasley said on June 21, 2017
Thanks Bernard that was enlightening,will not get me up in one of those,Terra Ferma is high enough for me,thanks.
Dmitry Stropalov said on June 21, 2017
Thanks friends for your comments!