This model had the same aerodynamical set-up as the lost one, but the fuselage drag and skin friction were cut to a minimum due to a new streamlined cabin design. Still dazed by the amazing climb we had just seen, we were disappointed at losing the model, but thoroughly inspired to rush another one into production for the Nationals. At 2:27 the timer clicked his watch and declared the model out of sight. When the tensioner caught, the model was a mere speck above, having climbed almost out of sight on the motor run. It climbed so fast on the initial burst that it was difficult to follow with the eye. On its third flight it was wound to maximum (1,300 turns) and launched on an official flight in a local contest. The model was so stable that it required only two test flights to adjust it. The first test model of this design was built in the spring of 1941 to take to the Nationals. This streamliner proves construction can be simple. Quote: "Wake up and live if you are a last-ditch builder of 'boxes'. Streamlined cabin Wakefield from the early 1940s.
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