Photos from The RC Geek's post
Here’s one for #throwbackthursday. Back in 1982, my dad (Larry Wolfe, Jet Hangar Hobbies) was contracted by Northrop Grumman to build a 1/8 scale replica of the F-20 Tigershark for sub scale flight testing. The model was fully instrumented and first flown (with a turbax glow ducted fan) a month before the first flight of the full scale bird. Over 20 different flight tests were made with the model and the data proved quite valuable for the maiden flight on the real one from what I understand as the model exhibited the same characteristics of the real one. Oh what could have been, the #F20 was an incredible machine! These pictures come from a magazine article (RC Scale Models I think) written by Jack Headley. Making #aviationhistory with such unreliable equipment! Academy of Model Aeronautics #iwas4 #backintheday ... See more
