Avro Lancaster Mk-10

The Lanc is my 3rd 4engine scratch design and built aircraft.  It has a 170" wingspan and is powered with g-23's.  Has scratch built gear and as you can see in the above right picture it has a huge bomb-bay.  Plane is actually modeled from a postwar Canadian maritime patrol aircraft.  I simulated the planes natural metal finish with a polyester mylar tape.  The aircraft has flown at "Joe Nall" and other large events.  It's easy to fly and so far quite reliable.

June 2006.  At a flyin at Crooks' farm in Indiana Palmer Johnson took these pictures which show the Lancaster with the Mynarski's paint job.  The full scale Lanc visited the EAA a month later and of course looks a thousand times more impressive. Note the left engine out on approach.  It was an awful landing which because of my huge ego,  I will not show.

August 12th, 2006.  Warbird fly-in in Owatonna, Mn.  Crashed the Lancaster.  Everytime I brought the throttles back the plane went insanely to the right.  Could not hold it with full rudder and aileron.  Finally got it lined up with the field and as I brought the throttle back it cartwheeled to the right pretty much smashing the fuse.  Sick of plane will build something else with the parts.