Ares Sopwith Pup

[Timmo UK]

I came across this today and had to laugh at the chance of this happening…

http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk...d.asp?id=51575

[flash]

Cost nearly as much as a Goering Fokker D.VII a little while ago !

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Spot the mistake.

"With sensitive controls and remaining fully aerobatic to 15,000 feet, the full-size Sopwith Pup was so light and manoeuvrable it became the first aircraft to land on a moving ship in 1977. With a fabric covered wooden airframe construction, 1770 Pups were built by Sopwith and its sub-contractors between the years 1916 and 1917 when it was at the peak of its operation development."

I presume that they mean first model aircraft and model ship.
"Winkle" Brown will turn in his grave!
Rob.

[Baxter]

Anyone actually fly these things? I would imagine a strong gust of wind would be disastrous with the models being so light.

[Tonx]

Spot the mistake.

[I][SIZE=2]"With sensitive controls and remaining fully aerobatic to 15,000 feet, the full-size Sopwith Pup was so light and manoeuvrable it became the first aircraft to land on a moving ship in 1977.

Cmdr R M Mike Crosley also rolling in his grave at this howler! He landed the first Blackburn Buccaneer on the HMS Eagle in 1968 and the Westland Wyvern before that - though not sure of year without looking in Up In Harm's Way.

I have tried the Sopwith Pup on MS Flight Simulator 2004 and it is a bit of a challenge to land in cross-wind conditions. Though I have only ever flown this and the excellent rendition of the Fokker DR.1 by the same gentleman out of Derby (EGBD) the best one by far was a Sopwith Camel / Huddersfield (EGND) in actual weather conditions! This took two goes as I cartwheeled my first attempt at take off on the grass runway there