Description: The UDET U. 1 ..... was the first aircraft associated with the WW i German Ace Ernst Udet ...was the first of a line of small, low-powered, low wing, cantilever monoplanes built in Germany in the early 1920s.In the summer of 1921, a new aviation company was formed using the WWI German flying ace Ernst Udet's name. William Pohl from Milwaukee, Hans Henry Herrmann and Erich Scheuermann joined the company to fund the aircraft before postwar treaty restrictions were lifted on aircraft production, with the intent of building an inexpensive aircraft for the American market. The builders produced and flew the U 1 five months before the formation of the Udet Flugzeubau GmbH company.The design was a low wing, cantilever monoplane in an era dominated by biplanes. The U 1 was a single-seater, as the air-cooled, 22 kW (30 hp) Haacke HFM-2 flat-twin did not have enough power for more than one person. An enlarged-bore version of the engine, the 26 kW (35 hp) HFM-2a was used in the two seat U-2.The U-2, like its predecessor, had a one-piece wing with a high aspect ratio of 9. In plan it was trapezoidal out to angled tips and had light dihedral. It was built around twin wooden spars; ahead of the leading spar the wing was plywood-covered, forming a torsion-resistant D-box. Ailerons, which filled about 40% of the trailing edge, reached out to the tips.Behind the engine in its aluminium cowling the fuselage was structurally rectangular in section apart from raised upper decking and was ply-covered. Pilot and passenger sat in tandem in a single, open cockpit, with the pilot in front and over the centre of the wing. It had a conventional, rather angular tail, with a fin of greater area than the rudder, though this reached down to the keel; the tailplane, mounted on top of the fuselage, was also large compared with the elevators.The U 2 had a conventional undercarriage, with pairs of outward-reaching V-struts from the lower fuselage joined at their vertices by a transverse member, to which the single axle was held by shock absorbing rubber rings.With a passenger the U-2 was slower than the U 1 and clearly under-powered, so the last three variants, the U 4, U 6 and U 10, were fitted with more powerful Siemens-Halske radial engines. This is the only GRACH kit I have seen and the casting is excellent ! !!!PLEASE READ!!! Postage is FREE! But Please Note : Domestic orders of BOOKS Mail at Media Mail Rate and CanNOT be combined with other items. The kits will be invoiced separately Please inform me immediately if after winning an item if you are bidding on another. The postage is free so you are not saving money by waiting to combine items but : IF it is more than 3 days away the ITEMS WILL NOT COMBINE on the invoice once I send it. So please tell me WHY you are waiting I ship most of my items cocooned in bubble wrap in a large envelope . Folding style, one piece boxes are collapsed flat to avoid damage. This is a very effective, lightweight & inexpensive way to mail. BUT if you want your items shipped in a BOX there will be additional weight and additional cost, its up to you. IF You want your order BOXED, You must Request a Boxing via Ebay , or call me, Joe Gian Francesco/Joe's Models . Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Location: Fulton, Missouri
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Brand: GRACH
Type: Airplane
Manufacterer: Planet
Theme: Militaria
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