Carlos Murphy

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Where can I get info on a all glass and honycomb 140" Pilatus Turbo Porter?

I think the name of the company is Brauer, located in Germany.

I have one of these beauties but with no paper work or info of any kind.

Help?

sf4JC

This web page has both scale aircraft and model aircraft links on it http://www.acr.net.au/~tony/home.html . And after looking the other day I found a PC6 towing gliders at this link http://www.sailplanes.com/PhotoGalle...orterLand_.htm . Awesome!!!

I wanted to model the plane years ago, but then I left the hobby. I really got hooked on its looks. Man, did I ever love that plane! Seems like a lot a things a person could do with it.

Anyway, I hope this can help you in your search!

sf4JC

Carlos Murphy

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Thanks for the info, I'll check it out thoroughly.
I became a fan of the Porter when I first saw one in the movie "Air America". I've had a Altech Porter with a OS-91 and just bought a 96 incher from RC Plane Power for my G-38.
I got the 140 incher in a trade for a JPX T260 turbin and some cash a while back and just recently bought a Moki 360 inline twin for it.
Thanks again,
Carlos

sf4JC

I believe the first time I learned of the Porter was some time between '91 and '93. I was looking at various plans from the RCM Plans Catalog and found the construction article on the R/C Parachutist (Plan#631) from the Febuary'76 magazine. One of the planes that dropped a parachuter was none other than a Porter (or at least that's what I remember anyway). And now just looking at the current Model Aviation magazine, I'm actually thinking about getting my drawings back out again for another try at scratch building my "dream" plane.

Say.....one-hundred and forty inches.....sounds close to !!!1/4 SCALE !!!

If you find the info on that Porter, could you let me know where you found it? I try to get back here as often as I can, which sometimes averages out to be about once a day to once every other day.

THANKS!

sf4JC

Carlos Murphy

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Punch "pilatus porter" into your brouser and find all kinds of info and great pictures of this bird.
Carlos

The tires on mine are 7" with aluminum 2 piece wheels.

sf4JC

But thanks for the response.

I started looking into it again by looking for R/C companies that have made the PC-6 model. By the way, have you found the maker of your 140" model yet?

sf4JC

Carlos Murphy

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No Info on the maker as yet but I have an engine for it.
It's a Moki 360 inline twin 2 stroke.

ChinookPilot

Carlos,

Keep looking for the manuf. of your plane! Man, I would just love to have one of those babies. Please keep us informed as to what you find.

I, too, have the R/C PlanePower model on the way, but I like the larger stuff even better.

Sam