Please HELP, Lockheed P-3 Orion wanted
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I need all the resources I can get. If anyone knows of a P-3 kit or if anyone knows of plans, let me know. I am new to the scale airplane scene, so I guess with someones guidence I could build one myself. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
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I let this go for a while... no one is answering, so here's the best help I can give:
I also have some interrest in the P-3 as a future project. I know of no kit or plans for the P-3 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] However, a large amount of information is available on-line.
Appx 1977... Durring a High School Aviation Club's tour of NARF, NAS Alameda (Naval Air Rework Facility, Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA), I remember them mentioning it was basicly a modified passenger airliner. somehow... I thought they had said it was the DC-7.... but memorys do get fuzzy.)
A search (www.ask.com search on "Lockheed P-3 Orion") indicated the Lockheed Electra L-188 is the Airliner it was based on.(www.ask.com search on "Lockheed P-3 Orion Electra L-188" reduces the number of hits, but still gives a LOT of info.)
I have located a couple of plastic display model kits for it... Nothing for flying.
The best SHORT web page I looked at was: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft...p3/index.shtml which has a decent 3-view of the aircraft, countries which used it and a listing of variants.
Where to go from there... depends on the size and purpose of your project. Sport scale flying of a plane you admire? Scale competition? A sport scale model can be done relatively easilly. A competition model... a couple of years of hard work.
I also have some interrest in the P-3 as a future project. I know of no kit or plans for the P-3 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] However, a large amount of information is available on-line.
Appx 1977... Durring a High School Aviation Club's tour of NARF, NAS Alameda (Naval Air Rework Facility, Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA), I remember them mentioning it was basicly a modified passenger airliner. somehow... I thought they had said it was the DC-7.... but memorys do get fuzzy.)
A search (www.ask.com search on "Lockheed P-3 Orion") indicated the Lockheed Electra L-188 is the Airliner it was based on.(www.ask.com search on "Lockheed P-3 Orion Electra L-188" reduces the number of hits, but still gives a LOT of info.)
I have located a couple of plastic display model kits for it... Nothing for flying.
The best SHORT web page I looked at was: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft...p3/index.shtml which has a decent 3-view of the aircraft, countries which used it and a listing of variants.
Where to go from there... depends on the size and purpose of your project. Sport scale flying of a plane you admire? Scale competition? A sport scale model can be done relatively easilly. A competition model... a couple of years of hard work.
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For a spectacular example of an electric P-3 model, check out this site.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=1
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=1




