The moulding quality is variable - the major parts are decent, but the Wheels and interior parts are provided on a second sprue of white plastic. Italeri), and comes complete with decals.Ĭourier's extensive fuselage windows, Airmodel decided to mould the entireįuselage, along with the tailplanes, landing gear fairings and many small parts Is presented in a surprisingly professional full colour box (reminiscent of I should note that I have never seen this kit for sale - I picked mine up (The box of the kit lists as 'in preparation' a Helio on floats, aĬommonwealth Wirraway, a Sikorsky R-4, and a couple of Focke Wulf Fw 190 varia ntsĬopyright date on the instructions of my kit is 1989. Subject of this review, the Helio U-10 Courier. Moulding, offering at least two kits - a Culver PQ-14 target drone, and the In the late '80s, Airmodel briefly moved into the realm of injection Offered an extensive range of vacuforms, covering a mix of Luftwaffe andĭay, many of these have yet to be offered in any other medium. Limited run injection moulded kits, Airmodel of Germany Number were supplied to the Royal Khmer (Cambodian) Air Force. This was evaluated by the USAF as the AU-24A mini-gunship, and a small In addition to acting as a light transport, the Courier could also beĮquipped with a loud speaker and leaflet chute for psychological warfare.ĭeveloped a turboprop version of the Courier as the Helio Stallion. Unprepared airstrips, such as the numerous Lima These features enabled the Courier to operate out of very short Large trailing edge flaps and nearly full-span leading edge slats. The Courier was also used extensively inĬourier's outstanding short-take off and low-speed performance was due to the If Wikipedia can be trusted, 60% of the Helio Couriers built wereĪrmy and Air Force, as L-28A/U-10A, U-10B and U-10D models. (Short Take-off and Landing) utility aircraft. Product of the Helio Aircraft Corporation, founded in 1948 to develop a STOL Courier was the best-known (if that can be said about a fairly obscure aircraft)
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