The Mars Spaceship

The Mars Spaceship, I guess, is a re-imagined, enlarged version by John Greenfield of a 1954 model. The original plan by Roy Clough, his 1954 'Anti Gravity Martian Spaceship', a 1930s style 'Flash Gordon' style of craft was published in Model Builder magazine.

The original model was smaller and driven by a Wasp .049 I.C. motor. This particular lightweight model is very much larger and has an LiPo electric drive. It is not a blimp and so does not contain Helium!

Its weird torpedo shape has, I suppose, what we would call a' lifting body' these days. It rolls, loops and even prop hangs and is very quiet. Wingless, weird and wonderful all at the same time.

More info:
www.favonius.com/Info/Mars Spaceship.docx
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details....
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...

Artificial Intelligence:
TTS Voiceover by IIEleven Labs

Music:
I chose is by Gustav Holst, Mars, the first of the planets from his Planet Suite, performed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.