The Piper Pawnee was designed for agricultural crop dusting and spraying, featuring cranked wings to get the spray bars running along the trailing edge as close to the crops as possible. The undercarriage was designed to be very strong to absorb the bumps and rough takeoffs and landings that occurred on dirt roads and unmade landing strips. Many Pawnees have now found their way onto airfields where they are used successfully as glider tugs.
With the scale modeller in mind Hangar 9 have put a great deal of thought and detail into the Piper Pawnee 40 ARF. This rarely modelled almost-ready-to-fly airplane features all of the scale outline and detail of its full-scale counterpart. Items like aluminium wing-struts, pre-formed durable landing gear, Piper “balloon” wheels and tires, and scale fully functioning flaps all feature along with a detailed cockpit and instrument panel.
The model can be flown using either a 2 or 4 stroke glow engine or converted to electric power for clean no-fuss flying. Hardware is included for easy conversion along with all the other necessary hardware needed to complete the model. The Pawnee has extremely gentle flight characteristics making it perfect for new to moderately experienced pilots.