Download PDF Manual - Macca's Vintage Aerodrome

ding gear struts varies from manufacturer to
manufacturer. We have chosen the original
french type for our model.
Pictured is the aeroplane number 274, that
possibly belonged to the same group as shown
in the photo.
The documentation available for the armament
is only, the patent application that was
granted 1914 to Raymond Saulnier. It is no more
than a priciple sketch of the installation of the
Hotchkiss machine gun and the innovative
interrupter gear.
The german company Pfalz Flugzeug Bau
in Steyer, Germany, bought the licence for
manufacturing and the pictures reveal the german
thoroughness, displaying the fuselage construction
in detail and a top view that gives the
wing and tailplane outline.
Caption on the back of the photograph:
"Aircraft readied for land transport. Wings will
be stored along the fuselage".
The german model was photographed in
1916...
If you chose to model the german version,
these pictures give you a fair orientation of the
alterations. It should also be mentioned that the
German crosses underwent noticable changes
during the course of the war. From the original
"Malteese cross" to a more strict angular.
Also in Sweden this model was built under
licence, designated Thulin type D. The swedish
model was later improved with streamlining
of the engine cowl - fuselage and fitted with a 95
hp Thulin A rotary engine, a licence built Le
Rhone engine.
The swedish pioneer Enoch Thulin built
the aircraft under licence, but he also improved
the design, e.g. adding streamlining plywood
panels from the engine cowl to the rear part of
the cockpit.
One aircraft was donated to Finland in
1918 by the swedish count Eric von Rosen and
became the first Finish military aircraft. The finish
plane was endowned with the blue swastika
cross, the crest of the von Rosen family, later to
become the national insignia for Finland.
The first licence built aircraft by Enoch Thulin in Sweden. Note the original design of the fuselage.
Below the same aircraft exhibited in the Stockholm Trade Fair 1915.
Morane Saulnier type L -ARF 4