The Kestrel is intended as a logical step up from the popular Merlin but that little bigger and more ‘scale’ in appearance.

She is built from a combination of CNC and Die-Cut components that have been designed to make construction as simple and quick as possible. We know that many builders of this model will have very little or no experience so the construction has taken this very much into account.

The characteristic T-Tail and cockpit area have been styled on many of the full-size, glass fibre gliders you see in the skies today. Just because this is a simple model, we felt she had to have real appeal as well.

The wing section chosen is the more unusual RSG 29, which has excellent low drag combined with the high-lift flat bottom design so often favoured by model gliders. That flat bottom section helps a lot with the building but can be quite ‘draggy’ if using a more normal ‘Clark-Y’.

The fuselage and tail build up from sheet components and are a real joy to assemble. What’s more, you end up with a finished fuselage in double-quick time!

Try the ‘Kestrel’, we know you’re going to enjoy her!

Specs
Balsa Wood Kit
Part Number: WW16
Span (Inches): 39
Span (mm): 1000
Scale: Non Scale
Power: Glider (Hand Launch/Bungee)

Note: This is a kit, not an ARTF model.

West Wings are probably the largest manufacturer of small model kits in the UK, manufacturing all of the West Wings kits in their factory in West Cornwall. Designs draw on the extensive experience staff have gained from ‘hands-on’ modelling over many years. Combine this with full CAD drawings and their CNC cutting machines and you can appreciate how accurate the kits are. The only items in the kits that are not made in the UK are propellers from Japan and flight quality rubber specially imported from the USA. Balsa wood, being a tropical tree, does not grow in Europe; therefore it is sourced from managed and sustained forests in Ecuador and Papua New Guinea.