Ricci Triplane UM
- Kit Inventory
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Laser-cut wood, 10 sheets (See
Sheet Wood Inventory,
page 5)
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Illustrated Build Instructions
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Detail Set, 3 sheets, 11 in. x 17 in.
Taped to back of wood brick:
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1 Landing gear, wire, .032 in. x 12 in.
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2 Pushrods, wire, .015 in. x 12 in.
Hardware Bag:
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1 Heat shrink tube, 1 1/2 in. x 1/16 in. (5012)
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1 Part F7, 1/16 in. plywood (*)
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1 Delrin receiver clip (5013)
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1 Windscreen, acetate (*)
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2 Neo-Magnets, 1/8 in. x 1/16 in. (4013)
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2 Parts Wa, 3/32 in. balsa wheel centers (*)
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2 Tires, O-ring #218 (5020)
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2 Wheel bearings, aluminum tube, 1/16 in. x 1/4 in. (2010)
1919
Ricci Triplane
– Background
There is not a lot of information available on this quirky little design. What attracted us to it as a potential
model design was a wonderful line drawing that we had stashed away in our future projects file. A search
of the internet yielded some additional information including a few photos.
Lifelong Italian aviation enthusiasts, brothers Umberto and Ettore Ricci, started their aviation careers with
rigid hot-air airship models and free flight gliders, designed and built in their youth. They went on to
design huge flying boats, and a series of small aircraft, conceived as flying motorcycles. The Ricci
Triplane is one of these designs. The 10-foot, 7-inch wing span aircraft, was powered by a six-cylinder
Anzani engine that could propel the plane through the sky at approximately 78 miles per hour. The lovely
little triplane was built for a competition of small light aircraft, held in 1919, it came in behind a few other
competitors, including the little Breda Pensuti Triplane.
Although The Ricci Triplane is largely forgotten today, it can still take to the skies – in model form at least.
The Stevens AeroModel
Ricci Triplane UM
features
a modern kit design that builds trouble-free and
quickly, thanks to modern design processes, pioneered by Stevens AeroModel.
Build Instructions
1919 Ricci Triplane UM
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