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Convair XFY-1 "Pogo" (1954)
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SCALE: 1/72 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1995 |
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MEDIUM: Polystyrene |
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RARITY: (3) |
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"Pogo" and Wingman |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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The Convair "Pogo" emerged from the same VTOL-research competition that produced Lockheed's XFV-1 "Salmon.". The aircraft was similar in design to the "Salmon," except that it eschewed its competitor's conventional wing-and-tail configuration in favor of a single, albeit it larger set of delta-shaped wings. Like the "Salmon," the "Pogo" boasted counter-rotating propellers, but unlike its cousin, it actually clocked numerous vertical lift-offs before the Navy terminated its experiments in 1955. |
For inexplicable reasons, the "Pogo" has been far more popular with plastic model manufacturers than the "Salmon." Both Aurora and Lindberg produced their own versions of the plane; this model is a smaller-scale edition produced by the Czech company, Kit Pro. |
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