Object Record
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Metadata
Object |
Wheel |
Name of object |
Tire |
Description (ex. RP-63G) |
Tire, black rubber with gray plastic hub. Stamped into the rubber on both sides is "Du-Bro 3.00R" Tire is extremely hard as it is filled with polyurethane foam. One of the many created for use on the model aircraft designed to fly powered by the S-100 turbine engine. The airframe and turbine engine (serial number 1) were the first true turbine powered model airplane flown in the United States in 1988. The combination was then flown at the 1988 QSAA Fly-in in Las Vegas. Pictures of the model and engine, as well as the leaf blower used to start the engine, at the QSAA event can be found in the National Model Aviation Museum's Robert Henderson Munn Collection - see link below. |
Materials used |
plastic/polyurethane foam/rubber |
Date |
1988 |
Height (in) |
1.000 |
Diameter (in) |
3.000 |
Museum Donation/Transfer Credit Line |
Bryan J. Seegers |
Museum ID number |
2018.44.04 |
Tags |
1980s 1988 Balloon wheels Du-Bro 3.00R Tire Du-Bro Products, Inc. Engine Engine, turbine Tires |
Multimedia & More information |
S-100 Turbine Engine Pictures from QSAA Las Vegas Oct 28-30 1988, Munn Collection |