NOTE: RADIO CONTROL AIRPLANES ARE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE PAGE.
The Australian Roulettes aerobatic team flew the Aermacchi MB326H aircraft from its inception until 1989. At that time the MB326H was replaced with the Pilatus PC-9A aircraft which are used by the Roulettes to this date.
On December 17, 1970 the Roulettes appeared in their very first air show. Since then, they have appeared thousands of times, before millions of fans.
The Roulettes team was named after a popular flight routine called "the roulette." The maneuver is performed by a pair of aircraft, one flying clockwise, the other in the opposite direction, in a large horizontal circle. At one point the two aircraft cross horizontally and dramatically at the show center.
Click here for specifications, pictures, and the wav sound of the PC-9.
Nitro Planes sells a Roulettes PC-9 rc ARF with a 40" wing span.
Pictured below is the PC-9 RC Airplane in Roulettes colors built by Chris
Walker. It is from a Umar kit. Wing span of
the RC Airplane is 58". Chris powers his radio control airplane with
a O.S. .46 engine. All up weight of the RC Airplane is 5 1/2 lbs.
Seagull models sells a Roulettes PC-9 rc airplane with a 63" wing span. It will take .40 - .46 2 stroke or .52 4 stroke engines up front. Completed weight should be around five or six pounds.
For those who like a PC-9 slope soaring Roulettes RC Airplane, check out Cantebury Sailplanes. The model has a 48" wing span and two channel controls. All up weight is around 1 1/2 lbs.
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Australian Roulettes
