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NOTE: RADIO CONTROL AIRPLANES ARE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE PAGE.
 
A Sopwith Pup was the first aircraft ever to land on a moving ship.  This was on August 2, 1917 when a Sopwith Pup piloted by Edwin Dunning landed on the HMS Furious.
 
The English made Sopwith Pup was able to counter the formidable German Fokker Eindecker, and return the balance of power between the Axis countries and Allies.  
 
The Sopwith Pup was deployed in 1916 with the Royal Naval Air Service and soon became an all time pilot favorite.  The Sopwith Pup was praised for its ease of handling, maneuverability, speed, and excellent high altitude performance.  In their first two months of service Sopwith Pup aircraft were credited with the downing of 20 enemy aircraft, without a single loss of their own.  
 
Sopwith originally designated their new aircraft the Admiralty Type 9901.  Due to the wings of the aircraft being about one fifth smaller than those of its predecessor, the aircraft was eventually renamed the Sopwith Pup.
 
The standard engine of the Sopwith Pup was a 80 h.p. Le Rhone rotary.  Some Sopwith Pup aircraft assigned to the defense of Great Britain were equipped with the more powerful 100 h.p. Gnome Monosoupape rotary engines for greater performance. 
 
Over 1,770 Sopwith Pup fighters were produced prior to the end of the war.
 
  

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        Year Deployed:
fighter
one
Le Rhone
80 h.p.
790 lbs.
1,225 lbs.
1- 7.7 mm
19' 4"
26' 6"
112 mph
840 fpm
17,500 feet
275 miles
2/8/16
1916
 
Radio Control Airplane

Balsa USA rc airplane.
 
Radio Control Airplanes:
 
 
Pictured above is the RC Sopwith Pup built from an airplane kit from Balsa USA.  The Sopwith Pup radio control model airplane has a wing span of 108" and a length of 77".  You will need engines from 2.7 cid and up to power the rc Sopwith Pup airplane.  All up weight of the Sopwith Pup radio control airplane should be around 29 lbs.
 
The first picture below is of the Kit Cutters RC Sopwith Pup airplane from Nexus Plans.  Wing span of the radio control model airplane is 53".  A .60 engine will power the rc Sopwith Pup airplane. Kit Cutters will sell you a short kit, full kit, or plans of the radio control airplane.  
 
Kit Cutters also has a 89.75" wing span RC Sopwith Pup RC airplane from Joseph Bukovchik plans. To power the Sopwith Pup radio control airplane you will need from 1.9 to 2.6 cid engines. 
 
Cleveland Model & Supply has plans  for 40", 53" and 80"  wing span rc Sopwith Pup airplane models. 
 
D.B. Sport & Scale will sell you their kit for a 1/4 scale Sopwith Pup radio control airplane.  The RC Sopwith Pup airplane has a 77" wing span and weight around 15 lbs.  D.B. recommends four cycle engines from .90 to 1.20.
 
Tom Clark GmbH has a giant scale Sopwith Pup radio control airplane kit with a wing span of 96 1/2" and a length of 72 1/2".   They recommend a ZG 38SC engine with 2.8:1 reduction gearing driving a 32 x 18 prop for their rc Sopwith Pup airplane.
 
Uncle Willie's Plans has plans for a Sopwith Pup radio control airplane with a wing span of 53" and a length of 40".  They say that their RC Sopwith Pup airplane will fly just fine on a .19 K&B engine. All up weight of the Sopwith Pup radio control airplane is about 6 lbs.
 
The last two pictures on this page are of a Aerodrome rc Sopwith Pup airplane built by Al Clark from their kit.  The Sopwith Pup radio control airplane has a wing span of 40" and Al powers his radio control airplane with a E-Flite 450 motor.
 
Al reports his RC Sopwith Pup airplane as flying great.  The Sopwith Pup radio control airplane looks great and flies well at scale speeds, but has plenty of reserve power. He particularly appreciates the looks of his rc Sopwith Pup airplane when it is overhead and the sun shines through the wing covering.  The Sopwith Pup radio control airplane does great aerobatics without being twitchy to fly.  
 
Please tell us about your favorite  RC Sopwith Pup airplane, or recommend a Sopwith Pup radio control airplane kit, plans or an ARF.  Just drop us an email here.   
   
 
 
Radio Control Airplane
RC Airplane from Kit Cutters.
 
Radio Control Airplane

RC Airplane from Aerodrome RC.

Radio Control Airplane
  RC Airplane built by Al Clark.