Flying control line AN-8 scale model

Builder name Alexandr Babichev, ten time the USSR champion, world champion 1970. Aircraft builder / engineer was working at the Antonov O.K. plant.

In modeling (years) 57
In scale (years) 33
Scale of the model 1:18
Wing span (mm) 2050
Length (mm) 1870
Weight (g) 6700
Flight time (min) 10
Sizes of the case for model (mm) 1900x600x350
Engine vol (cm3) 2x10 self made, axial (horizontal moving position)
Engine noise (db) 95
Flight prop size (mm) 280 x 180 self made, adjustable pitch
Retreat gears self made, hydraulble system to provide soft take off and landing
Retreat flaps self made
Open the cargo door self made
Model speed (km/ph) 75-80

Special model functions

take off and landing, retract gears and flap’s open cargo doors, drop 5 parachute’s with interval 2 min, control of the direction rudder, throttle control, steady flight on the 6 m attitude, veering flight 45o, lazy eight, though and go taxy, change pitch, landing lights, navigation and cockpit lights, twinkle lights.

Hours to built model 9000 (4 years)
Prototype used as military transport
Producer Antonov O.K.
Country of the original USSR

Other information first aircraft of the USSR with wide fuselage, build in 1950

Time and results


*MAI Ministry of Aviation Industry

FAI Federation Aeronautique International
UK BPKSM Central Committee of the Young Communist League

1978 USSR Champ Minsk, 4th place
1979 MAI champ Tbilisi 2nd place
1980 USSR champ Kharkov 1st place
1983 USSR champ Kharkov 1st place (FAI diploma for best model)
1983 MAI champ 1st place (UK BPKSM diploma for best plane)
1984 Ukraine Kiev champ 1st place
1985 MAI champ 1st place
1994 World champ, Netherlands Arnhem 3rd place
Ukraine Kiev champ 1st place
From 1993 till 2001 I was participate in several championships around the world, Ukraine, Netherlands, Poland, France, Romania, Czech Republic, Canada and Switzerland.
It’s necessary to talk about that sport results may be much better, but there are several reasons:

1) From the building time to last flight’s there is no any possibility to neutralize the sport.

2) From 1991 to the present time there is no any financiering of Ukraine sport’s men. All this time we are looking for the money independently, but the training time was quite absent.

3) From 1978 till 2002 FAI rules was changed several times and there was the necessity to modernize the AN-8 model. Well but in the entire world there is no other model witch is so long used time and flew so much championships. Every time almost with good results. I have 24 years expirations in championships with my AN-8. At the present time the documents are getting up to fix the gunnies book of records. There are many other magazines and newspapers with information of the AN-8. Beside that there is a book for building Flying Control line Models of Rölf Wille 1986 Germany, were also is the information about the AN-8

Regularity of Structure

The fuselage is a monocoque structure, the shell of a monocoque is a sandwich, and it consists of balsa wood sheets. Then a honeycomb, followed balsa and aluminum sheets. The wing lending gear’s and control line equipment reinforced at the one powerful knot. Under the tail part of the fuselage there is the cargo door. In cockpits of the crew and the tail one there are 5 mannequins of pilot’s and another member’s of the crew. Also there is all the original equipment for the crew. At the top of fuselage there is a twinkle light, but at the tail – navigation light’s. The wing is a usual structure covered by aluminum sheets. Fuel tanks are in the wings as in the real one. There are navigation lights at the wings ends. All gears have the hydraulic system to provide soft take off and landing. Under the cockpit there are storage batteries. Under the wing inside of the fuselage there is the electrical and mechanical equipment to provide all model functions. Inside the tail part of the fuselage there is the slot machine to drop 5 parachutes with interval. At the top and left side of the fuselage there is the emergency hatchway and the crew door to provide technical operation inside the fuselage. The plane is full of details.

Documents to confirm accuracy of the model making

1) Full detail’s drawing’s of AN-8 aircraft signed by general aircraft designer Antonov O.K. Kiev

2) Photographs of AN-8 aircraft

3) Colours example’s of AN-8 aircraft

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Met vriendelijke groet,

René