The Fairey Long-Range Monoplane, from the early 1930s, is a favourite subject of mine. And a model of it was my first essay into electric powered scale models back in 1982. I believe it was also the first serious British scale model to be electric-powered. I had built a 3/4 scale 61" span glow-powered model, drastically over-powered by a venerable OS Max-H .40, which flew successfully. I was persuaded to try an electric version, which was powered by a geared MFA Hummingbird 20 motor and eight 1000 mAh sub-C Saft cells mounted in the wing. To my surprise the model performed very well and I am sure it would have taken off from the ground successfully if I had tried it. However, at the time, my confidence in electric power was insufficient to give it a go. So I will never know now!
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机译：1930年代初的Fairey远程单翼飞机是我最喜欢的主题。它的模型是我在1982年发表的第一篇关于电动比例尺模型的文章。我相信这也是第一款采用电动比例尺的严肃的英国比例尺模型。我建立了一个3/4比例的61英寸跨度辉光动力模型，并成功地使用了古老的OS Max-H .40，该型号成功飞过。我被说服尝试电动版本，该版本由齿轮式MFA驱动机翼上装有Hummingbird 20电机和八个1000 mAh sub-C Saft电池，令我惊讶的是，该模型的性能非常好，我敢肯定，如果我尝试过，它会成功地从地面上起飞。但是，当时，我对电力的信心不足以让它继续前进，所以我永远不会知道！
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