THANK YOU for your purchase of our "Old Timer" style aircraft Baron !
We made a main effort while drawing and building this plane so that it is the best model you ever built and fly. We provide you a kit
with the highest quality and the best possible performances.
We wish you a great success while assembling and flying your new Baron.
By the end of the Sixties, Christian Chauzit, who was the Chief editor of "Model Magazine", created in a few evenings a trainer
with only rudder and elevator for one of his friends, without imagining the success that this model will have. The plane, named
"Baron", is published as blueprint, and then, became a kit of "Briot" company, with the name "Baron 1914". A "Cup" named
"Coupe des Baron" is created, the Baron are built per hundreds, and it becomes one of the most famous trainers in France. Other
manufacturers will produce it : Svenson (Viconte 1915), PB Modelisme (Baron Rouge) and still now, Baron Modèle (Baron 1914)...
It will be declined in 1/2A, as a plan in Modèle Magazine (By J-F and J-P Berthier), then as kits from various manufacturers. The
Baron will have some "cousins", like the Ferber with low wings, or Duke with parasol wing. More than forty years later, the Baron
remains one of the most known model in France ! Many modellers built it at the original size, also with sizes sometimes larger,
sometimes smaller... Sometime with ailerons, floats, skis... All fly wonderfully and the "Coupe des Baron" is still a success !
But up to now, the Baron had never been proposed as a ARF kit ! Its so particular structure is radically different from the traditional
trainers kits, and more difficult to built. Topmodel raised the challenge and, with the agreement of Christian Chauzit, can offer a ARF
Baron ! We wanted it very close to the original Baron, even if the kind of building and the 21th century flying usages led us to make
some adaptations. The multispar wing was preserved, but it is equipped with ailerons, because today, most of the trainers are fitted
with ailerons. The dihedral was slightly decreased, but we kept enough so that the look is not affected, and that it is always possible to
fly the Baron with the rudder only. The fuselage is make with a true "treillis", a kind of structure which is extremely rare on ARF models.
And of course, we designed the kit so that you can choose gas power or electric power !
Baron key features
Look and flying style of the genuine Baron are preserved.
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The Baron is covered with transparent Oracover on open structure, so you can look inside.
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Flying is easy, the Baron is a trainer !
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Very large wheels make take off and landing easy on grass field.
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And of course... the model is delivered fully assembled and covered, you just have to make final assembly, install the radio system
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and the motor.
The Baron can fly slowly, like early airplanes, but is also capable of basic aerobatics.
Additional informations:
You can choose to fly with glow engine or with electric power.
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If you choose electric power, the 3S 4000 mAh Lipo battery pack give a flight time of 15 minutes.
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The original Baron airfoil and the light wing loading make landing at low speed easy.
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IMPORTANT:
Please take a few moments to read this instruction manual before beginning assembly. Do an inventory of the parts using the parts
list, to control that there is no lack or imperfection.
Thank you to contact TOPMODEL immediately, if you note a missing part or a damaged part.
WARRANTY:
It is important to notify to TOPMODEL all damage or problems with this model within 14 days following the reception of the kit to be
able to benefit the warranty. In the event of return of the model, the customer is responsible for transport and return shipping cost is at
his expenses. In the event of defect, the part will be exchanged or replaced once this one will be delivered to TOPMODEL for expertise
(transport on your cost). In the event of problem, do not hesitate to contact TOPMODEL.
TOPMODEL cannot control the dexterity of the modeller and cannot influence the builder during the assembly or the use of this radio-
controlled model, thus TOPMODEL will in no way accept or assume responsibility or liability for damages resulting from the use of this
user assembled product.
The purchaser/user accepts all the responsibilities in the event of structural or
mechanical problems.
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