6 0 6 2
WHEN INSTALLED, GEAR AND
DOORS SHOULD LOOK LIKE
THIS.
GLUE BACK SPINE/
TAIL PARTS TO TOP
OF BODY.
FOLD LIKE
THIS
STIFFEN NOSE
GEAR WITH WIRE.
PROBE
DISK
MAKE HOLE IN CENTER AND GLUE TO EVERY
OTHER TAB TO SUPPORT PROBE.
CUT PROBE
FROM WIRE AND
GLUE HERE.
GLU
E B
ELL
Y S
PIN
E T
O
UN
DE
RS
IDE
.
TAIL ASSEMBLY:
ASSEMBLE THE TAIL SECTION BY CREASING ALONG LINES AND GLUING
TABS TO INSIDE OF TAIL. GLUE LONG TAB ON FRONT HALF TO INSIDE
WITH SHORTER SECTION ENDING AT THE TOP. APPLY GLUE TO
BOTTOM OF TAIL PIECE AND SLIDE FRONT TABS INTO BACK OF
FORWARD TOP SPINE, ALIGN WITH LINES ON BODY AND GLUE TO TOP.
TO ASSEMBLE THE BELLY SPINE AND THE FRONT
HALF OF THE TOP SPINE, ROLL THE CENTER
SECTION OF THE PIECE AND GLUE THE OUTER FLAPS
OVER THE TOPOF EACH OTHER. ONCE DRY, ROUND
THE GLUED FLAPS TO CONFORM TO THE BODY AND
GLUE IN PLACE.
TOP/BELLY SPINE ASSEMBLY:
OPTIONAL LANDING GEAR:
ADD WEIGHT TO NOSE BEFORE
ASSEMBLING BODY OF PLANE. CUT
BOTTOM SPINE AT DOOR LINES AND
GLUE TO BOTTOM, ALIGNING WITH
LINES ON BODY. GLUE "GEAR DOOR"
TO BOTTOM OF BODY AS IF OPEN.
ASSEMBLE NOSE GEAR AND GLUE TO
BODY IN OPENING.
ADD NOSE
WEIGHT INSIDE
THIS CONE.
OCTOBER 14, 1947, USHERED IN A NEW AGE OF AVIATION. PILOTING
THE BELL X-1, CAPT. CHUCK YEAGER SHATTERD THE INVISIBLE BARRIER IN
THE SKY, CREATING THE FIRST MAN MADE SONIC BOOM. HE HAD
ACHEVED MACH 1.07 AND BECOME THE FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
THE X-1 WAS LOADED INTO THE BOMB BAY OF A MODIFIED B-29
WHICH CARRIED IT ALOFT TO 20,000 FEET ABOVE THE CALIFORNIA
DESERT. AT 8,000 FEET, CHUCK WOULD CLIMB DOWN A LADDER INTO THE
X-1 AND PREPAIR FOR HIS FLIGHT. AT 20,000 FEET, THE PILOT WOULD
DROP THE X-1 LIKE A BOMB. AFTER A BREIF FREEFALL, CHUCK WOULD
FIRE THE ROCKET ENGINES, CLIMBING TO 43,000 FEET, AND SECURING
HIMSELF A PLACE IN AVIATION HISTORY FOREVER.
THE REASON CHUCK NAMED HIS PLANE THE 'GLAMOROUS GLENNIS" WAS
THAT HE FELT THAT ANY PLANE NAMED AFTER HIS WIFE WOULD ALWAYS
BRING HIM HOME SAFELY.
FIRST TO REACH THE SPEED OF SOUND!
BELL X-1
FOLD
LIKE THIS
FOLD LIKE
THIS
POWERPLANT: REACTION MOTORS, INC. XLR-11 ROCKETS
HEIGHT: 10'10"
LENGTH: 31'0"
SPAN: 28'0"
WEIGHTS: 6,750 LBS; MAX:12,000 LBS
OPERATIONAL CEILING: 71,902 FEET
RANGE: N/A, TYPICAL FLIGHT LESS THAN 15 MINUTES
MAX SPEED: 957 MPH DEMONSTRATED
THRUST: 6,000 LBS
SPECIFICATIONS
GLUE WING PROBES HERE.
GLUE MOTOR SPACER
STRIP TO INSIDE
OF TAIL CONE
BEFORE ROLLING
AND GLUING TAIL
CONE.
RROCKET
MOTORS:
PUSH ENGINES PART
DOWN INSIDE
TAILCONE UNTIL IT
BUTS UP AGAINST
MOTOR STRIP AND
GLUE. END OF TAIL
CONE SHOULD LOOK
LIKE THIS WHEN
DONE.
FOLD AND GLUE LANDING GEAR AND
DOORS ASSEMBLY OVER THE TOP OF
THE PANEL LINES ON THE BODY.
OPTIONAL LANDING GEAR:
