In Box Review of Smer 1/50th Scale
Czech Avia B.H.11 Sport Plane
Art. 121
By Ray Mehlberger
OUT OF PRODUCTION
Copyright 1970's
By Ray Mehlberger
OUT OF PRODUCTION
Copyright 1970's
HISTORY:
The Avia BH-11 was a two-seat sport aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1923, a further development of the Avia BH-9. The main changes in this version involved a redesign of the forward fuselage.
15 examples were ordered by the Czechoslovakian Army as trainers and general liaison aircraft, and operated under the military designation B.11.
Six years after the BH-11 first flew, a new version was produced for the civil market as the BH-11B Antelope. This replaced the original Walter NZ 60 45 kW (60 hp) engine with a Walter Vega of 63 kW (85 hp) and was built in small numbers.
As a further development, the BH-11C retained the original engine but the wingspan was increased by 1.4 m (4 ft 6 in).
A BH-11A and a BH-11C are preserved at the Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 2
Length: 6.64 m (21 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 9.72 m (31 ft 11 in)
Height: 2.53 m (8 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 13.6 m2 (146 sq ft)
Empty weight: 360 kg (794 lb)
Gross weight: 610 kg (1,345 lb)
Fuel capacity: 80 kg (180 lb) fuel and oil
Powerplant: 1 × Walter NZ 60 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 45 kW (60 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)
Stall speed: 75 km/h (47 mph; 40 kn)
Range: 650 km (404 mi; 351 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Rate of climb: 2.7 m/s (530 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 6 minutes; 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 18 minutes
Wing loading: 45 kg/m2 (9.2 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 0.0733 kW/kg (0.0446 hp/lb)
The Avia BH-11 was a two-seat sport aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1923, a further development of the Avia BH-9. The main changes in this version involved a redesign of the forward fuselage.
15 examples were ordered by the Czechoslovakian Army as trainers and general liaison aircraft, and operated under the military designation B.11.
Six years after the BH-11 first flew, a new version was produced for the civil market as the BH-11B Antelope. This replaced the original Walter NZ 60 45 kW (60 hp) engine with a Walter Vega of 63 kW (85 hp) and was built in small numbers.
As a further development, the BH-11C retained the original engine but the wingspan was increased by 1.4 m (4 ft 6 in).
A BH-11A and a BH-11C are preserved at the Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 2
Length: 6.64 m (21 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 9.72 m (31 ft 11 in)
Height: 2.53 m (8 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 13.6 m2 (146 sq ft)
Empty weight: 360 kg (794 lb)
Gross weight: 610 kg (1,345 lb)
Fuel capacity: 80 kg (180 lb) fuel and oil
Powerplant: 1 × Walter NZ 60 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 45 kW (60 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)
Stall speed: 75 km/h (47 mph; 40 kn)
Range: 650 km (404 mi; 351 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Rate of climb: 2.7 m/s (530 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 6 minutes; 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 18 minutes
Wing loading: 45 kg/m2 (9.2 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 0.0733 kW/kg (0.0446 hp/lb)
THE KIT:
Smer is an old model company based in Prague, Czech Republic. They have been around since the 1950's.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows two B.H.11's flying over the countryside. Both are in a wave-pattern of sand, green and brown over a light-blue under-carraige, with Czech tri-colors on wings and rudder.
The nearest one has a white square with a black and white checkerboarded eagle on it, outlined in black.
One side of the box shows a profile of the box color scheme.
Smer is an old model company based in Prague, Czech Republic. They have been around since the 1950's.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows two B.H.11's flying over the countryside. Both are in a wave-pattern of sand, green and brown over a light-blue under-carraige, with Czech tri-colors on wings and rudder.
The nearest one has a white square with a black and white checkerboarded eagle on it, outlined in black.
One side of the box shows a profile of the box color scheme.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
This kit contains 2 light-grey trees and a clear tree in a sealed clear cello bag and a clear windshield in a stapled-shut clear cello bag, the decal sheet (with a tissue to protect it's face) and the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet folded in the center to create 4 pages in 11 3/4" x 8 1/8" page format.
Page 1 begins with a color repeat of the box art, over the history of the B.H.11 in Czech.
The left half of page 2 has more Czech text.
The right half of page 2 and the left half of page 3 have 8 assembly steps.
The right half of page 3 has the specifications of the B.H.11 in Czech.
Page 4 is the painting and marking instructions and a listing of all the names of the kits parts in Czech, with a 3-view of the B.H.11 in full color of the box art scheme.
Smer is said to be located in Prague, Czech Republic.
Instructions are printed on slick-coated paper and all in Czech language.
Trees are not alphabetized, nor illustrated in the instructions. They do, however, have part number tabs next to the parts on the trees.
The first light-grey tree holds: wings tops, wheels, fuselage, elevators, rudder (9 parts)
This kit contains 2 light-grey trees and a clear tree in a sealed clear cello bag and a clear windshield in a stapled-shut clear cello bag, the decal sheet (with a tissue to protect it's face) and the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet folded in the center to create 4 pages in 11 3/4" x 8 1/8" page format.
Page 1 begins with a color repeat of the box art, over the history of the B.H.11 in Czech.
The left half of page 2 has more Czech text.
The right half of page 2 and the left half of page 3 have 8 assembly steps.
The right half of page 3 has the specifications of the B.H.11 in Czech.
Page 4 is the painting and marking instructions and a listing of all the names of the kits parts in Czech, with a 3-view of the B.H.11 in full color of the box art scheme.
Smer is said to be located in Prague, Czech Republic.
Instructions are printed on slick-coated paper and all in Czech language.
Trees are not alphabetized, nor illustrated in the instructions. They do, however, have part number tabs next to the parts on the trees.
The first light-grey tree holds: wings tops, wheels, fuselage, elevators, rudder (9 parts)
The second light-grey tree holds: wing bottoms, seat, engine, pilot, propeller, struts, landing-gear legs etc. (26 parts)
One clear tree holds the display stand (2 parts)
A second clear tree holds the windshields (2 parts)
The decal sheet completes the kit's contents.
Detail is of the raised variety
Recommended.
Recommended.