Boeing 737
The 737 is the worlds best selling
airliner with more than 5000 aircraft having been built up to now. First
generation 737-100 and -200 had long engine nacelles but for the second
generation (series 300, 400, 500) advanced CFM56 engines with wider nacelles
were used. Today only New Generation 737s (series 600 900) are in production.
Due to its small size the modelplane
is not as easy to fly as a larger one. A lot of experience is therefore required
for piloting this plane. It is recommended to use gyros on ailerons as well as
on rudder.
Powerplant:
Glow:
two 6.5 cc (.40 cu.in.) engines
Turbine:
twice 25 N (5.5 lbs.) thrust
Ducted Fan: diameter up to 85 mm (3.3)
(series 300, 400, 500 only)
Specifications:
Fiberglass parts 
:
Norbert Rauch
Span
Length
Wing
Area
Weight Foam cores: Manfred
Kφster
B737-100
1.77 m
(70) 1.78 m (70) 40.3
dm² (625 sq.in.) 6 kg (13
lbs.) Retracts: Hawe
Modellbau
B737-200 1.77 m (70) 1.90
m (75) 40.3 dm² (625
sq.in.) 6 kg (13 lbs.)
B737-300 1.81 m (71) 2.09
m (82) 41.2 dm² (639
sq.in.) 7 kg (15 lbs.)
B737-400 1.81 m (71) 2.28
m (90) 41.2 dm² (639
sq.in.) 7.5 kg (17 lbs.)
B737-500
1.81 m
(71) 1.94 m (76) 41.2
dm² (639 sq.in.) 6.5 kg (14 lbs.)
Pics:
(Norbert Rauch)
(Helmut Jobelius)
(Oystein Hole)