LEGO Exclusive Set #10226 Sopwith Camel

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Product Feature

• � Features include a rotating propeller and engine cylinders, hinged tail rudder, functioning wing ailerons and tail flaps that can be controlled from the cockpit
• � Includes rare dark green, dark tan and metallic silver elements
• �Recreate a piece of aviation history!
• � �Turn the propellers and see the cylinders rotate!
• � Model measures over 15" (40cm) long and has a wingspan of over 19" (50cm)

Product Description

Relive a classic era of aviation history with the Sopwith Camel biplane! Build and fly a huge replica of the famous British biplane loaded with rare bricks and functions to match its real-life counterpart!

LEGO Exclusive Set #10226 Sopwith Camel Review

A big, gorgeous LEGO model that's fun to build, functionally interesting, and tweakable.

I think this set is a great one for an adult or teenager that enjoys LEGO, or possibly for younger LEGO fans that are lucky enough to have an interested adult to help them. This 883-piece set comes with two instruction booklets to build only one model, but what a model it is!

This Sopwith Camel looks fantastic! (Of course we're talking relative to the LEGO universe; we're not talking about precision scale models, here.) The beautiful color scheme includes lots of light tan and dark tan (rather rare) pieces. There are stickers, but only 8. From the silver engine cowling to the nicely-tapered fuselage, this is nicely done.

And the functions are cool. As a sailplane pilot myself, I was glad to see the correct movements of the control surfaces in response to my moving the control stick. Move the stick right, and the ailerons (on both upper and lower wings) will deflect to roll you to the right. Pull back on the stick, and the elevator deflects upward to pitch the aircraft's nose upward. Neat!

It would be fun to see _more_ deflection, but it's probably nearly to scale as it is, and after some adjustment works quite well (but see below about elevator deflection).

Here are my measurements:
-- wingspan 19 1/2"
-- overall length 16"
-- height 7"
-- weight 1 lb. 14.9 oz. (876 grams)

The control surfaces are moved by strings. The strings come in two obviously different lengths. There's a small plastic "dot" on each end, that fits over a stub. Thus, there is no need to cut or tie strings. After assembly, some adjustment can be done by rotating the end "dot", effectively shortening the string. This worked pretty well to adjust the ailerons to a neutral position when the stick is centered.

Unfortunately, this adjustment technique didn't solve my problem with the elevator (that's the tail's horizontal control surface). While I had built exactly according to the instructions, I ended up with a dissatisfying small amount of downward movement for the elevator. Pushing the stick as far forward as possible in the cockpit would result in only a _slight_ downward deflection. After some cogitation, I solved the problem by attaching the control strings to the top of the elevators _one_stud_ forward of where the instructions show. This resulted in a much more satisfying range of deflection, at least in my model. Basically, the strings were a little too short to attach where the instructions indicated.

The Sopwith Camel set is fun to build. I purposely spread it out over three leisurely evenings. The brick-built rudder is great, and I really liked the clever tapering fuselage. The ailerons and elevator "feel" a bit cluttered, but again we're not talking about a flying model here. The plane is perfectly sturdy, with rolling wheels and an 8-cylinder rotary engine that turns with the (brick-built) propeller like it should. As far as I can tell, all of the parts are "standard" pieces, except for the strings and maybe for the 6 x 6 tiles needed for the round British sticker symbols. In other words, I don't think the LEGO company specially-produced "juniorized" (or in my thinking "cheating") parts just for this set. They're all perfectly usable for other LEGO creations. That's a big plus in my book.

Interesting or useful parts you get include eight big 8 x 16 plates (four each of light tan and dark green), two springy shock absorbers (you really don't see them in the completed model), 16 silver dots (1 x 1 round plates) and 8 big silver curved pieces for the engine cowling.

Most of the LEGO we buy is for my children (esp. for my 6-year old) and I don't often get a set for myself. I'm completely pleased with this new Sopwith Camel set. I look forward to disassembling it, seeing what else I can build from it, and then reassembling the Camel at some future date.

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