by Walt Musciano

Scale UC Biplane with 26" Wingspan for .23 Engine

ORIGINAL MODEL POWERED BY AN O&R .23

Featured in September 1949 issue of Air Trails

The Roland D.II was a single-seat escort fighter, based on the structural principles of the C-II, a wooden veneer shell fuselage. The deep fuselage filled to gap between the biplane wings completely. The production was hampered by a fire in the L.F.G. factory; about 20 were built. The Roland D.II suffered from a design flaw that limited the forward view of the pilot.

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