SKippy's Guillow's S.E.5A RC Conversion - Final Rebuild and Maiden
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- čas přidán 7. 12. 2023
- Well we have had a journey with this model and I've learned a lot. This video was going to be in 2 parts but as I hadn't released the first video before the latest flight I thought they could both be merged.
Repairs have gone well and the modifications made as a result of my lessons seem to have paid off. Biggest point of note here is as many of you have said, the electrics for this kit are over kill and smaller is better in this case.
Not to be put off, I will see if I can build another WW1 model but with the lighter internals.
Thanks to all of you for your support and hope to see you in the next video! - Zábava
😮 looking forward to seeing next build. Cheers
Great perseverance and positive attitude- as you said lots of things learned. Looking forward to seeing what’s on your bench next!😎
Thanks for your support as always 😎👍🏻
Where you have minor tissue damage, and all the tissue is present, such as on the underside of the wings, you can carefully arrange it back into place (say using a pin) and then put a small bead of balsa cement over the tear. As it dries it will shrink and pull the tissue together, tightening up the tear.
Obviously I wrote that before watching the second half of the video! 😢
Thumbs up!!!
Thanks 😎
another excellent video! thumbs up!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for sharing your quest. I recall getting a publication (some years ago) about giant scale models, and that the advantage of them, was not having to fly so fast to achieve adequate lift, (multiple times the scale speed). Air density being mostly constant, .. no matter the size of the plane, flying in this constant air thickness. In other words, .. smaller planes, are much more challenging to get light enough, to really fly well. But when this was published, .. the micro control equipment wasn't around.
Thanks for your support 🙂
Pretty rugged build if it survives that so well. A lot of lessons learned indeed and you are a master of battery hatch engineering. I would give up on it entirely, you are really close now to make it fly. Put it in storage and revisit again in some time. Thx for sharing and inspiring!
Thank you 🙏🏻 I may see if I can take the electrics out and try some smaller stuff 🤔 Fitting the battery in and keeping it there has been the hardest bit.
I would consider taping an airtag to the battery you put in the model for the next flight over that field haha. Awesome build
😂 definitely need one for the battery hatch, lost 2 now 🙄
It flies! Congratulations. Sorry about the damage on landing. I learned about the fragile landing gear when I built my first rubber powered SE5A over 50 years ago. It think it broke on every landing. I may have over-engineered the landing gear a bit on the RC model but it has held up to some rough landings.
Thanks, yes, mine is over engineered in some aspects, but not when it comes to retaining a battery by the looks of it...
Skippy, don't give up on it... I would live to see it finished and flying well... if possible...??
Thank you, but it is too tail heavy so I need to do something to shift it forwards and find a smaller size battery to fit in there. 😊
I found putting a fluorescent stick or paint on the underside of my battery hatches gives a 50:50 chance of spotting it on the ground when they decide to take flight by themselves.
That’s a great idea thanks. To be honest this is the first truly restless hatch I’ve had 🙄😊👍🏻
Great looking plane, ive got mine cut out but haven't started it yet. One question, do you use ezdope? Love to see the determination to build fly and then repair it. Not much of that attitude left in the world. In my club we only have 3 kit builders. Me and two others. Good luck on the next one. Will be waiting for the next one. I had good luck converting the quillows stearman. It handles weight a little better i think.
Thanks, yes I do. I spray it on to get a nice neat thin covering 😊
Congratulations for the model, very well built. I'm sorry that the flights didn't go well, it seemed to me that the center of gravity was wrong, too nosed up, out of curiosity how much does it weigh? Let's hope the next flight goes well.
It was trimmed until the battery shifted back; should have wedged it. She probably won’t be flown in this format again. I’ll check the weight tomorrow 👍🏻
240g without battery, 300 auw. The setup has enough oomph for it, just the cog is tricky with that size electrics in.