FT SE5 WWI Biplane - Build | Flite Test
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Step by step build tutorial of the FT Mighty Mini SE5
|--Build Index--|
01:17 Main Menu
01:27 Power Pod
10:20 Fuselage
29:02 Servos and Tail Assembly
52:10 Wing Assembly
59:19 Formers and Turtle Deck
1:07:06 Wing Mounting
1:15:04 Landing Gear
1:25:42 Electronics
1:34:00 Maiden
Other helpful videos:
(Index Music)
Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Have to admit your builds are fun, built one for each of the grandkids, and found a use for all those quad motors. I no longer fly, hands and eyes are shot, sins of old age. But find your little planes most forgiving. Building these has helped me keep my sanity during these ridiculas lock downs. Think I'd rather get sick, than feel like an inmate in my own home. Thanks for making something fun for kids of all ages, even old men. Take care.
Currently building this model, my first FT model dispute looking at FliteTest for over 10 years :D
Thanks for the design and helpful video, and of course the entertainment for the past years!
Love this. These tutorials are so in-depth I would shoot my hands off if I failed my SE5.
Lmfao true
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This plane is so cool, I finished building yesterday and can't wait to fly it. It has even inspired me to design and build my own Sopwith camel using the same electronics for a school project. I'd be happy to share the design when it's done.
Did you get the Sopwith Camel done ?
Do share!
I love the way the landing gear is mounted on the plane other than using rubber bands.
Can't wait. Getting a pair of these for Christmas for me and my son. Great build video. You guys are very entertaining and pass on your knowledge in an exciting and fun way.
Pleased to say my scratch build is progressing very well.
I extended one doubler back to 5mm rear of the wing crease. This will add more foam surface area to glue the lower Wing to.
I realised there is a perfect placed accessible area on lower fus,,over the CG, to fit a Gyro Stabilizer. As Im using 5mm Foam board, Ill measure the gap for the Power Pod and scratch build this, an easy task. saved me stripping the paper off the inside of doublers, With my Foam Board, this is not an easy task! Im guing to use 4X vertical BBQ dowels to secure the centre of Top Wing. This worked perfectly on my Baby Blender and very robust. PS, with BBQ skewer LE, TE and tip reinforcement, the wings have turned out super robust, again developed from the BB build. Thanks
i used Dubro Quick Connectors, so i'd have adjustment of pushrod linkages! Only used the z-bend on the servo arm! LOVE THESE DESIGNS!!!
Eventually! A mate for my COX 049!! Any oldies out there who can endorse this concept!
Wow, Im really hooked on building the Mighty Mini models now.
This SE5 is my third FT build and with all the experience and improvement mods taken from the previous 2, this baby has turned out so brilliant looker and sturdy. Its no problem, but I wouldnt call them Speed Build.But with care, time and many improvements, I like ti take care and time building, enjoyable on its own for me,. Raptorr, Mustang and FW190 look out, your in my sights!
So you guys know, this video did not show up in my subscription box. You guys are awesome, keep it up!
Hey Justin,
This video was a RE-upload because we had a few things wrong with menus and audio syncs... etc
Glad you liked it thanks for watching!
S.O.
FliteTest how do I get the skins? I might build this awesome plane but I need the skins to make it even better
going to maiden tomorrow! thanks guys!
BTW, the firewall was not on the plans. Not sure if that is normal or not.
ToastedWalnut how did it go?
"Don't do this if you have carpet" I lol'd
gacho I did it on my carpet it turned out fine!
I think he meant parquet
Hi
+o. 4157485757585858054125858685
you guys have inspired since i was 6 i love u guys and i am getting my first ft plane soon:)
This is a lovely build and shoild finish a great little 3Ch model.
Ive found a couple of 20x18x100mm 3S 2A Lipos which fit perfectly in the model, and only 70g weighr,
I realise when I PVA the lower wing in place, the Rudder and Elevator will be inaccessible. but replacements can be fitted to outer Fus, saving surgery.
Ive done so many mods to improve the airframe rigidity, which has taken some time, but rewarding.Latest was to add plsatic straw tube here the pushrods pass thru the fus. Without these the rods bind to the tail feather foam., not good. I found these simple wings much harder to make and fit, than the usual folded ones on your other models. The camber gauges gave me the wrong result.
Having built a couple of your C sized Power Pod and now this SE5, I realise how you achieve the necessary 2/3 degrees of Motor Dow-nthrust,with a 90 degree Firewall. The ply firewall upper edge is oversized, which is a bodge to receive the required result. This means the front of the Power Pod will not sit flush to the Fus top foam . This renders the front PP location tabs pretty redundant. You really should have explained the design philosophy at the start, as Im wrongly thinking I made a mistake. In past builds I have modified the arrangement so PP fits squarely and far more secure. I have made the motor down-thrust angle using a couple of thin spacer washers on the motor top 2 retaining screws. That works well. I realise the same design 'defect' with this SE5, so I will suitably angle the firewall by angling the Firewall sides at the front. A much better arrangement, giving snug Power Pod security against the Fus top foam.
beautiful with the drone camera shoot
Flies great! You guys are a great inspiration for me
Can we expect to see a Sopwith Camel? Interesting historical aircraft.
If you are new with the Servo Cetering tool, leave the Servo unconnected while you do the balance lead 1S trick as per video.This way if you get it wrong you will only lose the tool not the servo. Of course, when all is ok, you can plug in the Servo to the centering tool connector.
by the way, if you need to take off the paper, I recommend using black foamboard from dollar tree, cause ive found that paper peels off incredibly easily from that foamboard
That’s the last stuff I’d use for that purpose
Great design. Laser cut quality is a problem on the white paper backed foam kits though, which left a huge > 1/8” concave in the foam cuts resulting in bad glue joints unless you put gobs of glue on the cut edges.
Love these kits, I hope you fix or adjust the laser cutter in the future to avoid frustration when assembling.
Cool plane im getting a p51 mustang for christmas
that plane is my type 😀👍
Thinking of gutting my destroyed e-flite Viking and putting its guts in this to have an over powered death machine.
Howd it turn out??? Im really curious
Hey FT!!!! Glad I discovered your stuff cause it re-ignited my passion for flying! Just a quick question, would I be able to lessen the dihedral? I’m goin to scratch build the Se5 and Dr1 and add ailerons as well to both! Is the full amount of dihedral necessary for the designs to fly?
So when can we see a B17?
OOps, I made a mistake. Using slightly 5mm foam board, my 3S 800ma Lipo doesnt quite fit flat under the Power Pod. (1/8 inch too narrow) I suggest a solution using my material is to only use one thickness doublers inside the Nose and make your Power Pod to fit after completing this stage. At least there is sufficient width for my 2212 brushless motors, so Ill just have to mount the Lipo vertical and off center. Oh well I have a second set of wings cut, so Ill just make another Fus to my revised material specs. I realised that you can make more battery/esc room by making the lower nose totally square to that bottom plate. or at least 80 degrees. Great, 10x box of A1 Foam board arrived at my door,yesterday, so I can build more of these great Mighty Minis.
No Orlando CVS to go to any more, so I have to pay inflated 4 Bucks a sheet, but still good value. Thanks
Starting mine next week!
"Watch your eyes?" My eyes are literally the only part of me I cannot watch!! :D
What about your back?
@@BoxableSocks I'm pretty flexible
Forehead...
you guys should make a Sopwith Camel
Oh when you added the hot glue wheel collets, you didnt cover the model wing to prevent accidental spillage.
Thanks for another great video. Really great build.
hi josh,ft se5 WWI Biplane plan is incomplete,plan is incorrect
1-airfoil gage part is 3mm but your foamboard is5mm
2-link hole Not specified
3-powerpod hole Not specified
please fix it
Ehsan Ghorbanzadegan stroke me
I was thinking it will more complicated than a monoplane , but the truth is , its easier to make & fly , as long as you built exactly with their plans & electric component specification.
Im scratch building this first and I do feel the dihedral line in the wings is going to be a definite weak point, So I leave my wings straight. Wish me luck or a good Gyro stabiliser might help me out. Ill build my speedbuild kit as per video for a comparison..Ive standardised on insetting/PVAing BBQ skewers into all exposed edges on foam, by 1/2 diameter. Not too much extra weight, but really prevents ground handling damage.
did biplanes (full size) only use elevator and rudder or did they employ ailerons (sorry 4 my spelling) as well?
They used ailerons as well.
at 44:52 you either have a gnarly pig in the shop or someone belches :)
Nice model Thank you for the plans and eectronics
If someone doest have help setting the tail surfaces they could put the set square across the forward part of the rudder and the rudder it self and hold both side in position with a couple of clothes pegs.
Great job with the build !
There are no pushrod holes in the build-yourself plans in the rear bulkhead. No power pod holes either.
How would I take the wings off easily?
You should make a 200% ft 3D !!
where can I get the skin kit please??
oliverdots
Why is it whenever they promise a link they never actually provide one?
@@powderslinger5968 - they're on the FT website store, under "Resources" above the model build videos (same with ALL builds)
oliverdots
If you wanted too it doesn’t have to be a biplane just don’t make the second wing
So the ESC and receiver just sit loosely in the fuselage?
I use double side mounting tape to stick things down once I've tested it all don't want to glue things down or tape with strong adhesive until you're sure though just had to remove a hot glued in servo and it worked with hot air rework station but would be screwed without tools.
At what step should I paint it? I'm worried about not getting the underside of the wing once it's mounted, but I don't want the paint interfering with the glue.
I think I want to make one of those.
When you get a new kit ,the brown paper is longer than the white foam,Do you remove the longer brown paper so you have a flat edge To work with?
That' a great build video Josh. Thanks. Near the end of the video you said it is a CCW prop but that's from the front view of the plane. From the pilot's POV it's a CW prop. This is a normal prop, not a reverse prop. Or am I missing something here?
I know this is an old video and some may not respond. But I have watched many vids with this build and many have issues with it flying and getting off the ground. Of course Josh is a superb pilot so he can fly most anything good or bad
I want to make a SE5a under 250 grams and I went in the forums and got suggestions on creating plans, enlarging, downsizing etc. BUT My thought here is how many have built this FT kit and have you had issues trying to fly it or have you had a great outcome flying it ?
Days of Balsa and large aircraft for me anyway has ended so I look to downsize my entire fleet ( and I already have some UMX plans and micro quads ) But wish to build a few from foam or buy FT kits to fulfill my desire .
Any advice and how did yours turn out ?
Can you make different color foam, like yellow for the sea duck
how long is delivery
I just built an ultralight version of this with the paper peeled of and would like to paint it. what color paint would be best?
I tried building this but it was terrible and didn't fly. To clarify, it was my lack of building and flying skills, not the design. It backflipped on take off and that was the end of it and I went and got a beer.
The link plan dosnt work 🙁
ailerons are not in this plane
How do you make it so stable and not rocking back and forth?
Can you open up the plane to remove a reciver or take the motor out?
You guys ran out of the recommended battery! Any suggestions for what I should use instead?
Hello! What is the name of the adhesive paper used in the styrofoam in the biplane?Thanks
I don't see the flite test cornhole boards for sale in the store...
Ok I don't know if he mentioned it but. With the radio do you have to buy that crazy ass $500 one or can you use a cheap one? And how many channels does it have to have? 3? Like channel a, channel b, and channel c? I wouldn't know because I've never built a plane like this
AssassinManPlays radios always have at least 4 channels,on the reciever there are multiple ports(depends on how much channels are)and each one corresponds at a channel on the tx. In this case is a 3 channel plane that means you have throttle rudder and elevator.
Left and right on the left stick will not be used. BTW check hobbyking.com for crazy cheap radios(50$ or so) and FT beginner series for more information about. I hope this helps you!
repost?
The index title was incorrect, so they changed it and re-uploaded it.
I can't download the plans
i don't understand the part about "having a counter clockwise prop". i am new to this and most of my foamy builds(3-4 total) have not liked to turn right...
It's actually a CW prop, not CCW. It spins CCW viewed from the front but it's CW from the pilot's POV. This is a normal prop, not a reverse prop. I think Josh made a mistake when he says CCW.
Motor and prop= CCW? Why?
because the thrust angle of the firewall (motor mount) is designed to counter CCW rotation.
Y no cabane struts on baby blender??? That's bothered me since release. I think it's due for a redesign to something like a Pitts or a Christen eagle, anyway!
Yeah, I would like to see a new biplane for a c pack using all the new techniques.
The Bi-Plane design reminds me of the wright bros. glider maybe u guys could make one??
it's the same the fearther cardfoam and the plastic foam
Is a power pack A compatible with this plane?
Are there mod plans for adding ailerons? The real plane had ailerons on both wings. Would it add too much weight? I understand that the kit is for beginners.
I believe ailerons could be added very easily, however I went in a different direction and made the elevator into elevons. I kept the rudder, so with the rudder, and two servos for elevons I added the weight of one more servo. If I had added ailerons I would have just used one servo and hooked it up with a double sided arm and operated both ailerons with one servo mounted in the fuselage. I also used a piece of foam and made a servo tray that has both elevon servos and the rudder servo. I don't have a spare receiver for it so I haven't flown it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I also didn't use the speed build kit that I bought. I just traced out the pattern of the components on dollar tree foam board so I didn't waste a speed build kit in case this experiment doesn't work. lol
How much does it wiegh in Kilograms/Grams
thats super cool
How many receivers do I need just one or two
excuse me, sir, if I may know what the biplane spec is, sir???
0:57 is that Phoenix RC?
What type of Transmitter do I need?
PieCheeseGuy you can use any, fly she makes good transmitters for a low price but if you want a good quality transmitter they made a video about transmitters and which ones they personally use
How durable is this? I'm looking at maybe buying the kit that y'all sell as a starter
can I use EPO glue instad of glue gun?
compaired to the real se5, the tail seems a bit short to me
please attention..i need to know is there any major problem if i use 1400kv motor and 10x4.5 prop on this plane
naveed anwar wow... little too big i think...😅
naveed anwar it's gonna be a lot nose heavy and the firewall is too small for that
What is flite?
Flor. Quezada
Please tell me what type of cardboard you use?
Hanif Sayyed they use a foam that you can pickup at the dollar store or buy theirs because their foam is water resistant
How do you paint it
Is there any reason why I never see delta wing drones?
Jerry Ger what do you mean like fixed wing FPV?
it doesn't require a flight controller?
Devjit Paul it's a plane. Has only a motor and it use servos to move airelons rudder... The reciever will do all the work.
You need a flight controller only on drones.
thx, will build a plane n a few months
I'm not sure that I understand why the prop needs to be spinning counterclockwise (not to mention you've changed your reference point from the pilot's to one that is in front of the plane, the pilot would call that a clockwise rotation from his view. I only mention this because you picked a reference perspective in the beginning, and this rotational direction doesn't use it). How would a system operating in the other direction differ at all? Single prop Russian planes operated with rotations opposite of this and were just fine. From a physical standpoint there should be no mechanical advantage one way or the other, and from what I've been reading on this, there isn't a difference in practice either... Unless of course the plane itself was designed to operate with that rotational direction in mind, and its design depends on a specific gyroscopic precession. That's a different story though. What is your reasoning for stating that it is so important that rotation is in a specific direction?
Power pod has right thrust built into it to counter the torque of a clockwise, pilot's perspective, rotating propeller which induces a counter clockwise roll in the air frame. A counter clockwise turning propeller would induce a clockwise torque to the air frame and cause very strong torque roll to the right because of the built in right thrust.
Is this good for beginners
BroSis
yes.
scirockalot8v thanks
K-ON
Can you make MQ9 reaper
ive been using 1 2 3 blocks on projects fer many years :)
Самолёт мультяшка!
Will the power pack A work with this model?
Yes, same 6-3 prop and battery.
why not make it a 4 channel plane?
Steven ver elst well go for it ad aleroin control be the first I'd love to see that!!!!
Does the kit go with a receiver? thank you ;)
The kit does not include a radio receiver or transmitter. The receiver you use must match your transmitter
can a cox peewee 020 power this?
Yes but use LOTS of fuel proof dope!
I feel like it is too short
why did you need to repost this?
The index title was incorrect, so they changed it and re-uploaded it.
This video was a RE-upload because we had a few things wrong with menus and audio syncs... etc
Thanks for watching!
S.O.