oldbloke

Anyone bought/built/flown one of these yet? Looks a lot of kit for the money.

tailskid

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I've been VERY impressed by Seagull models - haven't seen or heard of the Sea Fury. That would be a excellent addition to their fine line of kits.

Jerry

aslan

Building one at the moment.Beautiful

oldbloke

What are the retracts like. Are they lightweight or heavy duty. I fly off a roughish field which causes retract problems. Some photos would be nice.

aslan

They seem realy strong.Think its 4.5mm wire.Used the T/F cockpit and it looks great.
Made the exhausts using plug fuses epoxied to shaped balsa and it turned out the biz.
would recomend using a seperate battery for retracts.Will keep ye up to date Keith.
working on the photo bit.I'm a newbie.

oldbloke

Looks like you're going to town on this one. The photos are great you have made an exceptional job of the cockpit what pilot did you use and what's the engine? All looks very neat and tidy can't wait for your flight report, keep the info coming.

If you want to post pics on thread then click on " click here to upload " and then choose your files.

aslan

O.S. 91 fs11 with slimline muffler.Sorry forget which pilot,just picked it up in the local
model shop a while back.Will ask which one and let you know.

justmeme

I have a sea fury wings done and now fitting sc 120 tight fit but will be interesting to see,was good price and wanted bigger war bird,and since i have had most seagull models ,the quality is better and better.willpost some pics later this week

Richard L.

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Is this plane only available in the UK? I haven't seen one in the states.

Kmot

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It's very new yet. Hopefully, it as well as the Dual Ace will be imported. I contacted a UK seller about the Dual Ace and even though they claim worldwide shipping have had no response from them.

Richard L.

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I think I'm going to wait for KMP's new Sea Fury, which should hit store shelves in February. It has scale split flaps and comes with much improved pneumatic retracts.

Kmot

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I just got a reply from the UK seller. $50 Pounds Sterling to ship to Calif. That's $86 USA dollars. Ouch! [:@]

Richard L.

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Geez. The shipping cost is only $86 to Cali? I'll pass.

Crashtruk

You think 85 bucks is steep, you should try shipping gear to OZ from Tower Hobbies in the states[X(]. All the RC stuff down here is over priced. Even with the high shipping costs Tower is still cheaper!

mikedsilva

crashtruk

try www.rcwarehouse.com.au

they are new in Brisbane and the prices are the best i have seen to date...

aslan

Hello all,
Maiden on Saturday.....Hopefuly.Here's some pics.

Kmot

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Aslan, can you post larger pics?

justmeme

Well I took the plunge and got the seafury,and wow flew her today for the first time,she dead sticked twice on low passes but i managed to bring her around and land ,she came in nice and sedate too,since i fly from rough grass the retacts worked fine and didnt let me down ,fitted a sc 120 fs and used a 14/6 prop wich was wrong one, will use 16/6 next week .CG was ok and didnt need anymore weigh ,well impressed with this warbird [img][/img]]

tyor

hi
I´m building a seagull sea fury, did you used CG at 6-7cm as in the manual.

justmeme

Yes i used the C G as per the manual,i found with the small wheels supplied It allways tipped on landing and was difficult to take off so used bigger wheels,i used a Sc 120 fs,and was disapionted with performance and have now converted it to the new Zenoha 20 cc petrol ,and wow what a difference it has made ,fitted easy on the firewall ,and hides in cowl pretty good

tyor

thanks

I hve fitted a sc 108 2 stroke converted to diesel. but I must putt 800gram lead in the nose to ballanse maybe I try the zenoha 20 or a mwws 26cc

justmeme

i THink 26 will be too heavy ,with the 20 fitted and the 2 batteries and reciever set on the trailing edge of the fus and electronic ignition on the box section of the bulkhead i didnt have to add any weight it balanced perfect ,you will have to let me know how she flies once you have completed her

Woody 51

Crashtruk, Don't know how you are doing your currency conversion from US$ to Aust $, or where you buy you stuff from, but you are way off beam.
Importing from Tower and pay their exhorbitant postage costs? You gotta be kidding.
For example I can get an OS .46AX from Perth Hobbies for $A138 delivered. Tower's price plus postage converted to Oz $- $179!!!
And as for kits? They can only be shipped over via UPS and that costs as much, if not more than the kit does.

tyor

the zenoah is 1179gram. and the mvvs is 1096gram. so that i snot a problem. mvvs 26 ifs/rc is the same engine as evolution 26 gt. at half the prise. it is mvvs that is making the evolution gass engines.

but when i calculatet the MAC and CG of the wing i found it locatet 12cm from leading edge not 6-7cm as stated in the manual. I think it looks more right too it will be 3cm in front of the main spar in the wing.

tyor

I realised I was wrong about C O G. I didnt se that it should be measured at the wing tip not at the fueselage. I wil give report here when i have maiden it. wil be one of the first days