Sig Smith Mini-planes
05-30-2007, 09:12 PM
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Sig Smith Mini-planes
So, I've got a kit for this and had it for a while...
How about ya'll share some pictures of your mini-planes with the pertinent details on power and weight and how well they fly?
I've got 2 old OS FS-61s and I was considering one of them for this project...otherwise it'll probably be a magnum 61 rfs or 52 rfs...
How about ya'll share some pictures of your mini-planes with the pertinent details on power and weight and how well they fly?
I've got 2 old OS FS-61s and I was considering one of them for this project...otherwise it'll probably be a magnum 61 rfs or 52 rfs...
05-30-2007, 09:38 PM
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RE: Sig Smith Mini-planes
I have a *ahem, stagnant* Miniplane build thread somewhere in here, lots of pics. I just bought the Saito 62 for it today, yay!
Here's the thread
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_48...tm.htm#4870668
I kinda got burned out on the build, and have been taking an extended break. Now that I have the engine, I'm sure progress will be made soon.
I hope you build it. I certainly have learned a lot from this one.
Here's the thread
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_48...tm.htm#4870668
I kinda got burned out on the build, and have been taking an extended break. Now that I have the engine, I'm sure progress will be made soon.
I hope you build it. I certainly have learned a lot from this one.
05-30-2007, 09:57 PM
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RE: Sig Smith Mini-planes
If the Magnum .52rfs is anything like the OS-STAY AWAY FROM IT!!! It is a DOG!
With that said- I am a Huge Magnum fan. However, My Saito .56 pulled mine perrrfectly.
I lost my Mini on my first trip out of the season. I put it into a death spin that I couldn't pull out of. This was due to my own Dumb Thumbs. I should know better than to have put it into a stall maneuver from a stall situation. But I have another one almost completely framed up. I'll always have a Mini in my hanger.
I've flown it for roughly four years, and had one that I flew for a while, previous to this one, that my dad and I built. It is a builder's kit, so be forewarned!
The wing is a flat bottom, so it will like to climb with added throttle, and because of the flat bottom wing, large beautiful loops are out of the question. My next Mini will have a semi-symmetrical wing.
My only other two complaints are that it will not knife-edge, and because it is a short coupled airplane, it loves to ground loop on take-off, so touch and goes most likely won't be in the future.
With that said, the Mini is a BALL to fly. It slows down to trianer speeds for landing-in spite of the fact it is a biplane, it is 1/4 scale, it snaps wonderfully on two ailerons, and flat-spins are so great you'll never want to stop doing them. It draws A LOT of attention at the field. Plus, it is small enough that you'll never have to tear it apart to transport. It'll fit in very small spaces to transport.
This is what mine looked like:
With that said- I am a Huge Magnum fan. However, My Saito .56 pulled mine perrrfectly.
I lost my Mini on my first trip out of the season. I put it into a death spin that I couldn't pull out of. This was due to my own Dumb Thumbs. I should know better than to have put it into a stall maneuver from a stall situation. But I have another one almost completely framed up. I'll always have a Mini in my hanger.
I've flown it for roughly four years, and had one that I flew for a while, previous to this one, that my dad and I built. It is a builder's kit, so be forewarned!
The wing is a flat bottom, so it will like to climb with added throttle, and because of the flat bottom wing, large beautiful loops are out of the question. My next Mini will have a semi-symmetrical wing.
My only other two complaints are that it will not knife-edge, and because it is a short coupled airplane, it loves to ground loop on take-off, so touch and goes most likely won't be in the future.
With that said, the Mini is a BALL to fly. It slows down to trianer speeds for landing-in spite of the fact it is a biplane, it is 1/4 scale, it snaps wonderfully on two ailerons, and flat-spins are so great you'll never want to stop doing them. It draws A LOT of attention at the field. Plus, it is small enough that you'll never have to tear it apart to transport. It'll fit in very small spaces to transport.
This is what mine looked like:
