RE: Dynaflite SE5-A
Mine is almost done. Just putting the radio in tonight. I wasnt real happy about the parts in the kit. But then I am not a great builder. Most of my "Die Cut" Parts had to be cut out and sanded. everything else comes in bulk sizes and you cut them down to size. One sheet of balsa 1/6 inch is used in many many places. Be carefull when they say "Put the remainder aside to be used later" They really mean it. But again, I am a lazy builder, I like having all the parts cut out and waiting to be glued to my fingers. One real issue I had with the fuse was that the stringers on the port side where shorter by 1/8 than those on the right (die cut) and this gave me a fishtail after glueing up. Cut cut cut and reglue and its fixed. Hope it was just my kit that had that problem. The top wing is way to high, I did the math once compaired to a full scale ( there are many out there, Chile still has many leftovers from WW1 sold to them by the british in the 30's.) it should be about an inch and a half lower. I tried something new (for me, like bathing) I tried BalsaRite and Polyester cloth. Boy was that fun. I have found that I have no talent for it. It looks good now but next time I am going to throw down the money for Solartex. The power is comming from a RC Universe used ASP80. We will see. I have an ASP120 and it is a great running motor. I will keep my fingers crossed. (As soon as I get all that CA off them, hard to type with them stuck together). Thanks for the tip on the tailwheel. I might just take the wheel off and leave the skid. This might help as the rubber wheel might be what is catching on the grass. I have a good angle on the skid itself though. Well, I will post some pictures when I finish it, or after I crash it. Or maybe both at the same time. Time will tell. Have fun.