Sig Colt..how is it?
 

I am currently building a Sig Colt that I have had for over 20 years, and just never bothered to finish it. I have an OS LA.10 to use with it. Do any of you guys have any experience with this little plane? It has a foam wing with a 45" WS. Your thoughts?
Thanks,
drdenny

RE: Sig Colt..how is it?
 

Sounds small. The only thing I have against smallish planes is that you may not be able to fit a 3" wheel on it which is needed for our grass field. Smaller wheels such as 2 1/4" have trouble getting up to take off speed because the smaller wheels tend to try to push through the grass rather than roll oover it. [8D]

RE: Sig Colt..how is it?
 

Yea, I had a couple of them. The Colt was the Piperish one, kind of a Cub look? I also had the Super Sport which was a shoulder wing,(the best flying), and they had a Kadet one. All used the same foam wing. I have two of the foam wings because they where also used in a biplane, I don't remember what bipe, but it was a military plane.

I flew mine with Veco .19s they where fast, a modern .15 probably has as much if not more power. I flew mine REM no ailerons, though some guys used golden rod to drive ailerons. They had no nasty habits, where fun flying planes.

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Thanks for the info. It actually looks like a Cessna.

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I had one that was like a Cessna Cardnal (177?), but it was by Midwest and had a foam body. I was 99% sure they used the same wing, I remember at the time having both and thinking that was odd, being young and not realizing that neither Sig nor Midwest made the wings themself.

RE: Sig Colt..how is it?
 

Rich,

I also had the Sig Colt and the Midwest Cardinal, and no, they are not the same wing (though they do look rather similar). The Cardinal is a slightly larger airplane. Both were lots of fun.

My Sig Colt was powered at first with an Enya .09R/C IV, and that was a fine little motor which flew the Colt just great. It was, however, just a bit underpowered, so I swapped it out with my OS15FP. More than enough power! The OS10FP or 10LA should be a fine match-up for the Colt.

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Thanks for the info dglider.
Drdenny

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My first RC model was the litter mate of the Colt, being the Sig Klipper. Had a Fox 19 that we modified with an OS 20 carburetor by cutting, drilling and filing an aluminum block to use as an intake due to the Fox carburetor being so bad. Fun plane, but the 2nd plane being a Falcon 56 was a quantum leap with ailerons!

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You know what was a really great flier, but you never hear about, the Midwest Attacker, kind of a small foam Strikemaster. I had both, the Attacker could be built in a couple of evenings, great flier. The Strikemaster in a couple of months, I think you started with twenty pounds of balsa and wittled it down to about 8 pounds.

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If u are flying off grass you will need at least a hot .15 I flew mine with an OS 20. It was the plane I soloed on....fun fun fun

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Back around 1980 or 81, I had a Colt with an Enya .15 on it. Fast little plane. Put 2 or 3 pieces of strapping tape on the bottom of the wing and its as strong as needed.
My Colt flew from asphalt and had little tires. This is one of the great Sig airplanes of all time. Take the time and build up the nose, its worth it.
I've had so many Sigs since then, I can't count. I'm building the Bonanza right now.