Hello guys, I decided to get the SIG Senior kit as my first trainer and I would like to see some of your Seniors! I have a color scheme in mind, possibly jet black with some see through sections. Do they sell detailed cockpits for the Senior since it has windows?



Lets see some! Shredder111[>:]

I already posted a picture of mine here:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_39...mpage_2/tm.htm
My thought on the cockpit is to take pictures of my family in an appropriate pose and put them in the windows.

shredder, checkout my webshots photo gallery on my Kadet Senior. http://community.webshots.com/album/65052672ydAUZw and http://community.webshots.com/album/2024822VAMpbLOVAu

I still have the plane intact and hope to go over it and fly it again this next season. Love the plane, I learned on it, wonderful trainer to just slow fly around the field.

Tom

Very nice planes guys! I really like the red yellow color scheme. Green and yella looks hot too. Good job! Any more of yer mayteees RC Universe?


Shredder111[>:]

Got a few pics of my LT-40 in this thread. Not a senior but might help. Scroll to bottom of page for finished pics.

somegeek

I've got a question for the Senior owner/builders, how many have assembled it as 3 channel versus adding ailerons? Pics showing how you chose to do the aileron conversion (strip versus barn door) would be useful.

And a comment on the amount of detail to put in a trainer. Don't get too carried away. Choose a nice color scheme, but remember it's a trainer and there may be mishaps. Don't invest too much time, and remember that a simple trim scheme is easier to repair. Also, be sure to choose contrasting colors, with dark on the bottom and light on top. This will make it easier to see in the air.

Chuck, the Senior that I learned on was a 3 channel but set up as a 4 channel. By this I mean rudder was on the right stick and the nosegear was on the left stick. This way no transition was needed when switching to a 4 channel plane. The only bad part is landing it in a crosswind. It can be done, but you won't be able to taxi back. The wind gets under that big wing and flips it right over! But other than that, it is the best flying trainer. Period.

I built mine as a 3 channel. With the amount of dihedral the Senior has it flies fine. It's just slow to react. The second plane I had was an Avistar. I thought it had pretty snappy control reaction, but that is what you would expect coming from a Kadet Senior. I had no trouble with the transition. Building it again, I think I would take out some dihedral, add some strip ailerons, install a minimum of a strong 46/47 maybe a 60 and not use braided cable for the nose wheel control. The good thing about the Kadet Senior is, it's Big. You can really see. Also, it will fly slow. Great plane to learn on. But its a lot of work to build it. The LT-40 is easier.

Good flying,
Tom

Thanks guys. I know it's possible to learn on a 3 channel and then transition to 4 channels, I did it. If I can do it, I would think anyone can. Since I know we get the occasional cross winds at our field, I can see an advantage in having ailerons. Also, if shredder is like the typical young students these days he'll learn quickly and ailerons will give him more options for fun stuff to do. Wonder how long it'll take before he's wowing everyone at the field by doing rolling circles with it? I'm leaning toward suggesting adding ailerons and reducing the dihedral a bit.

Oh, and a good 46/47 is a definite. It's kind of funny, Tower suggests a .40 LA. I'm not one of those anti-LA people, but an econo .40 isn't terribly useful for future planes.

I actually have an OS 52 Four stroke on mine. The plane will fly for about a half hour at half throttle which is great for training. It's more than enough power to fly it, and has plenty of reserve to pull it out of trouble. I can't imagine the plane with a 60 two stroke in it! [:-]

I like the ARF covering scheme...mostly because I'm far too lazy to build a kit.

I have a .91 4-stroke in mine and it's well,......overpowered a bit. I fly around at 1/4 throttle, I can goose it out of any situation with about 3/4 and the rest is just in case I wanna rip the wings off. But seriously, it flies great with a .91, but landing is um...slow. It will fly at idle for a long time, ( I need a bigger prop and perhaps some better landing skill). When it finally touches down, you have a hard time seeing when it actually stopped flying....verrry smooth and light landing plane.

I think everyone should have one of these planes. They are fun, relaxing and crashing is something you would almost need to TRY to do.

I can imagine that covering one would be kinda fun because of the large pieces.


I Love my Kadet. But this pic thread is suspiciously devoid of um....pictures. (Mine looks like the one on the box).

Here is an older picture that shows the cutout for the strip ailerons, I lowered the dihedral to about half the original.
I cut 3/8" off the aft of each rib where the ailerons go and added a 3/8" x 1/2" strip for strength and hinge mounting.
I mounted servos in the wings on a removable plate. You can see the tubing I installed to run the wiring through (Estes T5 rocket body tubing, 1/2" Dia. worked out great)

I know a few guys who would disagree with you
Of course, those guys could crash anything. As you say, it's a very stable airplane!

Here's a pic of mine under construction. I also took 1/2 the dehedral out and will be adding barndoors on it.

flynte

I built my Kadet with the stock wing with recommended dihedral, after about a month of flying I decided to build another wing with ailerons and 1" of dihedral. I think it flies great with ailerons and the 1" of dihedral. Here are a few of the pictures of the plane with the first wing, and a few pictures of the new wing before they were joined and covered.

Hi Shredder111, How your Kadet coming ? I got one too, But I plan on bashing mine, Never done anything like that before Lol... Going to make a low wing, add about 3'' to the wing, Maybe add flaps too, I have been told I don't need them as the Kadet is a flooter and about 2 or 3'' to the fuse. And make it a tail drager, Engine I plan on useing is a Mag. 70 4-Stroke Don't know Where I'll put my Landing gear yet, in the wing or on the fuse..
Dennis