Yes this is what I did. I glued a button magnet to the inside of the top hatch cover. I then glued another button magnet to the fuselage and made sure the two magnets matched up when the hatch is installed . This setup will hold your hatch cover
in any maneuver you may do with the plane............and you can easily remove the hatch to change out the lipo.

Vic:
Any ideas on how to attach the screw to the hatch OR use a different hatch latch?

I just used the screw that come with it work fine....

I decided to go with the screw that came with the plane. However, I added a "boot" to the screw that allows me to attached the screw to the hex driver. I used a short piece of heat shrink tubing as shown in the attachment. Works like a charm.
-Vic

Great, I did loose one screw not having a boot.....but I always have a spare box of small parts...

Interesting thread everyone, thanks for sharing you experiences with the Miss Wind.

I acquired one a while ago but did not get around to getting her ready to fly for a while due to other projects on the workbench. Well, she finally got her turn and is now ready to fly, hopefully it will happen next weekend. She is powered by an OS 5025-375 on 6S 5000mah Gens ace battery packs. For initial flights I will use an APC 16x10 prop but might go to a 17x10 later depending on performance and what the telemetry reports on the current draw looks like. I am flying the same combination in a Sebart Angel S evo 50e and it is really smooth with more than enough power.

I am hoping she will fly as well as everyone reported here!


I will add the spats after the first flights!

Rudi

Early this morning conditions were perfect for a test flight so the Miss Wind finally had her turn. All she needed was one click of up trim and one click left rudder to track nicely in the verticals. I have the CoG at about 125mm and it feels right but inverted flight shows that I can move it back a bit more.

The motor is running well, really quiet and smooth but it needs more prop. The highest current draw was only 42A on the ground and in the air full throttle gave less than 40A. This was with a 16x8 APC prop. The motor can do 75A+ so I now have a 16x10 APC (had one in the workshop) on but it is still only drawing 53A on the ground (6S). I will fly it again like this but will get 16x12 and 17x10 props as soon as possible as recommended by OS.

I have also setup a throttle curve as the default did not feel right, it only started producing real power over 75% of stick movement and I am used to flying my other planes at about 50% for level flight, not 75%.

The plane flies really well and feels solid in the air with the rudder nice and powerful, only a small amount of rudder is needed for knife edge flight. I can see that it will allow a slightly slower flying style and I think I am going to like that!





Well done SebArt!
Rudi

I see it has been almost 3 years since my last port on this plane!

She is still flying well with the original setup. Since I last posted here I moved to a different part of the country, now my flying field is a lot lower, it used to be at 5000' now it is at about 500'. It makes quite a difference to the power and stall speed. If anything the plane is flying better than ever. I am now retired and try to practice 3-4 times a week, sometimes more so my F3A planes are getting a workout. The Miss Wind S 50e is a nice and compact size, perfect for practicing, I just wish there was a 125 or 2 x 2m version of this plane, it could then well be my primary contest plane!

Hi guys,
Bit stressed how the lipo in this plane goes all the way back and can put on only one strap to secure from front end. Back sits on velcro only. Wanted to learn how you all securing the lipo in this plane?

Thanks!

hamza_b I have been flying my MsWind for years with the single strap on front and velcro down the length of the battery, not just at the back. This has worked well and I've not had any issues with batteries dropping out so far. Although, I have long planned to make a tray mount to be able to slide the battery (6S5000) further back as the CG is too far forward as it is now.

- Thomas

Is this kit still on the market? if so were?

https://www.f3aunlimited.com/wind-s-50e-arf-blue

They are out of stock too

Hi guys,

After I crashed my first model due to the ESC, which I still have, a couple of weeks ago I manage to get a second one, used from a friend.
This adds another one to my Sebart fleet
Regards and Happy New Year