I have a Somethin Extra I built from a kit and it flys very well. It will not do all the stuff for intermediate pattern and does not like the wind too well but it is a fun plane. It lands very easy if you put it on low rates and dial in some expo. Also use an "0" ring to hold the wings together it is much safer. I see some of the recomended planes are not in the same catagory. A four star 40 or 60 are wonderful planes but will not measure up to what you can do with the SE although they handle the wind much better. Have you looked at the U Can Do 46?

Thank you for your advice but I was looking for more into building the kit and more aerobatic plus the kit right now is reall cheap. Alot less than a UCAN do 3D ARF.

I do have a 4* 60 and I love it. Let me ask you, why do you say that it doesn't like the wind too much?

I agree, it will fly in the wind, but it flutters some. Sometimes while landing the wing has so much lift, that if the wind cahnges it will float real high or sink real fast. Going slow that is. Going fast it doesnt seem to mind it. Also, where are you in florida. If you are near West Palm I can show you how mine flys.

Mine is probably built lighter than most SEs and it handles the wind okay. It handles wind at altitude very well and I like that. It will land okay if you keep a little power on and drive it on down. Keep a little throttle on and keep the nose down. The large airfoil will slow you down quickly when you flare and cut the throttle. It will definately want to float if you let the nose come up to a level attitude on approach. I don't know about other SEs as mine has elevator counterbalances and is built light to hover, but it takes an easy up on the elevator and then wait. It flies best if I wait for the elevator to take action instead of snapping it up immediately.

i have two of these i fly now and have built a third as a backup.they are easy as kits to build go together in about a week more or less easy to cover and easy to transport.they are wild on full throws and would be good for a second plane with the throws tamed down on low rates at first

I love mine. This I finished it over the winter, and have already beat the crap out of it. It is my second plane. The things i would change is the landing gear/axles and the pushrods. The gear bends pretty easily, and i bent an axle far enough that the tire was rubbing on the gear. It lands nicely, it doesn't slow down as quick as i thought it would. Make sure you put the rates real low, mine are too high, and i set them as low as i can, makes for some rough landings.
If i put this one in i will definetly get another one, hope to fly it more over the summer, its still snowing here[>:]

I looooooooved my somethin extra ,

Be sure to use a very strong rubber bund to hold the wings together. I used a part of a bike innertube. When I lost radio contact my plane went in at full throttle straight down from 200 feet. When I found it, the innertube was still holding the wings todether. The nose was completely buried in very dry ground. It had the best flight performance of any throw-around plane. I fully recommend to anyone this plane and will build my second one soon

Hi,

Great little kit and a pure blast to fly. I'm using a ThunderTiger .46 Pro with a 11X6 APC, Hitec 425's all around. Flag bottom side curtousy of Termigator Thread showing how to make the [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_603331/anchors_603331/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#603331]Flag Design[/link] .

Have fun with it.

Hey dood

very nice looking plane,


Does anyone have any looking skime to show me other than what you have already post.

I just got my Somethin Extra Plane is pretty good to build at least the Wings so far. This is my very first build Wings without any help from anyone. Other models I have build is the Easy sport 40 which is long gone. but I build it with a strugle of the help from my neigtbor who end up recovering it and came out very nice indeed. My second build is the 4* 60 which I build it over the Xmas vacation along with a pilot at his house his built one also but did not covered for me I had my neighbor to cover it. Anyway the 4 *60 I buidl it with the supervision and advice of my friend pilot. The plane is awsome flyies so beautiful and easy. Now I feel that I am ready for somethin Extra to fly a little bit more with fire, Not too much you know but with AERobatic.

Anyway I will try to find the way to upload the pictures of my three planes that I had and have so far.



DAAdood

Hey guys I am back

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what you people think of adding to the Something Extra 1/32 sheets to the back of the fusalage. instead of just plane Monokote cover. Will that make it heavier and will not do What I would expect to do? You know AEROBATICS.

Thank you guys I will expect your answers.

Cover it in Monokote! The wood would be heavier and harder to install. Any reason you are considering wood?

I would not trade my SSE. More pictures: http://bugleboy.rchomepage.com I added a counter balance to my rudder and it will KE at full deflection.

I find that one #64 rubber band is quite adequate PROVIDED it is stretched between the hooks on the wings!

Leaving one (or indeed several) lying on the bottom of the fuselage is not effective at all[]

See the crash forum for further details!


Terry

Hi Redback,


I ALMOST did the same thing one time. Luckily when I did my quick flight check ( Up, Down, Left, Right) that I always do just prior to throttle up, I noticed one side of the wings had a small gap between it and the fuselage. Sure enough, I had remembered to correctly plug in the left and right ailerons, but had neglected to attach the rubber band.
Glad to read that you have almost repaired it.

Regards,

Bugleboy....Very nice SE! I'm working on one right now with all kinds of mods (sheeted wings & turtledeck, twin engines, shortened cockpit, monokote aileron & elevator hinges) and have been considering extending the rudder until I saw yours on your website. It looks like you made a diagonal cut across the fin and added it to the rudder. How's that working for you?

Damon

Somethin Extra is a great plane just like it is but you can do some motifications and improve it some/not much. It need a OS 50 or equal to fly well. I flew mine with an OS 46 and 61 and it flew great with both. It is a great second plane if you have flown for about a year of fly with conficence. It will fly fast or slow. I am going to buld another one soon.

I started by flying with a high wing trainer.. After many crashes and as my confidence increased, I built a SSE with an OS 46. Spent way too much time dolling the plane up (3 colors with striping) to the point that I was scared to fly it as a second plane. I bought a 4* 60 with a TT 61 (simple color scheme) and flew that as my second plane. Was a good decision. The four star is stable and easy to land.. Then screwed up my courage and flew the SSE. The first two flights were great.. On the third one, it went crazy on takeoff and ended up as a lawn dart. Good thing the ground was soft. Pulled the motor out of a hole that was 8"deep. Found that the new Futaba receiver was bad. Repaired the plane and it now flys great.

From my experiences, I would suggest that if you are still in the beginner stage that you buy the 4*. If not, the SSE is a great plane. I am glad I have both, they are enough different that both are a blast to fly...Fred123[&:]

Hi guys

Thank you guys for sending me so many email telling me that SE is a great plane, There is no doubt about. I flew mine for the first time last Wednesday and flew like a lady. Very soft. Nothing wild. Althoug eventually I would like to the plane to fly I little bit faster on the Rolls etc.

This morning I flew again and I had to trim it, thoug is turning to the right from the first flight and had to be trimed to the left to keep it straight. I adjust as best as I could by eye but it seems that the ailerons are straight when in the air is not. I dont know if is the INCIDENCE of the wing or is because one wing is heavier than the other happend to be that the right wing is heavier when I pick up the plane. Anyway if anyone else have any suggestion on how to improve the little I know is not a big deal. I will talk to you guys later. Well thank you in advance if you have any idea on what to do.


DAAdood

After building 4 SEs, I've always wanted to try all the modifications I seen or heard about. This is what I came up with. It's got 2 .25FXs set at 0 incidence, sheeting wing & turtledeck, monokote hinges, shortened cockpit & canopy, tailwheel supported by the fuse rather than rudder, all digital servos (never had any of those), metal pushrods and part of the fin is now part of the rudder. As it looks in the picture (without battery, aileron servos and battery) it balances just right. No idea what the weight is yet but feels right compared to my other SEs.

Damon

That Extra Something Extra looks GREAT! Be sure to post some more pics when it's done. FYI, if you are using digital servos, be sure you go with a higher capacity battery because they do more power.

Super cool DamonTX!

I suddenly realised that I have to purchase yet another Sig SE, and dig out a pair of .25s from my closet!

/Red B.

have to agree with some of the above statements on the SSE's limitations.
I've just done mine and it really is a funfly rather than a precision aerobat.

Build light and landing is a breeze, too easy, even dead stick.

I'd also seriously consider a 4 star or better yet, a BTE V60 as a very capable first aerobat.

The SSE is good for rocking out and I'm guessing it's not a bad hoverer either (with a rudder counter balance mod) - but it just doesn't have the grace or precision for any well tailored aerobatics

Think of the SSE as a little like Elvis - very entertaining, guaranteed to put a smile on your face, likes to go wild, but ultimately a little vulgar and can never be taken too seriously.

I would't go CAP as a first aerobat either, too demanding and won't be so enjoyable - it's more of a serious discipline machine, unforgiving and never very relaxing. You may ultimately find that you need a cap to express yourself (or to compete), but that probably won't be for a good while yet

hope this helps
I.F.

Thanks Red & Connery, I've been really psyched about this project. Right now I'm just waiting on the covering from Tower to get finished and hopefully fly this thing soon. If all goes well, the next one will be glassed and I'd like to try the tapered wing kit I saw in the marketplace. Oh... I did buy a 1500 mah receiver battery for those servos and Red, if you decide to do one as well, I've got a ton of pictures I took of pretty much every step I took in building it. The tricky part was making everything accessible in the nacelles.

Gotta put my $0.02 in here. I don't think anyone goes out and buys a SSE thinking they're going to do perfect aerobatics, fly a pylon race or learn to fly with it. The simple reason I keep building them and from what I've heard from a bunch of other people is that for $55.00 (a good Tower coupon) you get a really high quality plane that is truly fun to build and fly.

This was my first attempt at modifying one back in 1998. I blew the plans up 125% and put a ST3000 on it. The wing tube was a shower curtain rod with a broom handle as the support rod. I didn't have the outline of all the ribs (since I already built the kit) so there is not taper in the wings. It turned out gorgeous and I flew it for 2 summers.

Hi guys this is my first post

I 've just ordered a somethig extra after reading all the good reviews etc on here its going to take longer to come to me than to build by the looks of things

took the plunge after seeing one in lhs shop as i was learing to fly and loved the look of it

Keep up the good work

Ned

I've seen some beautiful SSE's here. Mine is the plain violet arf version.

I'm sorry if i disapoint some people, but I'm not that fond of this aircraft. To be honest, I find that the only difference in flying characteristcs from my stick is that the SSE will lomchevok, and the stick will not. Other than that, the two airplanes fly identicaly.

I've been moving the CG back little by little without any appreciable difference. I was hoping this airplane would flat -spin as well as my Sig Smith Miniplane, but I haven't been able to pull it off on the SSE. Knife edge flight has been a no-go also.

I've noticed that those who have modified the rudder seem to have better luck with the knife-edge. I think I may make that modification also.

I'm running a Saito .72 on mine, with an aftermaket landing gear designed tall enough for 4cycle use on this aircraft.

Please understand, the airplane is a wonderful flyer, maybe I was hoping it was capable of more than it is designed to do.

Welcome to RCU. The SE is a wonderful plane. It doesn't do all the aerobatics, but does more than most people will do.