HI All need help. Today I found this this plane Smith MiniPlane by Sig in a LHS in Cumberland Md where I have been working. The owner of the shop sold me this plane for 90.00 tax and all. Very happy Been looking in the forums trying to find a build thread on this plane, not doing very good. Could someone help me please.


Can't wait to get home to start building.......



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You didn't look very far. This thread is only 7 posts below yours

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4870668/tm.htm

Enjoy!

Sorry rough day in a hurry



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Hi..
If this is your first "stick build" spend some time on this site http://www.airfieldmodels.com/
A wealth of info here. Paull's site is a gem... this gent is a class act!!.... bert

Must have been!! Last time I looked SIG was still making this kit so if you need something for it just give them a call. Only hard part to the build is getting the incidence set correctly on the wings. Great plane in the air but it took me a while to catch up with it on the ground during take off. I did have a ground loop or three before I figured it out. Really a great little stunt plane!!!

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Some where on I seen a tool that helps you with this, would like to find it a gain. Would like to pick up. Thanks Berta for the help. I will check out.....

I just finished it. A fair amount of work to build, but it turns out great. I almost maidened it yesterday, but it took three tries to successfully make coffee in the morning, and things didn't get any better. After that, I thought it would be a good idea to just put it back in the car.

There are a couple pictures of it in the other thread that someone already mentioned.

This is what you want:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...LXET66&P=7

You can buy one, or check with the guys in your club to see if someone will loan you theirs

[quote]ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer

This is what you want:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXET66&P=7

You can buy one, or check with the guys in your club to see if someone will loan you theirs
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Hi All just wanted to share photos of my build. Feel free to post coments.


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photos of build

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Looks great flystright! Looks like it took some time Nice work. One day I hope to build a plane like that.

Thanks drube. You will be just fine when you start building. There is a lot of great help and info on this site. When you start building just ask questions. For me still have a very lot to learn…

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Welcome back to your thread. What engine is that???

Thanks. It is a OS 46LA. Do you think it will be ok.


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Its a real shame sig never offered this kit a little larger, about a g26 size... A guy in my club quite a few years ago scratch built a quarter scale version, what a beautiful plane!..I think it has changed hands a few times, but is still around.

Spend a few more dollars and get a bearing engine. You will be so much happier with the performance. The build looks great.

Looking good . Stick builts look so cool when they arein thebare bones/uncovered stage. Thanks for posting lots of pics.
The 46 LA will fly it but not with much gusto . And they run o.k. upright but the airbleed carb can be a nightmare when mounted on their side or inverted . { my 2 cents } Go with a good bearing engine .45 to 55 or a .70 4stroke would be hard to beat in .40 size bipe.

Hi got to work on my plane friday. Here are some photos of my progress on build.



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I had a .46 LA blue in mine for a very short while. It was so light I had to add a bunch of lead in the nose. The poor little guy really had a rough time getting off the ground. It ended up with an OS .70 FS and that removed the weight problem and had a bunch of power for flight. It's a pretty heavy plane for it's size.

Hi just wanted to post some photo of my progress.



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As suggested pay attention to the wing incidence. You may want to add in a little negative horizontal stab incidence as well. Mine is set at 0 and needed a large amount of down trim to get level flight. Makes it a little touchy, but it's a blast!!

Mine flies spectacular with a Magnum 52 4s. Perfect power, and as far as it being heavy, mine came in at 5lb 4oz, balanced and RTF.

Here's the maiden video. And the landings got better too.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwgMURfrBAA&feature=channel[/youtube]