Midwest Super Stearman
 

I was looking for a winter project. I have built four kits. I was wondering if the Midwest Super Stearman would be a good first kit for a biplane. Any feedback would be appriciated. Thanks flyer-2

RE: Midwest Super Stearman
 

i bought on ready to fly.. i got plans book with it.. seems to be nice kit..
takes a 150 to fly it.. 90 is to small..
john

RE: Midwest Super Stearman
 

It's a fairly involved build - not crazy, but maybe more than u want to tackle on a 1st bipe.

I wud suggest a Sig Hog Bipe (mine attached) if you want a easy yet satisfying project, or the Goldberg Ultimate for an all-out aerobatic machine that's still not too hard to build. The hog flies great w/ anything between a 60 2-stroke to a 91 4-stroke.

RE: Midwest Super Stearman
 

I have a Midwest Stearman that I built from a kit. Whilst it's been a few years since I built it (and I still have it!) I don't recall that there was anything particularly complex about the build.

I have a Magnum 120 FS in mine which flys it OK.

If you have a little building experience under your belt you shouldn't have too many problems. The kit comes with a good plan and a comprehensive set of instructions.

Regards

Terry

RE: Midwest Super Stearman
 

I have admired this plane for a long time and had it in my Tower shopping cart more than once but I have always backed out before hitting the submit button.
There are a lot of threads about this plane, do an advanced search of all forums using Midwest and Super and Stearman as the search term, limit the search to topics only.

I don't know if this link will work, it is to the search results I just pulled.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/sear...mitbutton=+OK+

A lot of negative words have been written about this plane as well as some positive ones.
Opinions about the flying capabilities vary from it being a dog, to "very scale like", to great flying very aerobatic, so there is no way to know what the truth is.
This link is to a build thread that was unfortunately never completed, but there are some pictures of the construction so you can see what you are getting into.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_26...tm.htm#2646052
Much has been written in complaint about the lead required on the nose to balance the plane, it is a scale plane that has a very short nose and it will require a significant chunk of lead up front to balance it, if this is going to bother you I would recommend against this kit.

And finally I agree with LuvBipes that the Sig Hog Bipe is a very good first bipe project that builds and flies wonderfully, but that is not what you asked about.

RE: Midwest Super Stearman
 

Thanks for the feedback appriciated it. Will look at the Sig Hog Bipe.
Thanks
flyer-2
David

RE: Midwest Super Stearman
 

I have built the MW Stearman and it is a pleasure to fly-I powered mine with a Zenoah G-23 and have not real balance issues-it flies scale like and does nice slow, scale like aerobatics