Hello everyone, well its been a little cold in NJ and no one at the field so I went ahead and bought a kit. This is a small .10 size Float plane lazer cut by House of Balsa. It took me 1 Half day and 1 almost full day to complete this plane. The plans are not really for a beginner but anyone can do it if you put your mind to it and read it 1000 times before you CA or Epoxy anything. Hope you like.

that thing is lookin awesome, how much $$$ was it because i wouldnt mind havin a small flying boat.

Thanks Skater, Yes its pretty cool, The thing I really like about it, is that its not so big so its convenient and you can quickly fly and put away and enjoy the water while flying, its great.

It cost me $65.00 includes shipping. You can get this one at house of balsa,

http://www.houseofbalsa.com/e/env/00...=products:k-54

what engine are you planning to put in it?

The plane is meant for a .09 to a .12 size. I might put a .15 , I like to over power my planes a little bit. The fire wall is a little small so I have to see if the .15 will fit if so I'll probably go with that.

NJ

Your plane looks Great. I wish I had your skills! I know your plane will fly great.
I cant wait to see it fly!

I built one of these for a friend and must say we were impressed with the flight of this plane. It taxies nice on hard snow and flies great.

i'm just curious, what did you put on the bottom?

Nothing. We just covered it.

Is it just my eyes, or does that wing have anhedral? It sure looks that way, but maybe I just need to adjust my monitor[].

hey Buzz, Yea it seems that way but I checked and its pretty straight. May have some anhedral but I dont think its much ( Pretty hard 2 tell.)

This is my first covering, There's alot of patches and wrinkles but overall I'm pretty happy with this. I need stickers to make it look nice. Thanks for all the motivation to complete the covering part of this plane.

Kinda WHITE isn't it? BTW, is that the sofa your wife makes you sleep on in the background?

hahahaha, No comments lol.

Nj,

I like your winter coat...r u selling it on EBAY?

hahaha it has too much NITRO oil all over it, I need a new one lol.

NJ:

Very nice covering job!!!!!! Your first kit....WOW. You make us ARF lovers look bad...lol

This kit came with no stickers, that sucks. I should call them up and ask if it was suppose to come with the stickers cause it looks plain with just white. I can go get stickers from a shop but I want the same stickers on the HOB website from which I bought it from.

My friend covered his just like the picture shows. He used some red and black covering. For the star on the tail, he found one at the local hobby shop. You could also order it from sig. www.sigmfg.com you can find it under covering and finishing-> fuel proof decals -> bars and stripes

As far as the black and red, I would just get some trim sheets by monokote.

Well done !

Okay,

Since we're on the subject I thought I'd chime in. I just built one of these little seaplanes about two months ago. I've only been flying a year and this was the first plane that I built. I was definitely a bit freaked out when it came. You basically just get a pile of blasa shrink wrapped to a small piece of cardboard with a single (double sided) instruction sheet. To my surprise, this thing was amazingly easy to build with the laser cut pieces. It literally took me a bout two days and it was pretty much done. I liked building this plane so much I ordered a Laser Stike 10 (still backordered after two months). I won't have a chance to fly her until the lakes thaw sometime in April. Anyway, take a look at my pics. I should also add, I suck at covering.

Cheers,

Dave

Couple of things.
First off, I had the land version of the same plane. Nice flying plane. I powered mine with an OS .15 LA, and it was a perfect match. My brother has one that is powered by a little Hornet, I believe (.09?)
Anyway, he can flat spin his--and it's a very nice flat spin, so these are very capable planes. however, Just a word of caution, don't fly it on windy days. 5 mph is about max. If for no other reason, the small engine will have trouble making any headway upwind. Also, the wind will throw it around pretty good. They are easy to hand launch. If I were you, and I wanted to fly it without the hassle of water, I would hand launch it, and then belly land it in the grass. Just make sure the motor is not running when you belly land. Of course, flying off of water is good, I'm just talking about another option you might want to explore. Especially at first when breaking in your engine. Dead sticks can be interesting when there is 50 or more feet of water between you and your model, and the wind is blowing OUT!

Anyway, on to the "stickers." You don't need stickers, you need to start putting trim colors on it. That is way too much white, and you will definitely have a hard time with orientation. Start adding covering over the white that will accent the plane, while still allowing you to tell up from down, and so on.

BTW,
I built mine with two left wing halves. You are definitely correct about the "plans." There really aren't any plans, just instructions that are apparently not written for beginners. My two left wing halves were sanded until they fit "OK," and then I covered and flew it. It flew like a champ--that's how honest these planes are! I sold mine because it didn't do what I wanted it to do (I was hoping I could fly it on my 3 acres, but it was too fast). Still, it flew great! Those ailerons won't move very far at all, but trust me--they'll make the plane roll just fine!

Good luck with it!

Here is a few more pictures with the new stickers I put on it. I am modifying the top to fit a 4OZ tank, the box is too small so I made the box bigger to fit the tank. I am also going to use the .15 Size OS engine, I should be getting that by tomorow or saturday hopefully. I wanted to stick with lighter colors. Nice plane Foreterx

NICE....>>>>>>>>>>

Now that's really shaping up nicely--congratulations!