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Forum: Crash & Rebuild
09-12-2017, 01:44 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

Well wow, my last post was in 2009! Can't...

Well wow, my last post was in 2009!
Can't believe my plane has been up in the attic for the past 8 years, still in the same condition as the photos in my post from 2009!
I took it down last night...
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
07-21-2009, 04:11 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Kadet Senior rebuild

Considering that I thought the plane had impacted straight into the ground, I'm pretty pleased that the damage wasn't worse. The missing ribs were pretty much all crushed up, but I think I can trace...
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
07-21-2009, 02:56 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Kadet Senior rebuild

Well, here are some photos of the damage.
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
07-21-2009, 12:11 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Kadet Senior rebuild

Thanks for your encouragement everyone. The shipping is over $50 so the wing kit plus plans would cost about $100 total.

I think I will be repairing the wing. Its probably not as bad as it...
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
07-21-2009, 09:51 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Kadet Senior rebuild

$36.99 for a wing kit and $10.99 for the plans from Sig.

Plus shipping from USA to Ireland.

My original plans are long gone.
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
07-21-2009, 02:41 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Kadet Senior rebuild

I got up at 6 this morning and went to retrieve the plane in torrential rain!

I have one of those marquee tents that has a tubular steel pole framework that slots together. I slotted together...
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
07-20-2009, 05:30 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Kadet Senior rebuild

Well, its back to square one. Tonight the plane is resting in the top of a tall pine tree. It went in at almost full throttle.

The cause of the crash was me! I flew too far away, lost...
Forum: Beginners
07-20-2009, 08:46 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,227
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Battery too small for Kadet Senior

I have one of those voltwatch things, but never installed it. I didn't fancy cutting a hole in the side of the plane to put it....Looked like it would be a nightmare to clean glowfuel and castor out...
Forum: ARF or RTF
07-20-2009, 08:44 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,692
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Sig Giant Kadet Senior ARF

Well, my kit-built senior with the one piece glassed wing is a big pain to transport. I have an estate car (stationwagon) and it just wedges in the back with the rear seats down. And even then, one...
Forum: Beginners
07-20-2009, 05:12 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,227
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Battery too small for Kadet Senior

I have always used 6 volt packs in mine. It gives the servos a good bit more power.
Forum: ARF or RTF
07-19-2009, 01:35 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 13,692
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Sig Giant Kadet Senior ARF

I built my Kadet Senior from a kit and if I remember correctly, it came with a piece of glass cloth that you had to epoxy along the wing joint with some warm epoxy so it flowed nicely into the balsa...
Forum: Crash & Rebuild
07-17-2009, 03:41 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,401
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Kadet Senior rebuild

Just thought I would post a video of the plane flying after the repairs.....

http://www.youtube.com/speedboatbuilder#play/uploads/3/MH7Kw87aFMc
Forum: Glow Engines
07-16-2009, 03:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,055
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Spinner Nut question

Thanks, I'll just use the nut on its own. I don't use an electric starter so thats not an issue for me. I just flick the prop with a chicken stick.
Forum: Glow Engines
07-16-2009, 01:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,055
Posted By FlyingIreland

Spinner Nut question

Hi,

This may seem like a silly question, but I have a OS .46 FX and I bought the OS spinner nut for it.

My question is:

Do you take off the old nut and washer and just use the spinner...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-16-2009, 10:17 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,735
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: OS .46 fx prop options

I set the top end as lean as possible, so that it doesn't sag when I hold the nose in the air for 20 seconds at full throttle. Probably four or five clicks rich from the peak rpm setting.

The...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-16-2009, 04:22 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,735
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: OS .46 fx prop options

Here are some youtube videos of my kit-built Kadet Senior from last night.
Let me know how you think the engine sounds. Look at the aborted landing one and how the engine picks up just in the nick...
Forum: Aerial Photography and Video
07-16-2009, 04:14 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,509
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: My kadet setup

Here are some youtube videos of my kit-built Kadet Senior from last night.
It has an OS .46FX engine running a 12.25 x 3.75 prop. Hitec Laser 6 radio gear with a 6 volt receiver pack. The plane...
Forum: Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more
07-14-2009, 06:18 AM
Replies: 496
Views: 20,901
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Have you ever...?

Nope.

Ever have your wife accidentally poke a hole in your plane's covering because she"didn't realise" it was so fragile?
Forum: ARF or RTF
07-13-2009, 06:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,697
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Sig Kadet Senior Weight

My kit-built senior with OS46 FX needed only 8 oz of lead push up under the fuel tank.
Forum: Glow Engines
07-13-2009, 05:38 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,735
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: OS .46 fx prop options

I have an aftermarket "quiet" muffler fitted. Its basically the same as the stock one, except it has a slightly bigger chamber and two baffles instead of one inside.
I've read somewhere that this...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-13-2009, 04:31 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,735
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: OS .46 fx prop options

OK thanks, I spent another couple of hours fine adjusting it tonight. I went back and forth about 1 turn, trying to figure out what is going on. I used two tanks of fuel!
Here is how she is...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-13-2009, 12:48 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,735
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: OS .46 fx prop options

Does anyone have any tips on adjusting the low speed needle on a .46 fx? Can't seem to get it to transition properly without stumbling.
Its a real pain of a job because I have to stop and start...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-13-2009, 09:49 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,735
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: OS .46 fx prop options

Just a little feedback....I tried the 12.25 x 3.75 and wow, the plane is so much nicer to fly and land now.
It slows the plane down just about perfectly for an almost vertical landing! It pulls...
Forum: Beginners
07-13-2009, 04:26 AM
Replies: 283
Views: 30,624
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: Beginner??? Probably!

Yes, good tip. Go up an inch in diameter and down an inch in pitch. I have a 12.25 x 3.75 on my os .46fx and I can slow the plane down nicely for landing.
Forum: Beginners
07-11-2009, 05:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,315
Posted By FlyingIreland

RE: do any online stores have cheap shipping for small items?

Five dollars isn't bad! I think its unreasonable to begrudge them a measly 5 dollars.
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