se5a

Some parts I designed or remixed for my FT SE5A. I printed the gun and radiator on an SLA printer and the exhaust on an FDM. Most of these are remixes of files I found on-line so here is the credit to the original sources: The Lewis Gun mount is a remix of this...

I haven't built a Guillows kit in over 45 years. The last Guillows kit I built as a boy was this SE5a. It was rubber powered and covered with the green tissue that came in the kit. I remember it wasn't a great flier. The rubber and prop didn't have enough thrust for it to climb well. The landing...

So I decided that for $70 I couldn't pass up the chance to start flying with a WWI warbird. I have flown full sized planes before and had been playing combat simulators since I was a wee tot and figured that if I could handle flying anything from a Sopwith Camel to a Spitfire, even a Corsair...