Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 My first WW1 aircraft.
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1/6 scale is a good pick for this one.
TooJung2Die
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I'm very interested in your build. Question, why are there notches in the fuselage formers? Do you use stringers of some kind?
Jon
Jon
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planebreaker2000
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I agree. It does look great. What is the weight? Are you going to use the 2836 motor?
Nice work! Looks great!
TooJung2Die
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That looks very nice. Good luck with the first flights. Please report the results. I've been looking at SE5 plans. I was disappointed with the flight characteristics of the FT mini SE5. (The FT mini DR1 is a blast to fly).
TooJung2Die
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If you can't fly because it's winter, then build. I finished a six week HK Sunbird glider build and this morning we have another half foot of snow on the ground.
Vincent, compliments on your plans. Very well drawn. I like how you divided the plans into sections of the airplane instead of having one huge sheet. I think it cuts down on paper and sure makes taping the tiles together easy.
I got started last night. Fuselage half done. I'm not going to use stringers under the card stock decking. I didn't find patterns for the decking in the plans so today is doing the tricky bit of making the card stock parts. This will be my largest foamy build so far.
Did you ever fly your SE5? The airplane in the last photo looks like it's waiting for servos.
Jon
Vincent, compliments on your plans. Very well drawn. I like how you divided the plans into sections of the airplane instead of having one huge sheet. I think it cuts down on paper and sure makes taping the tiles together easy.
I got started last night. Fuselage half done. I'm not going to use stringers under the card stock decking. I didn't find patterns for the decking in the plans so today is doing the tricky bit of making the card stock parts. This will be my largest foamy build so far.
Did you ever fly your SE5? The airplane in the last photo looks like it's waiting for servos.
Jon
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TooJung2Die
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So far no complaints with the plans. I know how hard it is to make them perfect. I've been able to compensate for the minor details. There are six angled parts on the Fuse5 plan I can't identify. Do you remember where they go?
TooJung2Die
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The card stock decking is done. I scanned them and attached the files for future builders. The rear fuselage deck is cut from the scan because the first one got shabby looking with tape and pencil marks from making it fit. Be sure to print them out actual size. I noticed there is a slight taper to the nose from former B5 to B3 so the fuselage front is covered in two pieces instead of one.
Jon
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