Lovely project Stuart, you’re very much a man after my own heart. For you it’s Flair, for me Bowman. There’s a great sense of achievement taking a classic old model that’s been loved in the past then neglected; and bringing it back life. My current project, the Bowman 85 inch Miles Magister. The work steps very much mirror your SE5A. Looking forward to seeing flying in part two.
Absolutely fantastic project Stu, great to see you refinishing these old models! They deserve to fly again and I'm looking forward to following along on this one's journey back to the sky my friend!
Glad to see you again my friend!! Happy your back and had a great trip. This makeover is fantastic!! What a huge difference some work and diligence makes. Love taking something old and making it new again, and the new memories it will make. Can’t wait to see it recovered and flying. Thanks for sharing and hope to see ya soon👊🏼👊🏼
Great job Stuart, I really like seeing a restoration project. Looking forward to the next part, setting out fly. It's inspired me to revisit the Flair Cub I learnt to fly with 28 years ago and do an electric conversion on that. A slow flying gentle floater for those balmy summer evenings. Thanks for the inspiration.
I too like a good restoration. Having done several of both Balsa and Foamies, I agree it does give a lot of satisfaction and in most cases, a lot quicker than a scratch build! Looking forward to seeing the next installment.
Back in the days I've had their F2b. I've had to decide between F2b and this SE5-A. F2b won :) Lovely, very unusual build - there was no 1:1 scale plan to use. Anyway, it was a very easy build.
Yes thanks again Mark. I only needed them for the rudder in the end, but its good to have them for future reference too. I have digital copies now if you need FYI.
Nice progress video. I'm enjoying watching the resurrection of this plane. Regarding painted roundels (or other more complex markings), I found that 3D printing stencils with TPU provides accurate and flexible stencils that can be attached with 3M Repositionable Spray Adhesive. Airbrush only to prevent bleeding. I'm sure you're on top of it so please ignore my comments if they are not helpful. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product take to the air again.
Amazing work so satisfying I did a Magnatilla a few years ago very enjoyable looking forward to seeing this project take to the air. Was the small hobbyking clip a Me 163 ? I really would love one of those😊
Looking good Stuart. One of the flyers at our club is doing an electric version of one of these and it would be useful if you could let me know after your initial flights how far back from the front of the LE of the top wing the CG ended up and if the motor thrust angles worked out ok without any further adjustment.🤔
Did you chuck those servos out? All you needed to do was replace the servo lead and plugs. I have a video here regarding this. ruclips.net/video/5sPeC57z9YY/видео.htmlsi=Os7TZV7LA2rKnCU9
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing Stuart. I like seeing what you're up to.
Glad you kept the Albert pilot as it is common to many of the original scout range.
Great job, Stuart.✌️ Rgds Terje (Norway)
Great to see an old wooden model being restored. Keep that pilot!!!
Very nice work.
Lovely project Stuart, you’re very much a man after my own heart. For you it’s Flair, for me Bowman. There’s a great sense of achievement taking a classic old model that’s been loved in the past then neglected; and bringing it back life. My current project, the Bowman 85 inch Miles Magister. The work steps very much mirror your SE5A. Looking forward to seeing flying in part two.
Great to see you back again Stuart. This is exactly the niche subject that I like to see on you Tube
An interesting project - I enjoyed the format
Looking forward to seeing it fly
Looks great Stuart, look forward to see it flying again 👍👍😁
Great restore Stuart! Looking forward to seeing her fly again!
I have the old PZ 5a but I'd sure welcome a fresh new one from Durafly!! 🙂
Nice project.
Nice work Stu that’s a lot of work and very rewarding good job 👍
Beautiful project Stuart! I like the decision to go E power. Makes sense as old as it is. Very nice work!
Absolutely fantastic project Stu, great to see you refinishing these old models! They deserve to fly again and I'm looking forward to following along on this one's journey back to the sky my friend!
Thanks man.
Glad to see you again my friend!! Happy your back and had a great trip. This makeover is fantastic!! What a huge difference some work and diligence makes. Love taking something old and making it new again, and the new memories it will make. Can’t wait to see it recovered and flying. Thanks for sharing and hope to see ya soon👊🏼👊🏼
Ciao stuart... Bel lavoro... Anche se preferisco il suono del 4T... Sty...da 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Great job Stuart, I really like seeing a restoration project. Looking forward to the next part, setting out fly.
It's inspired me to revisit the Flair Cub I learnt to fly with 28 years ago and do an electric conversion on that. A slow flying gentle floater for those balmy summer evenings. Thanks for the inspiration.
That’s great to hear thank you.
I too like a good restoration. Having done several of both Balsa and Foamies, I agree it does give a lot of satisfaction and in most cases, a lot quicker than a scratch build! Looking forward to seeing the next installment.
It does indeed. Thank you.
Back in the days I've had their F2b. I've had to decide between F2b and this SE5-A. F2b won :) Lovely, very unusual build - there was no 1:1 scale plan to use. Anyway, it was a very easy build.
Absolutely love these videos Stuart!
Hey, nice to hear from you guys, hope all is well.
👍👍 Nice project !
Glad the plans proved useful hope to maiden my SE5A in the next couple of weeks
Yes thanks again Mark. I only needed them for the rudder in the end, but its good to have them for future reference too. I have digital copies now if you need FYI.
Nice video. Love those flair kits. Had a puppeter long time ago and still miss it. Nice work on the plane mr. Waiting to see it ready for maiden 😊
Yeah the Pup is the best flying IMO.
Nice progress video. I'm enjoying watching the resurrection of this plane.
Regarding painted roundels (or other more complex markings), I found that 3D printing stencils with TPU provides accurate and flexible stencils that can be attached with 3M Repositionable Spray Adhesive. Airbrush only to prevent bleeding.
I'm sure you're on top of it so please ignore my comments if they are not helpful.
I'm looking forward to seeing the final product take to the air again.
Hi, no thank you for the feedback. I have some ideas for the roundals but still exploring so thanks again.
Amazing work so satisfying I did a Magnatilla a few years ago very enjoyable looking forward to seeing this project take to the air.
Was the small hobbyking clip a Me 163 ? I really would love one of those😊
Nice plane....
Looking good Stuart. One of the flyers at our club is doing an electric version of one of these and it would be useful if you could let me know after your initial flights how far back from the front of the LE of the top wing the CG ended up and if the motor thrust angles worked out ok without any further adjustment.🤔
Sure will do. I've actually started the covering already so maybe in a month or so she'll actually fly!
Hi the incidence of the wings must to be 0°?
I have no idea, we’ll see how she behaves when she’s flies.
Did you chuck those servos out? All you needed to do was replace the servo lead and plugs. I have a video here regarding this. ruclips.net/video/5sPeC57z9YY/видео.htmlsi=Os7TZV7LA2rKnCU9