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Avatar User Offline MEIN DUFF
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Posted: April/13/2016 at 11:35pm  Quote
 
Can't believe I was actually able to see this project through to the end !
I went to England ( Old Warden Airfield ) in 1998 to watch it fly and my model is a replication of this plane on that day !!...it has since been refurbished and repainted.
Started in 1994 while living in Switz., 6 yrs in storage until I got resettled back in the states and got my workshop set up again.
1/4 Scale original DB model was SE5 (not an SE5a) semiscale...lots of modifications..basically threw most of the material away and scratch built most everything but the basic bones.
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Laser 200 V-twin four stroke (crammed in) but is perfect for this model at 25lbs. AUW.
I stopped counting building hrs after over 3000 spent !!!
Front grill is fully functional (over 300 parts here alone) and works perfectly.
Gautschi Aeroscale authentic profile flying wires and tail assembly.
The Lewis machine gun took 80 hrs I remember....
I've had two nice flight so far...maiden was totally anti-climactic...long take off but flew like on rails!
I do need to rework the aileron mechanics, each aileron has its own servo but there is too much slop in the linkage so so I will be replacing those with a more direct drive I.R.F. Mechanical system.

Trying to get her dialed in for the upcoming Scalemasters Qualifying events here in Nor. Cal...the Champs will be held in late Sept. at Woodland Davis, CA....just hope to survive and fly well.....

Hard to believe this thing actually flies after so many years of dreaming !!

Keep em Flyin High, Eric Kirby   /  April 2016




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Posted: April/14/2016 at 12:20am  Quote
 
Holy cow - that's nice!!!

Love it from every angle, but that cockpit is a work of art. May you both both have a long happy partnership.

Cheers,

Cam (Australia, crawling through a 1/4 DVa build)


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Posted: April/14/2016 at 1:36am  Quote
 
Very well done, a masterpiece, one has to build a SE5a to fully appreciate the effort you have put into it. I don't feel so bad now for how long mine is taking. Flying OK at that weight is very reassuring as a Laser 180 is destined for mine, very similar to the 200v in power. You did very well to get the 200v to fit in.

I am taking it that DB is David Boddington as against Dennis Bryant.

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Posted: April/14/2016 at 7:55am  Quote
 


  VERY nice, DB would have been proud of you.

Boddington designs always fly well but can stand re-working if you wish. He called it Sport scale with no pretensions of 100% accuracy.

You will find that the smooth running of the Laser will contribute to a long life of the airframe and your lovely
detail do not get shaken off.
We use 5% Nitro and 18% synthetic oil but if the cooling is rite  oil can be reduced.

  I have one off the Xaor scimitar props, same as you seem to have,not used it yet. Do you know how it compares to a straight Xaor.


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Posted: April/14/2016 at 8:05am  Quote
 
Well done!!! 

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Posted: April/14/2016 at 8:34am  Quote
 
Eric,
I don't know what is more outstanding, your attention to detail or your tenacity!
I'm in awe. 


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Posted: April/14/2016 at 9:38am  Quote
 
Wowser!!!
As a former SE5 builder I can appreciate you efforts. Great job!!!
 
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