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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / February 2004Lanier Seabird ARF
Hi, Has anyone built this airplane? IF so , any comments , good or bad. How did it fly? tnx Jim I built and flew one way back in the early 70's when they were still kitted by Dubro. The Lanier version is pretty much the same, as I believe they bought the tooling from Dubro. Was a reasonably easy build and flew pretty well too. Randy Roman Lilburn, GA > Hi, > Has anyone built this airplane? IF so , any comments , good or bad. > How did it fly? > > tnx > Jim > I built and flew one way back in the early 70's when they were still kitted > by Dubro. I have one also, though its still in box , I heard going for the highest engine size is the way to go, as this thing looks heavy, box says from .46 to . 60 , so I plan on a .60 , also the Ruby Goldberg contraption for throttle , will be altered by simply putting a micro or small servo behind fuel tank in pod , other than that it should be fine, ( don't fly it in winter as a ski plane, I heard the ABS plastic becomes brittle in the cold, ) I'm sure there's other tips out there to improve this plane, as I read awhile back that some say it flies squirrly , so do a good web search!!! I forgot to mention that I would like to put wheels on it for grass. It does give me the impression that it could be heavy and needs horsepower. I have a new 50 sx. Might be squirrly at that. Maybe keep it a little nose heavy. I just finished putting the wing halves together. Plans are so so. Good idea on the micro throttle servo. jim >>I built and flew one way back in the early 70's when they were still kitted >>by Dubro. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > read awhile > back that some say it flies squirrly , so do a good web search!!! Mine was powered with an Enya 60-III (good engine back then). It was squirelly on take-off... easy to catch a tip float and "spin out". Once that happened and ripped off the tip float which sank before I could get there with the retrieval boat :-) > I forgot to mention that I would like to put wheels on it for grass. It > does give me the impression that it could be heavy and needs horsepower. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > read awhile > > back that some say it flies squirrly , so do a good web search!!! I flew one with a Saito .80 & 11-10 prop, didn't have room for a 12". Fast & squirrelly in the air, got off the water well. I used a micro servo for throttle, mounted crosswise behind the tank. Those dinky plastic tip floats are a joke; knocked one off on the first landing. I built some wide foam floats sandwiched around 1/8" aircraft ply & mounted on the stock struts. Those worked well. Don't use the splash guards glued to the bow. They just act as levers to split the fuse on a hard landing. That's what happened to mine. If I built another, I'd fill the front of the fuse with expanding foam to beef it up a bit. CR > I forgot to mention that I would like to put wheels on it for grass. It > does give me the impression that it could be heavy and needs horsepower. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> read awhile >> back that some say it flies squirrly , so do a good web search!!! |
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