Keil Kraft: assembling an INVADER

Here's my little clip of assembling the beautiful Invader balsa model from Keil Kraft. This video is a step by step animation of pieces coming together...

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The invader was always a popular model in the Keil Kraft glider range thanks to the distinctive twin fin tail. The Invader is a simple to build towline glider that was originally designed by Albert E. Hatfull, and has since been redesigned in CAD. The polyhedral wing and dihedral tailplane offer superb stability while the sturdy stick built fuselage is extremely robust for those less than perfect landings. The two tow hooks also offer the pilot different launching options depending on the wing speed on the day.
I personally decided to screw the extra needed weight as a shield under the nose of the aircraft. The clip stops with a turntable vision instead of a flyling session just to keep some sort of continuity... In one of my next videos the flight will be shown.

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[ianvirco]

I have an Invader, built by my father in the 1970's, (with a young me watching his every move ! ) we had many happy times tow line flying it in the field at the back of my Gran's house, It has since been recovered in modern heat shrink plastic film and still fly's beautifully.

[peterells]

I remember making - very badly - very similar Kiel Kraft models as a kid. This was before the time of lasers - the wing sections etc. were just printed on a sheet of balsa, to be cut out. My nosecone would have looked like the half-way finished version of yours. Also I was very bad at doping the tissue. The planes used to last a couple of flights at most before crashing beyond repair. Happy days!

[tuffa]

This was one of the first models that I built in England probably around 1957 when I was ten years old. Sixty years later I am still building rc gliders. What a wonderful animation of the construction

[StonyRC]

It's like watching a part of my childhood. Eddie Keil and his company inspired my love of aeromodelling - a passion that I still have almost 50 years later!

[Tomlan]

Oh my. oh my.... memories... I built this kit when it was first produced in 1963 (I think) when I was 12 years old. The problem was that we lived in a very small terraced house in Liverpool so a 40" wingspan model was a bit and with no access to a car. towing it aloft, flying was never really an option. Still, I loved building it and it flew a very short distance in the street....looped and nosedived about 10ft from where I threw it. Great memories building it though! Thanks for posting Tom.

[johnpodraza]

Thank-you. It brought back childhood memories of building rubber band powered balsa and tissue built models. Not necessarily as elegant as your build, but, boy, was I proud of the finished product.

[artofnoly]

Brilliant. I love animated vids like this. I was a super 8 single frame man from way back. Love it.

[johnb]

Absolutely brilliant video . Great filming. I used to build tow line gliders. It brought it all back to me man, thanks.This may inspire me to do a kit. Classic modeling .

[joakimkarlsson]

Big thanks for going through the (huge) extra effort to make these movies. and share your builds with the world.

[joeshmoe]

Its really cool that you do balsa planes, as well as plastic models. Its fun to watch your kits "build themselves" 😁

[williamrobinson]

I remember this kit well. Lovely film! Thanks for posting. 👍

[Desertduleler_]

Neat and concise craftsmanship, a joy to watch.

[JB-xupm]

One of the best model airplane videos. Takes me back to the early 60's seeing tissue paper models.
Really enjoyed the video.

[pirminkogleck]

probably the most beutiful build ever ! perfect with the music and everything, nice camera work ! 100 point s !

[MilPlanes]

You take our great hobbies and make them magical. Even my 8 yo daughter watches over my shoulder commenting ‘how cool’ the videos are. Well done Sir!

[joebravo]

This is one of the best builds I've seen with perfect music while assembly ❤❤❤❤ thank you I can never get tired of seeing this beautifuly done vidio hats off thank you..

[grahamwood]

Made one in about 1970, just making another one in 2019. Video really useful as was having a problem with the fuselage. Brilliant.

[EnglishTurbines]

Joyful...real model aircraft....and some beautiful, creative video editing.

[AlanCulpitt]

I love your work....it puts a smile on my face just to watch it....can you show us how you make the stop motion films, I'm fascinated to know.

[scottmichael]

Absolute perfection! Subbed immediately! Looking up past videos now...