Sweet & Low RC airplane balsa build. Preparing and building the fuselage side panels. Episode 1.

The start of the beginner's build series of the "Sweet & Low" sport RC airplane. A balsa short kit. An easy and fast build. Episode 1 is about preparing for the build and building the fuselage side panels.#rcaircraft, #rcairplane, #aviation, #rcbalsakit, #rcairplaneshortkit, #rcbalsaairplane, #howto, #howtobuildrcairplane, #howtoflyrcairplane,

[ErstO]

I love building kits, very relaxing, been doing that since I started on Gallows back in the 70s

[deano]

Great video Rick, well done and timely for me. The only plane I built and flew was a Kadet Mark II in 1987 with my dad when I was 20, Last time I flew it was 1995. Still have the plane to this day…. This December I made the decision to get back into it and make an airplane. I opened up the original box my Kadet came in for the first time in decades and the plans were still taped with Saran Wrap. I was able to iron out the plans flat, scan them and trace over them with Autodesk Fusion. I just bought a diode laser and trying to get up to speed with it so I can cut out my own parts like you Rick. Fortunately I’ve been a mechanical engineer who has specialized in 3D CAD design for 30 years so making 3D models is the easy part. I’ve designed mine with all tab-slot joints. Also created it with a Clark airfoil instead of the original flat bottom on the Kadet. I’m at the point where I’m ready to make a bulk purchase of balsa supplies. Know any good deals on balsa?

[craigcarr]

Hello Rick, greetings from UK. Really enjoying your channel. Been building and flying for over 25 year and thought I knew most of it but you always provide some fantastic tips in your videos. Many thanks

[GaryFable]

Thank you so much for this series!!! I’m just starting my first model and you provided so many useful tips!!!!

[ewanp]

Nice, I used to build small rubber band or solid pellet jet engined balsa models. Very relaxing hobby. Until the damn thing crashes on the first flight! Looking forward to watching the complete build.

[chipwarshaw]

Hey Rick... thank you for your content... one question... when you use CA glue- do you use the CA+ glue that uses an accelerant to "fill in the gaps" thank you in advance

[superdutyspinner]

Hi Rick, that’s a really big Sweet & Low, much bigger than my .40 sized kit from Midwest. From whom did you buy the short kit?

Do you recommend not using wood glue for large fuselage laminations because of warpage issues? I just started a kit and even though I weighed the fuselage halves after applying titebond, I still had warpage when it was dry.

[josephsantacruz]

I love building kits but I also love scratch building. I think that we have become lazy depending on ARF's. Plus model building develops patience in people, something that we lost over the years.

[waynemiller]

10:00 as you can see, it doesn't stick to the wax paper. Lol 😂😂
I wish!