Sig Kavalier
09-12-2024, 08:15 PM
#126
I spend lots of hrs getting this K ready to fly, the first owner framed it then, nearly 25 years later I was able to complete it and got it to fly, sold it to a club member for $80, complete with a new LA 40 minus my receiver, about a month later I asked where was the K, it crashed he said, broken at the rear of the wing saddle, I told him I could fix it for him, I will fix it he said, a month later I asked again, I trashed it he said, I was so pissed off, such a good flyer and it waited 25 years to fly to be trashed two months later by an ARFer, no pride of building, just assemble and fly, crash then discard and get another ARF 😝🤬
I will never ever sell you an airplane ever again I told him 🧐
Last edited by CARS II; 09-12-2024 at 08:23 PM.
09-14-2024, 02:59 AM
#127
Me too.....I am a Packer fan!....lol.
I worked at Sig from 1976-78 as a product engineer. I actually test flew the first Kavalier for Claude...the very one pictured on the box label. Flew great from the start, no changes required. What a great time for modeling back then....working at Sig was like going to model airplane school. I got to work with Claude, Mike Gretz, Maxey Hester, Hank Pohlman etc. and learned from all of them. Hard to believe it was nearly fifty years ago. There were 150 employees then, and the saw room ran 24-7 cutting balsa.
I worked at Sig from 1976-78 as a product engineer. I actually test flew the first Kavalier for Claude...the very one pictured on the box label. Flew great from the start, no changes required. What a great time for modeling back then....working at Sig was like going to model airplane school. I got to work with Claude, Mike Gretz, Maxey Hester, Hank Pohlman etc. and learned from all of them. Hard to believe it was nearly fifty years ago. There were 150 employees then, and the saw room ran 24-7 cutting balsa.
09-26-2024, 04:34 PM
#129
So two days ago I was flying after the local club meeting and I did a loop! I tried to recover and I could tell if I was upside down or right side up! I pulled the power back and this happened! I still have my kit going that I started this thread with so will charge on with it! I have a partial roll of the metalic green Monokote and a full roll of another green. w
09-27-2024, 08:23 AM
#132
I was flying with Michael when the Kavalier went down. It was right at sunset and when the sun gets low on the horizon you can end up flying a dark silhouette. It's pretty easy to lose orientation.
09-27-2024, 10:24 AM
#133
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Kavalier reborn
Also crashed mine in late June after a loop and lost which was top or bottom. Straight down into a muddy ditch. The fuselage had a lot of long crack damage to structutre and sheeting, the firewall came off, wing blocks extracted, and more but it was repairable. Cowl busted and the motor filled with mud from end to end inside. Took a hose to the motor to flush out the mud from the magnets and coils. Luckily I had a replacement cowl.
After many hours, here it is in fine form again. Despite the repairs, it weighs exactly the same as before, 5 lbs - 5oz. with the same Power 32 4s 3700 mah setup. Remaidened yesterday and it still flies great. The motor works same as before.
After many hours, here it is in fine form again. Despite the repairs, it weighs exactly the same as before, 5 lbs - 5oz. with the same Power 32 4s 3700 mah setup. Remaidened yesterday and it still flies great. The motor works same as before.
Last edited by Creative RC; 09-27-2024 at 10:31 AM.
