"FROM THE HANGER"_SIG KADET SENIOR_FINAL FLIGHT

I share a classic with you. From the hanger, the Sig Kadet Senior...

[@chilly7261]

It's part of the game in RC modeling. I accept the risk when I commit a model to the air. That's also where the fun comes from. There is no value for me in having a hanger queen. Every plane that flies has a date with destiny...

[@JohnDoeEagle1]

Once a R/C aircraft ( Glow/Nitro KIT) becomes irreparable or "totaled" in a crash you should give the parts that can't be salvaged the same respect as the American Flag. They should never be "thrown away" and you always burn them. That's one main advantage of building planes from a kit and using gas engines vs ARF and electric.

[@michaelcasella4774]

what a beautiful plane too. it's a shame that this side of the hobby is dying. It's nice to see these still flying. All instant gratification foamys. No love and passion like what went into this beauty. At least the kit is still available.

[@David-hm9ic]

What a beautiful plane! So sorry for its demise. My Senior has been with me for about 27 years and it was well used when it came to me. It got a full overhaul about 6 years ago and is still going strong.

[@ThePlainNsimple]

That's cool. I'm doing a comlete overhaul of a 20+ year old Senior from my teenage years. Getting all new electronics, new engine, added ailerons, bolt-on-wing, new gas tank, adding wing struts, and all new covering. Lot of work, can't wait to get it back in the air. And yes, the plane from this video was an absolute beauty!

[@davidsheppard1133]

I’m a glutton for punishment, but I would have tried to rebuild it, sounds like you had a lot of good memories with that plane. And you had made so many changes and improvements. It was an old friend.🙂

[@crashrr2993]

That was such a beautiful model, I was gutted to see it in pieces. Remember your grandad’s broom: new head, new handle… You can rebuild her!

[@robertkbrooks951]

It , hurts us all when we put one down. I have over 500 + R/C Aircraft in my collection. Only lost 40, in 20 years. 64 year Old r/c pilot. May it R.I.P. Rest in Pieces. AMEN

[@gregbrigden2909]

Was a beautifully built plane, can appreciate the time and effort that went into it. Always tough to lose a plane but part of the hobby.

[@awanrachwan848]

Nice landing . 👍

[@ripptydevibes2581]

Maaaaan such a bummer. Thats the way it would happen too, after a looong sit, one good flight all giggly and BAM lol.

[@paulkleinkramer5065]

Totally fixable. Lots of work but likely worth it in this case. What a gentle beauty.

[@northwind9505]

You did a great build that has lasted through the years. That is a good looking Kadet. (love the silver). My hope is that you build another one with the all new (servo mixing) updates.

[@justindurand9110]

Beautiful bird, glad I got to see it fly. You also gave me some good ideas for when I finally tear my arf apart and give her a proper rebuild. Thanks for sharing.

[@billtheslink4541]

Ah man, she's gone. Another old classic lost forever. Oh well, they wouldn't have it any other way, would they? I am getting back in the hobby this fall. I will be trying a foam and electric trainer, but over the Winter will be building an honest to goodness balsa kit, and a Sig Kadet Senior is top of the list in possibilities, especially now that I have seen this with these exact mods. I left the hobby over 20 years ago and really wasn't a good pilot then. I built a Dura Plane (flying plastic rain gutter with foam wing), Me and my mentor built a generic but well built trainer from scratch, a Sig Four Star .40, and a Great Planes Slo Poke. The Sig was my favorite build. Can't wait to build another Sig Kit. I was in my early 20s then. Almost 50 now. So much has changed.

[@chilly7261]

Every plane has a date with destiny. Good for you and good luck. I too love the old time stuff, I'm almost 62, but the new stuff is great in a different way. Embrace it and enjoy it...

[@DanielMigneault]

That was nice but with a sad end.

[@oddeman3489]

beautiful model, had one in size 25 many years ago, very nice build drawings and balsa, loved it.

[@Gabriel-kz8ns]

What a gorgeous place you have to fly, and what a beautiful model... I had two kadets, builded from scratch, one crash landed like yours and the other gave it away... and a third one half completed hanging from my workshop... oh good memories! Greetings from Argentina

[@chilly7261]

Thank you

[@brbob4934]

Such is RC. Great looking plane, I was in the hobby many many yrs and a Sig Kadet was my first RC plane, OS 40 FP... Had several Sig planes over yrs.

[@jasonhurdlow6607]

Got to fly one of these the other day at a club fly event. Old beat up plane, but man did it fly nice. Now I want one of my own. I have to say though, even as bad as that looked, I'd still try and rebuild yours. Seems like a good Winter project.

[@blackjacktaz]

Love the colors. Sharpest one I have seen!!

[@rcasey]

What a beautiful airplane. Love these comfy slow fliers. Sorry to see the crash.

[@chilly7261]

Thank you

[@mickeeand1969]

That hurts my heart. Damn it was nice.

[@chilly7261]

I appreciate that...

[@stevebarr9604]

Yeah I like flying my PT40 with the magnum 52 four stroke as good as anything I have! Everyone needs a good slow trainer!

[@johnsargeant2041]

Man you build a beautiful plane and are pretty good on the sticks forsure.... you will fly agean..

[@turboomni848]

Sorry you had to see her go. She gave you many hours of pleasure I'm sure. I have been flying RC since 1982 and my first kit was the SIG kadet Mark II. After years of fast planes ,pattern planes ,big gasser helicopters I am going to return to my roots and buy a Sig Kadet Senior kit thanks to your video. Nothing like flying on the wing.

[@chilly7261]

"Nothing like flying on the wing" 👍100% true...

[@TrippinWithWayne]

I miss my 80" Senior i converted to that design 25 years ago..with a 4 stroke. it was a absolute joy to fly.

[@chilly7261]

I hear you...

[@dirkgrobler2179]

Hi Wayne....do you still have the plans? I'm trying to find a set of plan, only 57" available, looking for something close to 78-80"

[@TrippinWithWayne]

@@dirkgrobler2179 sorry I sure don’t

[@richard1472]

@@dirkgrobler2179 Try Outerzone. I'll bet they have it.

[@adam_mawz_maas]

@@dirkgrobler2179 Sig will sell you the plans for the Senior Kadet

[@russcole5685]

Im quite the fan of the yamada engines. I have a couple of the 91s and a 120. Always amazed with there power and reliability. Im even more impressed to see your 53 pulling around the senior like that. I trained on the 3 channel, rudder and elevator only, and that had a OS75 2cycle in it. This was in the mid 90s

[@sigh_of_the_times]

That sucks, it was such a nice looking plane.

[@RAYROTHSTEIN66]

Mine I flew for 3 years, donated it to the club to train possible new members... then one day I heard a pop while it was in the air, the front window frame let go and the plane became a lawn jart..lol

[@andrewmyers7131]

My first ever plane was the smaller Kadet. Knew nothing about flying nor did anyone I knew. The first flight was the most thrilling 1 minute of my life. But, it was built like a brick shithouse and gave me hours and hours of flying even with dozens of repairs. I lost mine in the sun one evening and came down at the end of the runway too soon, flying it through trees and ripping the wings off. I never did find them. Shame to see yours go but boy does seeing a good balsa kit with a nitro engine make me happy. Thanks for the memories.

[@chilly7261]

Thank you. Very much...

[@brbob4934]

You taught yourself to fly RC? Holy crap. That is a learning curve my friend...as I'm sure you know.

[@rocklicker639]

Oh man, what a major bummer...

[@chilly7261]

Yeah. It happens...

[@jacksemporiumofstuff]

That sucks!!! That was a beautiful airplane man. I'm sorry that happened to you.

[@lectro88]

Man I am sorry about the way that day turned out,. I would and have rebuilt Worse,. They seldom look the same and sometimes have what we could call a "LIMP" from the injury,. maybe pull to one side or some other disability. That was a very nice plane thanks for sharing some good footage.

[@dmrcflyr2]

That is a shame. Such a beautiful airplane.

[@delorispoindexter5663]

I got a ys 53 on a fun fly.that calls for a os91.that 53 is almost overpowerd the plane ys are the best engines

[@dirkgrobler2179]

You convinced me to build one as well!

[@CraftedChannel]

Beautiful example. Sad she's gone.

[@TheP47thunderbolt]

I have one that’s 3 channels and built to spec. It also flies nicely inverted with just rudder control. These are fine airplanes.

[@robertpapps3618]

Beautiful plane!

[@delorispoindexter5663]

Love you made a tail dragged out of it

[@MasboyRC]

This model so beautiful, i love it 👍

[@chilly7261]

Thanks

[@ojt_windy_city]

Wow, that was a nice plane. I really like the tail dragger and the covering was done really well. I have a PT-60 that is really close in design to the sig kadet. Thanks for the video ( i realize it is two years old)

[@richard1472]

I have a lot of stick time on a PT 60 as an instructor. Solid airplane, no bad habits. Enjoy!

[@hillbilly4christ638]

Next to a stick, this is about as good as it gets. If you go clear back to the earliest days of rc, the models resembled those two aircraft. I know everyone is flying just about anything these days, but a lot of the guys say that nothing flies like these. There is something about running gas in one of these older designs.

[@chilly7261]

To me, yes, there's something special about these older airplane designs. They are classics. That said, I enjoy the new technology also. But I always have and enjoy the RC stuff that takes me back to a simpler time...

[@chrisbailey4254]

Thats fixable bit of of a mission granted but certainly recoverable. Regards Chris

[@Deadstick_OG]

I've watched this video like a dozen times now. Such a beautiful plane. I feel for ya buddy. I absolutely love the Kadet Senior. I had that same engine on mine too. Curious, was that an old AM radio you had?

[@chilly7261]

Thank you. Yes, it's an old Tower Hobbies AM radio I picked up used years ago. I sent it out, had it refurbished, worked fine...

[@mh53eflyguy]

That is totally rebuildable! You have good rib templates; the fuse sides can be spliced and fixed. Hopefully you fixed it up!

[@mh53eflyguy]

I've brought back much worse than what you have there!

[@williamroberts4019]

Hello Great video. Very encouraging. This is my first plane. Enjoyed building. First two flights it crashed. Smooth lift off but then went into a stall I could not control. Crashed straight down. Ring any bells? Seems like I have made a construction error. Well balanced electric powered plane. Bill

[@rayscherry2383]

They are all rebuildable

[@radiolandia]

Excelente !!!!. Lamento la caida. Seguro lo repararás

[@jerryseymour2738]

Crying shame for sure. She was a beauty

[@chilly7261]

Yup. Thanks...

[@arthurvanaalst]

Really lost pity on your beautiful plane! But you can always build a new one from Sig Mfg. The hobby is, buy, build, fly, crash and glue or start all over again! It keeps you busy all the time and makes you at the end an experience builder and flyer. Best regards from the Netherlands we also crashed a lot but where we never give up this beautiful hobby!

[@davidregan9872]

I lost my nitro trainer do to a battery wire that broke off in my transmitter! It was an old plane from the 70s.

[@nocturnalmayhem0]

well atleast this kit is still easy to find as new old stock so recycle the motor and whatever else ya can and rebuild its half the fun really

[@rayscherry2383]

I lost an eagle from a dead on board battery ,it dove in from 400 ft total loss even broke the motor ,less than a week i rebuilt the eagle and looks brand new ready to fly .all are rebuildable

[@tedmoss]

I am currently rebuilding mine, it looked like yours after the crash.

[@Hammer.Paladin]

That is the nicest Kadet Senior I've ever seen. I noticed in your video you liked doing loops and rolls a little too close to the ground. So unfortunately I'm not surprised that you lost it. It sucks but as in scale aviation "I am also a pilot" your best friend is altitude. Nothing replaces the safety of distance from the ground. Like I said it sucks but I was not at all surprised. Hopefully you'll build another one just like it, I know I am. I downloaded your video and am going to print out snap shots of your Kadet and duplicate it as close as possible structurally. Beautiful bird with a sad ending.

[@chilly7261]

Thank you

[@redblue40rc33]

Guess that's why my RC cars and trucks outlast planes...they don't crash to pieces....all my planes in the attic

[@robertkbrooks951]

I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful Ship. Converted mine to Electric and much more dependable , plus , can shut it down and just , glide . Set up for the grass field and land. Yes. Every Plane has a Fun Time , until we part. ? Spare parts... ?

[@chilly7261]

Thank you...

[@WayneCook306]

Nice aircraft pitty about the crash, Never a good day when you take a model home for firewood.

[@direktorpresident]

One of two things will happen to every Pilot:- 1. He will approach his aircraft, knowing it is his last flight; or, 2. He will approach his aircraft, not knowing it is his last flight. 😉

[@DonaldGregg-xu1bp]

You still have 3/4 of a wing and a tail. Rebuild it. I saved one with less to work with.😃

[@bobt219]

Sorry about your plane Sam. I have rebuilt worse crashes in the past. It's not totaled, just "Re-kited" As long as you get every little part and piece. Happy flying

[@williamjones9614]

Ahhh man, the end of the video sucks, that was a great looking Kadet, I've lost 3 first one I built from a kit and I flew it with an old Kraft 3 channel radio AM. Really hurts seeing that plane broken up, they are suck good flyers.

[@factdesignbr]

Beaaautiful plane. the good ol' days. Im 30 and honestly dislike the whole foam deal. not bad... but it doesnt have the spirit a balsa plane carries... at all Ps:Im sooo sorry about ur loss... I love the oldschool kits and gear. Look at the bright side... a new build is coming up

[@chilly7261]

Thank you

[@feltav5719]

Please build another one

[@Dogman21]

Man you can rebuild that !

[@RobertCookcx]

Darn shame. As they say, take-offs are optional but landings are mandatory. I still have my Kadet MK II from 1985 and I worry about her every trip to the field. I've been flying for 40 years and I have come to learn that the funnest plane to fly is the one that you don't care about if you accidentally filter it through the trees.

[@gianemasciovecchio8531]

sr. hailstorm, es un modelo muy confiable, lastima su perdida, pero un golpe no es caída, se puede construir otro modelo y continuar con esta pasión de volar. Sam le envio estas lineas para consultarle donde puedo conseguir los planos del kadet senior sport, solo consigo los del kadet l40. muy buenos vuelos.gracias.

[@derekinbritishcolumbia1449]

That was a great looking Kadet. Great graphics kept it an appealing model. I rebuilt an LT40 that had a similar level of damage, but the spars were all intact which helped me to go forward with repairs. Always try and obtain plans for any model that I didn't already build myself. The Senior has a stick fuselage, so all of the fuse from wing forward looked like a write-off. Did you scrap it out or try rebuilding? Did you build another?

[@chilly7261]

Thank you. It was a total loss.

[@dennisstevenson6360]

Is the plane from a kit converted to tail dragged or ARF version?

[@6StringPassion.]

Did you add the flaps yourself? How easy/difficult was it?

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

Do you still have the plans? I'd love to scratch build one.

[@brunomalachias]

Dear Sam, hi! You have a wonderful plane! What is this model wingspan? And what is that engine? Cheers!

[@jasonhurdlow6607]

78" You can still buy it.

[@windydrifter7633]

In the C/L stunt world that is no more than 20% to 25% damage , totaly fixable.

[@Dogman21]

I found one on marketplace and am rebuilding it converting it to a taildragger going to put a gas engine in it.

[@adventures3699]

Where did you send your radio to have it rebuild??

[@chilly7261]

I'm sorry, it's been so long ago, I don't remember...

[@carlosponce3766]

Sorry for your plane

[@FINNIUSORION]

I see video, posts on Facebook and talk to people at the field all about crashing and destroying their planes...am i the only one who hasn't had a complete loss? Lol. I've never had a crash worse than just a day or two fix.

[@chilly7261]

I really don't care for the tone of this comment. And I've said this myself, if I only took off and flew the pattern and landed, I would never crash. I can think of other ways to respond too. Let's go with this one. I'm pretty sure, without seeing you fly, this guy can fly circles around you... kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4vZe62An7urbK8

[@frez777]

I had a Sig Kadet MK II, crashed it myself. Great airplane though.

[@northwind9505]

I have a question about your spit flaps. I'm building a kadet senior and want to install flaps. If you were to build another Kadet Senior what type flaps would you go with and why? Thanks. Building a STOL Kadet with a OS .62V 4 Stroke.

[@chilly7261]

I bought the plane already framed and finished it from there. So the wing had the stock full length strip ailerons. To add flaps I framed in the recesses for the split flaps just in front of the ailerons. If I was starting a new build I would change it to conventional but wider ailerons and inboard flaps...

[@northwind9505]

Thanks for the fast reply! I will take your advice!

[@sendit2873]

very very nice looking plane i really hate to see this craft/hobby i love so much go to nothing but china made arf planes to me a kit is the ultimate satisfaction to build then fly that the way my grandfather taught me it is also sad that when you do find a kit the person wants 20 times the cost

[@billjones3071]

Video makes me sick, that was the best looking Kadet I ever seen what a shame, plane is better than any modern foamy or expensive arf also powered it up the right way

[@chilly7261]

Thank you, appreciate the excellent points you made also...

[@magnuskilian5310]

It is “Hangar”, not Hanger.

[@wernerkujnisch6389]

That isn't so bad. A little bit of gorilla glue and I'd have you back flying again in a day or two. You fix 'em and then learn from your mistakes and get flying again.

[@TheTerrypcurtin]

It could take the music loop and it was suicide. Kind of like I am right now with it. Loops suck

[@richg.2579]

I could rebuild that wreck no problem

[@janwilliams178]

Terrible loss of a beautiful balsa airplane.

[@johna.s.3847]

Balsa planes fly so much better than the foam arf's. They all will get destroyed in crashes no matter what they are made of. With covering and balsa repair practice balsa planes can be repaired. Get a new kit or there are some really nice balsa arf's available.

[@darryldeel9098]

Bummer dude

[@chilly7261]

Yup. Thanks. It happens...

[@Channel-os4uk]

Hangar not hanger where aircraft are concerned

[@chilly7261]

Very good, thank you!

[@paulmargeson9858]

Yup! Nothing like a stick and rudder plane to keep in practice. With soooo... many smart shit nowadays its a wounder us old guys even got of the ground without AFS, a gyro or some other way to forfit control to a machine, where the human is put on an easy job while the AI takes care of all the nuenses of control. In the end, the pilot becomes complacent and loses his instintive control over his machine. Loss of control. Pilot error because he forgot some instintive basics. What the AI is doing for him, is in essence making the pilot worse in light aircraft. control inputs which give human control over to micro chips. Lesson here to all pilots of every type. Get some simple stick and rudder time with a comfortable aircraft that can keep you amused, but also on your toes. Witchata spam can approved. LOL

[@lamberto6405]

Wish he didnt have music...

[@Randy_Cox]

Sorry but couldn't help but laugh when you talk about the old servos and electronics used and how they worked just fine.....as you dig through what is left of your crashed out model. Maybe new servos and new electronics would have been a better idea, but then again maybe it wouldn't have made a difference.