Free Flight 2023 Guillow's Thomas Morse s4c Scout by Rubber Powered

The build time is 179 hours.
I went to the field seven times until I could fly.
製作時間は179時間
飛べるようになるまで7回フィールドに通いました。

[@xpump876]

Kudos 2 U! . Excellent build and finish. Guillow's models can fly but they require extensive lightening ( as you did), better balsa and often a better airfoil design. ..and even then, they just are not great performers. I didn't know this as kid many eons ago and I built a lotta Guillow's klunkers (they do look nice static). Years later I got involved with Free Flight performance and was finally able to have models that really flew well.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. The Guillow's kit is attractive.

[@Glicksman1]

I built a Guillow's Tommy Morse when I was a kid and it was tail heavy, too. I didn't have the skill or the knowledge to do what you did here, but I eventually got it to sort-of -fly. Such fond memories of that and the other ones like it.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@soulesslemming]

As someone who’s built hundreds of model airplanes I’m amazed I haven’t seen this before, I’ve definitely found My next hobby build.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@eliasblum753]

I had a Thomas Morse as a kid - about 1986/7. Instead of rubber power, it had a Cox Pee-Wee 0.20 glo-plug engine an an eye-dropper fuel tank for about a 20 second engine run. It climbed like a rocket, glided like a brick.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. I also want to install a Cox engine.

[@williamreape4326]

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm getting started with free flight and just building so far. I'm learning all I can from nice builders like you willing to take the time. Thank you.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@barryharrison1750]

Absolutely beautiful build, detail, and flights! Thank you for sharing your adventure with your video:)

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. It wasn't a perfect flight, so I'm still tuning it.

[@michaelhemmingsen4430]

There was a real nice landing in there. Beautiful result.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@aureliobrighton1871]

Lovely all around. The touchdowns on gear are beautiful. At the end I could swear O'Toole was flying it, having had that JB instead Irish for breakfast. Thankyou:)

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@diestimmeausdemnirvana8286]

Very good building result of this beautiful biplane. Respect for your patience during trim flights, as this model does not seem to be the easiest flyer.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. It didn't fly well because there were a lot of weights for CG.

[@theflyinghamster8442]

Beautiful model , stunning !!!!!

[@groeswenphil]

I used to make free flight planes. Can't do it any more as my hands are so shaky but I really enjoyed watching you build and fly such a marvellous model. Well done.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@crashrr2993]

Well done on your beautiful and accurate build. I always build in an extra hole for a shorter motor. It means you don’t have to add nose-weight for all that heavy rubber running to the tail. The shorter motor doesn’t usually add much flight-time, but it does make the whole model much lighter, and therefore less prone to damage. Also, it can more easily take advantage of a light thermal. Maxfliart shows how to make an adjustable angle nose assembly, if you haven’t made one already. Good luck!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. I also refer to your video. The videos of the Fokker D8 - building, painting, flying - were all great.

[@FFND16N]

Wonderful build and trimming process; it can be quite frustrating with such fragile balsa scale details(..landing gear & struts..), however you make it look very manageable. I have learned quite a bit.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for your comment.

[@DG-be6lz]

Молодец мастер! Какое трудолюбие и настойчивость! Хороших Вам полётов!

[@freeflight7750]

Дякую за перегляд.

[@thomascarmichael6760]

Loved your video! You built a great looking Thomas Morse Scout. Loved the portion where you trimmed the plane. Wish we had a field where I live with all that tall grass to test fly my aircraft. All in all a great video. Can’t wait to see the next video!!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@dansmith7617]

Looks like you are getting it dialed in very well! Some great wheel landings too. Keep us all posted with more videos... -Dan

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. I wish I could fly it a little better.

[@1freedlander]

Thanks for beautiful flying!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. It broke many times this time.

[@funscalemodels9782]

Beautifully built!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@grrfy]

Lovely Build and interesting tuning process.

[@freeflight7750]

It was a difficult flight.

[@nieuportll]

I watched your video and enjoyed the attempts to make it fly using more weight to prevent the stalling. If I can suggest a solution to your broken landing gear. Attach the struts with small magnets so that it breaks free in landing without damage. Or you can use a wire on the front strut and create slots in the fuselage for the rear struts to extend into. It's a lovely plane done by a talented person. May you have many more flights!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. And thank you for your advice. Also, I don't think there is enough weight to put on the model.

[@Mrfishlou]

'Beautiful model! It appeared that the glide was good on the un-powered test - no stall, no dive. At that point, as long as you had rubber in during the test glide, your CG was likely OK. Since it was only under power that you got the climb and stall, the problem is thrust-line - the first thing you should have tried (assuming the CG was the same as it was during the successful glide test) was to add down-thrust. A good rule of thumb is this: get the glide right first, then trim powered flight using up/down and/or side thrust. That's a bit over-simplified, but a good place to start.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. And thanks for the detailed advice.

[@davew3130]

You are a wonderful craftsman and the end result proves it.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@DARIVSARCHITECTVS]

You almost have this one figured out. Good luck!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@pcj3405]

Beautiful!

[@user-bj8bi2ku8z]

初めまして、ラジコンとは違いシンプルで難しい飛行機。素晴らしいフライトですね。

[@freeflight7750]

ご視聴ありがとうございます。

[@tomcook5813]

Awesome dude!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@jimzeleny7213]

I built one of these 50 odd years ago and powered it with the Cox Pee Wee 0.020. No way it was going to fly with that tiny 5" propeller blasting up against that huge firewall. I eventually did get it to fly control line with a Golden Bee 0.049.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. I would also like to see the Guillow's control line.

[@aviathor]

Wonderful model, biplanes are very difficult to trim indeed

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. S4C took time to fly.

[@consul6262]

Really enjoyed your video, lovely build too, great work.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@gehlen52]

The Guillows Scout that I built in the late 60's didn't have the round lightening holes.

[@freeflight7750]

I opened the lighting holes myself.

[@fps079]

Very fine work. thank you for this post.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@sparkyobrian6417]

beautiful model

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you

[@jagitmax]

You did great !

[@freeflight7750]

thank you.

[@chrismofer]

fantastic build and video. I'm making an RC-converted one currently and learned a lot wathcing this. I am not a freeflight guy, and could be completely wrong, but it seemed like the setup at 5:40 was the best. perhaps a bit of up-thrust with this tune would be ideal. When you added weight to the nose and up-trim to the elevator, it started to 'phugoid' oscillate pretty hard- a strong gust causes it to climb sharply, then it falls, then climbs again. even to your last flight 8:30 it is constantly stalling and then falling and then climbing and stalling over and over. do you intend for this to happen? I think the solution is to not add so much weight to the nose, that way you don't have to compensate with very much up-elevator, and then instead compensate for the climb with up-thrust

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for your comments and advice. It is very helpful.

[@ZUSMANELEN]

Very nice model and video !😉😊😎 I cannot wait for another video about a japanese model maybe the Mitsubishi 1MF / B1M or Kawasaki ki 61 hien or Nakajima a6m rufe...🤔🤗😏

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. HIEN is an airplane that I want to build someday.

[@robertrussellmd]

This is a very excellent build. How do you adjust down thrust and left or right thrust with this model? It seems that the vacuform engine's screw on attachment to the firewall would make thrust line adjustments difficult. Well done.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. It was set at 3 degrees of down thrust and 2 degrees of offset during build. If further adjustment is required, insert shims.

[@patrick690703]

once a satisfactory glide path is obtained, gradually add a bit more down thrust each time to improve model's climb pattern~ : )

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for your advice.

[@potrzebieneuman4702]

Beautiful build but after watching the break in flights I now understand the bottle of Jim Beam. Those nose high gentle stalls were enough to make me curl into ball, so lucky it pulled out as the landing wheels touched the ground......mostly. I so much did NOT want to see it auger in.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. Since S4C is an American-developed airplane, we used bourbon, an American alcoholic beverage.

[@augustbaccari3856]

super nice

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you

[@flymachine]

Beautifully built, needed some Down thrust also you said the cause of the crash was “down rudder” you mean down elevator surely? I know these premium Guillows birds are far trickier to trim right than their simpler range but well worth the extra effort. The more I watch the more I think she needs a bit more downthrust

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for your advice. It means elevator down.

[@f4udhorn]

Acts like it needed more downthrust. Good performance for the heavyweight Guillows airplane. You need to try a lighter airplane like a Hummingbird models kit.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. And thank you for your advice.

[@damianvisser977]

Paul would be proud

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@Colin399]

Very nice, a touch of down thrust maybe?

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. This was resolved by adjusting the CG.

[@UguysRnuts]

@@freeflight7750 Too much ballast! Lighter is better. I agree with all those advising more down thrust.

[@pcka12]

This aircraft has something of the Sopwith Pup about it.

[@freeflight7750]

It certainly looks like a Sopwith Pup.

[@lrg3834]

What do you use to cut out those holes so well in the formers?

[@freeflight7750]

It's a regular utility knife.

[@lrg3834]

@@freeflight7750 , the holes appear perfect. Do you use a stencil, or are you just that skilled using freehand?

[@freeflight7750]

@@lrg3834 After making holes with a cutter, shape them with a file.

[@timokuusela5794]

I built one 30+ years ago, built it too heavy, and it did not fly almost at all. Perhaps with a COX engine, must try some day.

[@freeflight7750]

I would also like to try flying with a cox engine.

[@johnroberts3723]

Looks beautiful Tell me if I'm wrong but could it use some downthrust?.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. Down thrust is 3 degrees.

[@mk6595]

Add some down thrust, then recheck your weight balance. The down thrust will correct the persistent stalling.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for your advice.

[@jimbo2629]

You could try a little down elevator.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for your advice.

[@adrianmuino3412]

First congrats! 7:02 it seems to be a bit tail heavy.

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. In order to eliminate pitching, I think that a weight of about 4g is necessary for the nose.

[@kenrobba5831]

The die-cut parts look way, way better than I remember. But then the 18” Fokker D-7 kit cost a dollar twenty nine; frail but it flew great, until it was painted with colored dope - too heavy!!!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. It took 30 hours to adjust the die-cut parts.

[@mattluszczak8095]

Might need some down thrust?

[@freeflight7750]

It may be better to have a little more down thrust.

[@mrratskins]

what method did you use to make the holes for lightening?

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. I made the holes using a cutter and file.

[@mrratskins]

Thank you for the reply. What kind of cutter? An Xacto knife?

[@freeflight7750]

It's a regular utility knife.

[@oliverbowen17]

7:05 very scale 😂

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.

[@MMb_sans]

Can u make a video on how to make it? Cuz I have it but the instructions are to hard 😭😞😭😞😞😞

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. I also learned how to make it by watching various people's videos.

[@stephengould9385]

Would you build the plane again?

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. I want to build a different plane.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Jim Blam?? 🤣

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. Jim Beam is my favorite whisky.

[@timothyadcock5103]

The original didn’t fly so well either. 😊

[@user-wi2ki7hz8w]

Привет. Где можно купить такой?

[@freeflight7750]

Спасибо за просмотр. Я купил его на интернет-аукционе.

[@wdtaut5650]

0:20 When you have the opportunity to sing or play The Star Spangled Banner, please don't use this tempo. The song asks a question and the answer is "Yes!", a resounding "Yes!", our flag does still wave. Celebrate that victory by singing loud and proud with a joyous tempo, not the dirge used here. 7:00 and 8:30 Maybe a little down thrust would help?

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching. And thanks for the advice.

[@whukriede]

Nah, this version was very appropriate, don't you think?

[@wdtaut5650]

@@whukriede No. That's why I made the comment.

[@TSimo113]

Why are you wearing a mask outdoors with no one else around?

[@stevencoons450]

Looks great! Thanks for sharing!

[@freeflight7750]

Thank you for watching.