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Really enjoyed this one! Great job!

that is a lovely iron i have just ordered one,i live in australia and they are a bit harder to find i have also subscribed looking forward to all your videos

thankyou for replying to my comment, i have had a dislike for arfs for some time but that does not m,ean they are bad just my opinion that corsair looks really good, i also use fabric oratex it great to see an accomplished builder enjoying his craft

I am a retired carpenter and have been in the hobby since i was a kid in school when i can find an arf that is not crap i will buy one until then i will continue to build until i cannot hold a knife any more, hopefully there are other people who feel the same way

# 8 👍 looks amazing brother 👍🤩🤩🤩

I'm so glad I somehow found a Playlist on this plane. I have committed before about Playlist. Thanks for posting

Dude it would be much better to not have any music at all than that same riff on repeat it gets so annoying that I wanna turn the video off

Please make separate Playlist for each build. I think it will help your channel. I like your builds and many other will too if they are easier to find and watch. Thanks for posting your work.

Please put each plane to it's own Playlist. You are so close to the 1000 subscribers mark.

I'd love to watch your builds. Please put the planes in their own Playlist. It's really hard to find the next part of a build when they're all over. I think doing so will help your channel grow. Best of luck. Looking forward to watching a Playlist per plane.

For anybody starting this kit, here are my two cents: The kit is old. It's from an era when the engine would just get it airborne. If you want to sport fly this thing, definitely put in some extra sticks and glue. The wing attachment method is simply awful and nearly impossible to connect on your own at the field. Absolutely add a wing tube. The instructions are good, but it's an intermediate level project with some decisions required by the builder for wing tips, windows, radio equipment, etc. Other than that, it's a really nice plane. It flies nice.

so cool seeing this cutting technology in action and wow there massive! very interesting!

Great video

#1👍 💯 awesome brother looking amazing brother.

looking good bro!

Nice technique. I would think the wood would burn when you did soldering but it just worked great.

Hey Dan, welcome back. I just recently saw that you started the videos again. I guess you have been really busy in a daily life. Good to see you again. Will be watching now.

cant get enough of this corsair! more vids please :)

I just purchased this kit unopened. It has the plans but no instruction book it says on the box it should come with one. Did yours ?

Seems that foam planes are the norm now, which I accept. It’s ok for those that are into that and honestly opens the door to many more people in the RC hobby that want to fly rather than build. I personally like to build as much or more than fly so balsa will always be my preferred choice with fiberglassing and composite mixed in. 3D printing is also the future and several examples of how planes are being printed and flown now which keeps the RC community vibrant and alive. But I’m a builder and there always will be builders that keep this portion of RC alive and well, just different from before. One thing I think you missed. You mentioned having to cut your own wood from plans and getting a laser cutter if interested. I scratch built a Travel Air from my own plans I drew from 3-views. Yes, I had to learn CAD (2D only) but it was not a steep learning curve and you can buy wood from National balsa, but if you sent them a cut file of your wood they will laser cut it for you as well. It was not very expensive and more cost effective for me instead of buying a quality laser cutter able to cut ply. So there are hybrid options out there to continue to build and with some extra time involved to learn CAD you can have wood cut from plans and you can build any plane you want and not be limited to what kits are available. That’s a bonus for me. Cheers and thanks for the video

Where do you find the aircraft plans for Lightburn

I hear and understand. Last year, I saw a very large estate sale come up, and bought a LOT of balsa, building materials, engines, tools etc. I literally packed the car TWICE to get it home, and could have bought two more loads. INSTANTLY I had a chance to jump start a hobby I'd had to put aside for nearly 40 years. And I had always been a kit and scratch builder, working from plans.....boy, did this hoard have plans... Now I was astounded at the cost of balsa, and having acquired someone's hoard, I'm back building. I figure I paid maybe $0.10 on the dollar, and wish I'd also bought his C/L planes...many of which went for as little as $20...most were twin engine, so consider that too. AND NOW I nearly had a stroke looking at materials costs. EGAD!!! The other side of this is buying radio gear....I can build a pretty complete 8-channel set for less than $200, and the options for adjustments and programming....jeez. A long time since I'd seen my first R/C model in 1959, with a single TUBE channel and rubber-powered escapement setup. New servos at 3.7 grams, for less than $6 each? Wow. Buy ONE transmitter and program up to how many planes? Mind blown. Long time since I built my ACE R/C four-channel in the 70s.... Another problems is the aging of the hobby. I'm nearly 71, and seeing the youngest guys in most clubs is in their 40s and 50s. Also moribund websites and Facebook pages...if their admins don't get their algorithms in gear, visitors (IF ANY!) will just slide away. Keep 'em coming, and consider may be cutting out semi-kits, if people provide the balsa etc,?

Good information. I was going to go with the laser setup. But I am really comfortable with the Router. So nice having the machine handle the tedious stuff.

Been building since 1978. A lot of companies are gone. Even composite kits are gone. Its a shame. It really hurt when Royal and top flight went away.

That’s cool! Learned something new about LightBurn. Where did you get the digital file for the gee bee?

very cool i need a laser cutter and to learn so i can make parts

I have a scroll saw . Works good . Balsa planes are more repairable than the arf's

this is interesting, wonder if glassing the doors area and then cutting them out after it’s cured to make them uniform

You can do it. Yeah, F4U.

Damn fine color , a cuv of a different color 🎉

On a positive note, Old School model works is growing, he plans to get out 2 new kits a year (I believe) so maybe some hope? I find the hardest things to find are specialized building supplies like covering irons (so I bought a couple recently) and iron on covering also seems to be somewhat limited. A guy at my last club has 3d printed some planes but that and foam does not do all that much for me. I even have some lovely composite gliders, but nothing beats balsa for nostalgia and flying performance (and just fun to build). I hate working with foam and composite when things require modding or repair. Happy to say I wont be paying for AMA or a club going forward as I am fortunate to acquire access to a large piece of land (which sadly is not an option for a lot of modelers).

Thank you for this video and topic. I was heavy into the hobby starting back in the mid 80's and got out of it in 1999 due to life changes. I was fortunate to learn scratch building from plans from Jack Doorman who was a close friend of Dave Platt. I learned a lot from them. It is the only way I like to build aircraft. Speed up to now, I am semi retired and trying to get back into the hobby, I can't believe all the changes and companies that are no longer around our local hobby shop of 54 years is gone. All I see at the flying field are these foam premade crap electric planes. It seems no one likes to build anymore. To me building the aircraft is most of the fun for me. I still have most of all my RC Stuff and a lot of Scale plans. I'm hoping to start back building and flying again after I get a workspace setup. Also looks like drones have created problems for the RC guys, I need to look into it more but now you have to register your model with the FAA ? and have some kinda black box on board ? I used to just go over on the old beach road to fly my planes when the field was closed but not that is no longer aloud. I see our flying field which was an old Navy practice field is now all solar panels. I'm looking for another field to go to but the closest one looks looks like about 35 miles from me. I hope we will still be able to get balsa and ply. Looking forward to seeing your progress on the Corsair.

Large Scale RC airplane models are Dinosaurs. .. period. Long term complex builds involving surprising costs.. and which invariably leave a Debris field on their inevitable 'crashes'. Also Increasingly difficult to find flying sites 🙂 and then there are the FAA size rules . Choose to Follow them or Not. Many long time Airplane modellers end up building Free Flight type stick and tissue models. The Ultimate level in Skills... both in building and flying.

With all these dying clubs where is everyone even flying

Started in 1976 and miss the way it used to be. Like everything else, it all went to China and here we are. RTF appeals to far more than building even a basic trainer or sport model but sadly most will never know how different and solid a balsa model feels to fly - especially one you built

I built my first balsa plane in 1968. That led to a career in aviation, but I never gave up the building and RC flying…all the way through 52% self designed planes. I have seen the quality of balsa go down, as we cleaned out the rain forests, and the lack of interest in any real hobbies go away with the younger generations. I switched to restoring a full scale Stearman, and if you think balsa is scarce, try finding aircraft grade spruce! But…in response to your question, I don’t think balsa is being grown as a renewable resource. To me it’s just as fun inventing designs with newer composites.

Been in the hobby since 1976. After they started flooding the market with flimsy foamies and the COVID the market was hit hard. Aeroworks is gone Great Planes is gone. I build and fly. My opinion if is not balsa is not a plane, it's a toy. Going back to basics....plans, balsa, and an exacto knife. AMA is rolling over and dying

Value hobby sales a good selection of arf balsa planes and they fly amazing! I've got a few of them so far!

I still love my balsa planes! I have about 10 now dating back to the late 70s ! Working on a Midwest sweet stick and the aerostar 40! They are ready for covering!

Im 61 now and have been flying balsa rc glow engine planes since 1986. Ive seen a lot of changes in the hobby and its sad not to have the variety and choice we once had. Great video by the way and very well presented.

I have been at this since 1966. I do mostly large ARFs now but do a lot of repair jobs for folks. I have a huge stash of balsa that I use so I havent bought any in a while. I notice the ARFs use less and less balsa. Looks like obechi. Is there an issue with balsa supply? Seems like spruce is gone. Not a good data point, but at Michaels craft store a package of 4 1/16x3x36 was over $25!!! I remember when a sheet was 35 cents and a Beginners Ringmaster kit was $1.50. I just checked balsa USA. They seem to have plenty, but the prices are eye popping. $2200 for a Stearman kit. Another issue with building is no more covering. Just Ultracoat now.

I have been watching this build since you started, great build. Just curious, where do you store these large birds when they are all built? Also, has big is your hobby room where you are doing the build?

Just started flying in 2009. Started with foam planes but my buddy built, designed several balsa planes. He was always trying to get me into building a balsa plane. I built my first kit Sig Fourstar 20 EP three years ago and just finished my second plane the Sig 1/6th Clipped wing cub. Jeff in LA USA

I’m building a 1/4 scale Citabria and was looking into a covering like this. Glad I found your video✈️

In the last year I finally have the time to consider building balsa planes again. I source my plans from Aerofred or Outerzone and although the plans are free you still have to print them out so there is a cost there. I use a small cnc dremel router to cut out the ribs formers etc, a laser would save a bit more wood. The problem going laser or cnc router is the learning curve to transfer the plans to Cad, then create the toolpaths for the cnc/laser, then finally cut the bits out. The software can be a major cost, it can be done for free or low cost but if you want a "Just works" solution you will pay! I live in New Zealand and getting building supplies is my biggest problem. My nearest hobby shop is 3hrs drive away and they have some balsa, no carbon and no covering material. At least online I can get decent supplies from elsewhere in the country or from overseas but it takes some research to find the best options. I thought in retirement I would have more time for ....... I have been so busy, thats a good thing. Take care, get some air under your wings

Your video just showed up in feed. Gonna subscribe to you. I think a lot of new pilots just dont wanna take the time to learn skills and just want up in the air quickly. So companies like Horizon tailer to the buyers basically. There are old schoolers out there. I bounced around between foam and foamboars (Flitetest) planes for a while... And last year i became super excited about balsa and balsa building. Trying to share as much of that kind of stuff that i can on my channel. And yeah i dont see Balsa USA going anywhere. One i wonder about is Sig.

I miss the variety of kits that we used to have

Pilot is still around but maybe not kits they are ARFs probably like extreme flight most are sold as soon as the container is unloaded.

I love balsa built airplanes and have been flying since 1987. I build kits and also very much enjoy scratch building. The hobby has drastically changed for the builders and materials are getting harder to come by. Hobby shops closing are a sad part of this as well. I'm an old skool nitro guy that loves the smell and the mess. I like the odd airplanes but also fly helis.

I'm late. Life was rough. Finally got into rc planes 5 years ago. Last winter got a small 4 Chanel balsa kit. Wow what a good learning experience. On 2nd one. I self taught on foam. I plan to step up building as my old rear let's me. I think it's as fun as when I was (young) building motorcycles/cars. We'll the mini bikes started it. Everyone enjoy!