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|  | |  | | | E-Flite S.E.5a Slow Flyer 250 ARF RC Airplane | | | | | SKU:
61-EFL1925 | | In Stock | | Availability:
Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | | | | | Vacuum-molded foam fuselage, carbon reinforced stab, stained plywood interplane struts make the S.E.5a Slow Flyer 250 ARF Electric Warbird a pleasure to fly. | | | |
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| $89.99 | |
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| $64.99 | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 32.5 inches | | Product Width: | 8.5 inches | | Product Height: | 5.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 5.0 pounds | | Package Weight: | 6.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 1 reviews |
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Poor design, poor manufacture, poor flight characteristics Nov 16, 2011
By Reader
For several years I have owned another E-Flite slow flyer, the N-17. Once the control and power components were reconfigured, the N-17 has been a passable 3-channel flyer, assuming there is no wind. Therefore, I decided to try the SE5a, assuming it would be quite similar (the kit uses the same receiver, ESC, 2 cell LiPO and 250 motor as the N-17). I ordered the kit from ehobbies through Amazon. It arrived on time and in what appeared to be the original packaging. The price was less than $60 and shipping was free.
Condition & Quality of the kit: Unlike the N17, the fuselage seems poorly glued together and flimsy. Time and patience are required to glue it together properly. The decals were coming off already. There were no trim attachments for the flight controls, and while the instructions call for use of 12 self - tapping screws for assembly, only two were provided (the rest I had to obtain on a trip to the hobby store). Like the E-Flite N-17, the strut and carbane attachments on the wings had been pre-marked and pre cut. However, on the SE5 the alignment was off. The insert point for the landing gear was the wrong size and had to be cut out with a hobby knife. The small tubes that go through the fuselage to run the thread were clogged with paint so it was impossible to run the thread without disassembling the model again to clean out the tubes (it's the last step, so you don't notice until everything else is done). However, despite the poor kit quality the finished product looks relatively attractive, although the manifold covers and trim have a cheap appearance.
Flight experience: The slow flyer biplanes need to be flown in little to no breeze. I picked a morning with absolutely no wind. At full throttle the plane takes off and gains altitude quickly. Like other E-Flite biplanes, it is poorly balanced (this one was tail heavy) and flies best at half throttle. After 30 minutes flight time in gentle maneuvers, I tried a half throttle loop at about a hundred feet. The wings snapped at the fuselage/carbanes and the plane plummeted to the ground where it fractured like a broken egg. It will take me weeks to glue this Humpty Dumpty back together. Whether I will spend the time on a plane which is incapable of even a gentle loop remains to be seen.
The E-Flite N-17 will do loops inside of itself at either half or full throttle. I have built enough planes to know that his plane was either defectively manufactured or designed. The flawed N-17 seems like a quality product compared to the SE5a. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this.
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