Sig Spacewalker II Barn Find: After 20 years, let's get this one back up in the air.

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Sig Spacewalker II Barn Find: After 20 years, let's get this one back up in the air.

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EP 49: Found an old friend in the storage unit
As the planes are one by one moving out of storage and finding a permanent place in the shop, I came across an old friend that kind of got forgotten. Well not forgotten I guess, but left to sit in storage for too long of a time. The Sig Spacewalker II was my very first giant scale (IMAA requirements) first gasolene engine and first three piece wing. In some ways I felt like I pushed the limits on it by putting a Zenoah G-38, which is way too much power, and used 21st Century film for the covering, and had to add lead to the tail, and move the batteries back to make it balance, but she is a good flier. But due to the small shops I have had over the years, I didn’t have room to store her and maintain her, and at the same time I was moving up and building big warbirds. So it was easier to let her sit. I think it’s time to get her out and put her in the air again. 20 years have gone by. So today I will start going through the Spacewalker and make it airworthy again.
If you have questions please add them in a comment below.
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Let’s get building

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@ravebrave8866 5 ай бұрын

The Sig Spacewalker is a beauty...

@travisruss9790 5 ай бұрын

Great plane. It's unfortunate that SIG is all but gone currently after so many decades as a leader in RC aviation.

@Capgains7777 5 ай бұрын

I can’t agree more. The whole world of model airplane kits has turned upside down. I keep seeing statements of Sig being sold and moving, and coming back in 2024. Well here we are.

@Capgains7777 5 ай бұрын

I misread, the site says they bringing new products to market in 2023. Come and gone. Looks like they are planning to supply ARFs instead kits and wood going forward. 😔

@maljohn6584 4 ай бұрын

BUT THE PLANS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND I HAVE ACCESS TO THE PLANS . IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO BUOLD FROM SCRATCH. 👍

@stevelhamon2031 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, your G Man pilot figure was made by my friend Mike Sark in Bluffton Indiana.

@Capgains7777 5 ай бұрын

Is he still making pilot heads?

@stevelhamon2031 5 ай бұрын

@@Capgains7777 sorry to say no. He also made model railroad buildings and other stuff. He was in business with one of our classmates and when he passed he stopped producing pieces.

@michaelcasella4774 5 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Really really enjoy your videos. can’t wait to see this restoration series!

@IamBlackdragon 5 ай бұрын

Noticed the P47 in the background. Hope u are planning to show that one. Love Space walkers to.

@Capgains7777 5 ай бұрын

Oh yes, Bonnie is also getting worked on. Also been a while since she was up however not nearly as long. It’s really having all of my fleet in the shop so I can move from plane to plane much easier to work on them instead of in a storage unit.

@stevejohnson1871 5 ай бұрын

Spacewalkers are fun to fly

@retractor123 5 ай бұрын

Great video, very charismatic plane. Do you remember how did you do black outline strips around blue rays of the monocote?

@Capgains7777 5 ай бұрын

The covering is 21st Century film which is more like a cloth from Coverite. The blue is Rustoleum spray can. The black stripe is vinyl 1/8” automotive pin stripe. It was pretty easy to form the radius turns by stretching it gently around the star bursts. The star bursts were masked off with tape and paper first, then Rustoleum. Just for peace of mind I traced all of the pinstripe with a brushed on coat of lacquer hoping it would help hold the stripe down. So far so good on this one but I have had failures on other jobs I have done, I’m not sure the lacquer helps if the stretch is too sharp.

@robertcovell2787 5 ай бұрын

I have the same plane with the one piece wing. It's one of very few Models that I did not build. I got it dirt cheap and it needs to be stripped and re-covered. I'll probably use Sig Koveral. I have an OS 1.20 Gemini flat twin or a Gemini 1.60 ... don't know which engine I will use. I hope i'm not in for a surprise when I get the covering off but I'm a builder so I can cope.

@Capgains7777 5 ай бұрын

That sounds like a great project. You will probably be fine once you start uncovering. There is a lot of “box” construction with raised spars to create the cloth on stick look. Either of those engines will be fine for power but the boxer valve covers on the 1.6 might add a nice scale effect.

@robertcovell2787 5 ай бұрын

@@Capgains7777 Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. I really appreciate it. Both of the flat twins run very well on no nitro fuel so I can save some money and mix my own fuel. I've been doing that for many years with engines that will tolerate no nitro. And yes, that 1.60 is a mighty pretty engine.