Best Retracts for Mick Reeves Sport Scale Spitfire

[brobin1]

Anybody any suggestions?

[leccyflyer]

Mick Reeves does his own mechanical retracts for his sports scale kits (and the more scale ones as well others). I have a set for his FW190 and they are very well built and reasonably priced, but I have not yet used them so can't comment on how they work in practice. Certainly worth checking out though and details are there on Mick's website at http://www.mickreevesmodels.co.uk/

good luck

Brian

[easytiger]

Ask mick. He probably makes his own for that one, and his are great, and the price is right. Take his word on his recommendations, he knows his stuff. His site is there on the web somewhere. A very nice fellow.

[Tim Jonas]

I've seen EuroKit retracts used in that kit. Some folks aren't happy with the Reeves version of the Spitty...apparently very heavy and the ply that comes with it isn't the best. YMMV.

[Tim Jonas]

http://www.308hobbies.com/ProdDet1.asp?PLU=4353

[easytiger]

Ah, simultanous posting!
I have used mick's retracts, they are just great.

[brobin1]

Thanks guys - I have just ordered a set of Mick Reeves ones!

All I need to decide on now is which motor

Irvine 53 or ASP 91FS?

[Tim Jonas]

Worst engine I ever owned was an ASP.......

[easytiger]

Originally posted by brobin1
Thanks guys - I have just ordered a set of Mick Reeves ones!

All I need to decide on now is which motor

Irvine 53 or ASP 91FS?

Between those two, I would pick a Saito!

I have an ASP 80, it's OKAY, but it's no saito or OS, I have it in a CAP Gladiator, the lameness of the engine has kept me from flying it that much.
If you already have the engines above, then might as well use them, but if you are buying new...get a better engine.

[brobin1]

Ok I went ahead & bought the Mick Reeves Mechanical ones - I want to use a "Servo Slow" to slow the retract down so it looks a little bit more scale like - To do this, however, I can not use a standard retract servo, instead I must use a proportional one - Anybody any idea of a cost effective one to use?

[easytiger]

Ask mick about his own one.
Also, try setting up one retract on a board with a standard servo and a long arm. It might give enough throw, try it.

[t6driver]

Hello everybody!

I am constantly amazed by the fact that nobody even thinks of RCV engines (the "inline"ones): they are reliable, powerful, are started from behind the prop, and are the only ones that swing a scale size propeller. No lame 12" 2-blader "inside" a 6"spinner hanging from the nose of a Spitfire IX model... Never mind that the flying prop does not have to be scale, but I see otherwise very nice models spoiled by their toy propellers. A large Tempest model with a tiny prop comes to mind. What is it, are we afraid of innovations? BTW the RCV needs cooling around the fins, not difficult to do, with a little thought: in a Spit the carburettor intake would probably be adequate, exhausting the hot air behind the spinner.

Cheers!

Gastone

[easytiger]

It's because it is very hard for the average scale modeller to relate what an RCV can DO, compared to a regular four stroke. We KNOW what a .58 sized four or two stroke will do, how big a prop, how big a plane, how fast it will go, but we don't really KNOW how the same plane will fly with an RCV. I guess as more of them get out there, more people will get to see them fly, and be able to get a better idea of what they can do.

[Tom Verstappen]

Maybe you can try this one.

http://www.homestead.com/shindinmachine/

Good luck
Tom