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Build Log PT-19 Scratchbuild Winterproject

Balsastaub — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:56:54 GMT

Hello Everybody,

maybe a strange idea to build a Plane from the scratch which is available in thousands of sizes as ARF, but I like to do it :D

Tech. data:
Wingspan 1480 mm
Walt Mitchell Plan from 1989
Hacker A30-10L Motor
3S LiPo aprox. 3300 mAh

Hope to finish this bird before the season 2010 starts...

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Discussion Do any of you guys watch TV ?

cyclops2 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:05:43 GMT

Direct TV ran a special about the WW II Horten 2 jet ...229... & how stealthy it was.
Even built a FULL 50' model with same materials.

Where is the BUILD THREAD !!!!

You guys are asleep.

Rich

Discussion Kyosho Spitfire 50 EP

Bob Watson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:48:56 GMT

I have been looking at Kyosho electric powered Spitfire 50. Those who have this plane, is she as good as she looks? What power motor and ESC are you using?

Bob

Discussion EasyTiger Models?

RICH S — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:38:04 GMT

Anyone do the Dornier or Baracuda, they both are said to be made from EPO foam and include all the running gear, kinda interesting:rolleyes:

Yippee! T-28 Flying Videos

P51wolf — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:29:12 GMT

Hey everyone!

Just some fun with the foamie again! Post some of your cool flight videos of warbird foamies! Not quite 3d, but hey its a t-28. Will post more videos. This is the same plane after hitting the pole in the first vid. The Third video is all crashes recently, the T-28 motor mount broke and the pilot ejected. All planes are back up and in action!

Enjoy

T28 Parkzone Crash into POLE! FUNNY! (1 min 21 sec)

trojan t-28 3d action (6 min 14 sec)

crashtackular (3 min 20 sec)

Question Kamodels p38 motor selection help!!

jasonetgriff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:36 GMT

I NEED SOME ADVICE.. IVE READ THE SPECS ON THE MOTORS KAMODELS SUGGESTS.BUT I CANT AFFORD TO BUT 2 AXI'S WHAT IS A GOOD COMPARABLE MOTOR THAT IS ALOT CHEAPER?? ANY IDEAS ANYONE?

THANK U MUCH

jasongriff@netzero.com

Discussion Hobbyking P-51 and Corsair

Tatonka — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:48 GMT

I've been keeping an eye on here to see if anyone has started a thread on the new brushless HK P-51 or Corsair that sell for 75.00.....Anyone have one of these yet?.....If so, what are your thoughts?

Discussion Cradle for the gunfighter

ralphieflyer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:55:47 GMT

I am thinking of building a cradle for transporting or working on my mustang. Am sick of it getting bashed around in the back of my car.
Has anyone built one for this plane? Photos, plans?

Discussion Speculations on Hangar 9's next Warbird

fnlrun — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:47:22 GMT

I'm Hopeing for a Zero--any other takers???

Cool Some Good Stuff Here, Enjoy

Pete Miller — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:30:49 GMT

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/Edwa...Edwards09.html

Discussion H9 Corsair (Electric)

Todd Breda — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:38:02 GMT

For Sale in the for sale forums.

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Discussion Future project - Best Spitfire?

Bob Watson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:03:41 GMT

My plan is to one day have a spitfire representing 309 Squadron RAF which was based at Middle Wallop during the Battle of Britain. The Spitfire is my all time favourite WW2 Plane. 309 Squadron has its roots in West Riding which was my home county for many years. The Squadron code was PR which are my initials. Plane W if she ever existed would complete the personalisation of the spitfire for me.

Consequently I wish to find a scale model of a Spitfire that I can build. I'd be happy buying a foamie or indeed a kit to build and would like to have ailerons, elevator flaps and retracts plus rudder as the ultimate.

Looking for strong recomendations on which to buy, not too big, preferably electric, i'm dubious about having a petrol engine model but will consider if i can find a suitable electric. Max size 1/12th scale.

grateful for all ideas.

Bob

Discussion A-10 Warthog by Hobby Lobby

dumorian — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:02:24 GMT

After fighting with another manufacturers A-10 foam glider, I ran across this 'New' A-10 on Hobby-Lobby. As an Electron member at Atlanta Hobby, I ordered one from them and it arrived yesterday.

So, I opened the box, took a quick peek inside and was pretty happy with what I saw and then back to work for the rest of the day. Last evening, I started my build.

It seems to me that they have been reading the forums. A lot has been addressed which were brought up as weak areas with other products. First, the foam seems a bit more dense. CF wing rod. Heavy enough LG. A very nice canopy and several other areas are nice.

The kit is not only a receiver ready ARF, but all servos, linkages, ESCs and wiring is already run. I had it RTF in about 2 hours including set times for 5 minute epoxy.

I opted for a dual receiver input on ailerons. This meant I did not use the included Y-cable, but instead provided my own short servo leads to the receiver. My kit did not include any velcro for battery hold down. I don't know if that was an oversight or the way they are. Those were the only two things I needed to add besides glue... so far.

The CF rod was just a tiny bit long. I pressed it into the foam on one side and it fit very nice. I needed to adjust the control rods to the elevator as they were set a bit high at neutral on the servo. Ailerons were a bit off from neutral, but they appear to be about perfect for aileron differential.

The instructions say to place the ESCs end to end so that the cooling fins are exposed under their vented cover. I tried to do this, but it pulled the battery connector cable into the fuse too far and would require an extension to connect the battery. I'm going to try it with them stacked and keep tabs on temps to start with.

The motors were installed... This was all just too easy and actually a delight to build. The paint and graphics are all very nice for a foam model. The pricing is certainly right as it includes the brushless outrunners, escs, servos and even a 3s 2100 lipo and charger!

I have not had the chance to do the maiden yet. I have held it in my shop, nose up and under full power it almost holds itself up. I'm doubting it will have unlimited vertical, but certainly plenty for loops. Once moving forward, it might just have enough ram effect to continue vertical for at least some distance. It is a small enough model though, that I don't expect to be flying very far away. The only other consideration I have at the moment is that the model is basically all gray. Orientation could be an issue. It does have some yellow on the tips of the fins. I suppose I could add some yellow to the tops of the wings and it would look too bad. Really, I just want to fly it and am not really worried about perfect scale looks.

There were a few parts not shown in the manual. These were decorative foam parts. They mount on the fuse and it is clear where they go into the indentations.

If this flies as good as it went together, I'm going to be a very happy customer.

Has anybody else built one of these yet? If so, how does it fly and do you have any hints?

Discussion Metal gear Digital Servoless Adjustable Landing Gear set

addict — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:54:29 GMT

Looks like Hobbyking listened and made these out of metal. Folks complained that the plastic gears were awful. Anyone try these yet?

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/s...Product=10388#

Build Log Eflite T-35 PTS into a taildragger

tshero — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:15:34 GMT

Okay, love my T-34 but needed to practice on my landings with a taildragger. Researched and read but could not find anything that I really liked other then the Kyosho planes. Wanted to go with one of them, but replacement parts are not available. So, modification time.

I first added a Du-Bro #375 tailwheel bracket kit. I ran this right up to the rod coming out of the bottom of the rudder and added a larger collar so the Wheel linkage would be locked in. Pretty easy modification.

I next started to see what I had to work with in the wings. I was hoping the block that the stock gear is attatched to was a bit bigger then it was but not so. I purchased some runners already grooved for the gear strut and added some blocks to mount it to. I used the stock hole location for where the gear strut goes into the wing as well as bending the stock gear wire. That was the toughest part.

In the end it looks pretty good and some testing proved here to steer better on the ground then it did with the trike gear. I have a set of Robart Robostruts on the way to finish it off. I was worried how she would balance but with the front stock gear and block removed a simple slide back of my battery and she's spot on.

Note......I am not sure how this would work with the stock motor/battery combo. I have been running a Turnigy C4250-700 on a 4S 4400 Lipo. An awesome power upgrade.

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Discussion The Official 3DHS Warbird thread

Ben-Rod — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:53:48 GMT

I know I know, not another 3DHS thread. Dangit I can dream tho... :D

Picture a world when an electric warbird wasn't built like a freakin tank. Came with errthing needed(hardware) to get in the air and flew light on the wing. Come on people (manufactures) lets get with the times....

Ben Rodriguez

Discussion GWS Spitfire

Edwong — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:25:54 GMT

I've been looking for a good foam spitfire thats not in the submarine colours and the GWS version seems to fit the bill.

So I want to ask what a good setup would be. I'm thinking 3 hs-55's, 1200mah 3s lipo, and a small outrunner with an 8x4 prop.

Build Log ASM 95" Wingspan A-26 Invader

FlyBoyTha1 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:29:09 GMT

Vtdeo Part 1

The ASM A-26 Twin Invader Has A 95" Wings, Here In Part 1, We Are Showing You Whats Inside The ARF Kit. I'm Going To Call The A-26 The Twin Black Bird. Look For Video Part 2 Of The Servo Installtion.

A-26 Invader Part 1 (6 min 39 sec)

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Discussion E-flite P-47 back?

faststick — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:18:31 GMT

What the heck I was just at hobby zone's site and the p-47 is back! I had to go back and double check. The old razerback is back for $79.99!

Discussion PZ F4U Corsair motor angle

Stormrider51 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:22:51 GMT

I'm a beginner at RC aircraft and purchased a PZ Corsair. I met my instructor at the field today and he was concerned about the fact that the motor seems to be angled quite a bit downward and to the right. I removed the cowl and nothing seemed to be bent or broken. So my question is, is this normal or do I have a factory defective bird? We didn't fly it today pending getting an answer.

Thanks,
John

Discussion aerobatic WWl ships

Zagabond — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:44:51 GMT

Im looking to scratch build or kit build an aerobatic WWI plane. I want something that is semi scale, looks good from a few feet away, but does everything except 3D. I prefer a bipe, but will consider a mono plane. Ideas or experience guys? Thanks.

Oh, I am looking for something in park flyer or slightly bigger, maybe 36" to 48" wing span...

Question Hanger 9 B-25

RiBell — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:14:46 GMT

My local hobby store has one of the Hanger 9 B-25's left. The ARF came out a couple of years ago. I'm kinda thinking of pulling the trigger with the plastic and snaching it up.
Does anyone have any feed back on the kit?
Thanks.
Rick

Discussion Replacing Propeller

Raehm — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:56:30 GMT

What is the correct procedure for removing the propeller on the Parkzone p-51 D BL??

New Product 68" Maxford Nieuport 28

800mZero — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:48:58 GMT

Looks like a very pretty model!

http://www.maxfordusa.com/nieuport-28glowgas68arf.aspx

Discussion Scale Bombs

Bob Watson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:42:04 GMT

Looking for a couple of approximately 1/15th scale bombs to add to a warbird for that scale effect... anyone know where to buy?

Bob

Discussion Wattage P-51D Mustang EP ARF

hobbyshopguy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:15:02 GMT

Trying to finish one now--- assembled from parts.
Anybody out there offer info on the CG location?
Would like to have this, otherwise I'll go for 30 % of span at fuse measuring from LE.
TIA-- hobbyshopguy

Discussion B-29 "FiFi" (Air Warrior??) Upgrade Questions

Kee Bird — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:52:04 GMT

Hey guys,

I'm new to the forum, and also to R/C airplanes. In the past, I've been into electric R/C cars and boats, but I've been curious about getting into aircraft.

I've got this 4-5 year old electric 4-engine B-29 "FiFi," which steers by differential thrust rather than moveable control surfaces, and I have never been able to keep it in the air for longer than 20 seconds. It flies great until I try to make a turn...tap the stick gently in either direction, and the plane cartwheels into the ground. (I don't know how well balanced the plane is...I never knew about glide tests until literally yesterday). I've had 3 catastrophic crashes that have broken the fuselage, wrecked nose gear, and bent a tailplane. But because of Elmer's glue, the plane has been restored to one functional piece every time. Fortunately, the wings have never been broken in a crash. After the last crash, however, I decided that the plane just doesn't want to fly as-is, and it now just hangs on static display from my ceiling. Lately, however, I've been wondering about getting it to fly again.

I stumbled across an old review thread from this forum yesterday, and it was only then that I learned of people actually retrofitting these B-29s with workable control surfaces and such. Does anyone know where I could get a parts list and instructions for adding the necessary servos and other parts to set the plane up with working elevators and rudder? Pictures and/or diagrams would be great, too; I know very little about R/C aircraft. Thanks!

Discussion Looking for: TBF AVENGER

inspec25 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:21:49 GMT

Hey Guys.

I am finishing up my P-51 build (hopefully before thanksgiving) and I have allowed my mind to think about my next build (while I am flying the P-51). I am interested in finding a kit, or plans for a TBF Avenger.

The P-51 that I am currently building has a wing spand of 43", so I would like to go bigger for the next bird.

Can anyone lead me in the right direction?

Thank you.

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Discussion Windrider Dauntless

jerryantczak — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:40:29 GMT

Hello everyone,
I'm getting back into RC after a six year lapse and love scale. I can't believe what has transpired in the last 6 years! I would like to know where to purchase the Windrider dauntless and what you think it. Does it come with Battle of Midway markings or Operation Torch? Lastly,how does it compare with the Parkzone scale planes ? I just got the Corsair. I am completely new in electric!
Much thanks, Jerry
PS- can the Dauntless be easily hand launched like the Parkzone? Corsair

Discussion Gws me 109

Jab69 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:44:47 GMT

Hi
Anyone know how this plane flies?
What size motor should I put in her?