I have the opportunity to purchase a Top Flite P47 kit. It is a similar kit to the link below. I am trying to find more information on this kit, yet finding it very difficult. Does anyone have any opinion on the kit? Would it be good buy at $80? Any other information would be appreciated.

Thanks,

http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=782692

The Top Flite P-47N is a little bit small at 3/4 inch to 1 foot scale, but the model being a Form Flite design with the fuselage pre-formed makes them a lot lighter than say the Sig/Berkeley P-47D of the same scale.

I think it was brought to market about 1964 and is the companion to the P-40F kit of the same scale and the P-51D that is larger at 1 inch to 1 foot.
They are pretty nice kits, easy to build, and simplistic as there is no provision to install retracts without redesigning the whole wing. This makes them a quick build, with emphasis on the finish, maybe cockpit detailing and the like as the big job.

I used Veco wheels back in the olden days and a JRoberts bellcrank for throttle control on a .09 r/c engine. They're fun to take off and land, running around on the ground taxiing and making touch and goes.

These days the same handle/bellcrank equipment is available through Brodak. An OS LA .09 and Robart wheels would make a sharp looking Scale model. I think mine weighed 18 to 20 ounces, on .012 lines about 40 to 45 feet. If flown in competition I think there is now a minimum line length in Scale of 52 feet so a .15 size engine could probably be used for more power and use longer lines, the model would be allowed a bit faster airspeed this way too. Whatever size, I would use a plain bearing engine to keep the weight down, as the engines in the 60's were all very light and it builds fairly light in the tail as it is.

That's what I can offer on it, one of my old favorites from my long far off youth.

Chris...

Hey Como,
Did you ever make a deal on that TF Thunderbolt?
Chris...

Originally Posted by stuntflyr

The Top Flite P-47N is a little bit small at 3/4 inch to 1 foot scale, but the model being a Form Flite design with the fuselage pre-formed makes them a lot lighter than say the Sig/Berkeley P-47D of the same scale.

I think it was brought to market about 1964 and is the companion to the P-40F kit of the same scale and the P-51D that is larger at 1 inch to 1 foot.

Chris...

Chris,
you told that "Top Flite P-47N is a little bit small at 3/4 inch to 1 foot scale" and that "P-51D is larger at 1 inch to 1 foot".

According your experience, which is the better size for a control line scale model with .15 to .19 (say 2.5 - 3.5 cc) engines ?

I need this info since I would like to built from scratch a control line scale model.
I have several plans 3/4 inch to 1 foot but they seems a bit too much small.

Thank you very much

Nowadays an .09 is good for 3/4" to 1 foot and a .15 to a .19 is fine for a 1" to 1', I think. We build lighter than we used too.
Chris...

Originally Posted by stuntflyr

Hey Como,
Did you ever make a deal on that TF Thunderbolt?
Chris...

Hi Chris,

I did not take the deal. Upon researching the price for it, I have found that if I wait I can find it cheaper.

Thank you for your response.

Chris