Posted by Edge767 |
Oct 17, 2011 @ 12:02 AM | 6,530 Views
I finally got the Parkzone Bf109G put together in its Hungarian Air Force livery from WWII.
The plane I modeled is fictitious although it is inspired by the actual Bf109G flown by Laszlo Pottyondi. Pottyondi was a Hungarian ace who flew with Erich Hartmann. As my family's heritage is Hungarian, I always wanted to have at least one Hungarian plane to fly. Now I do.
I bought this plane from the LHS for $79 as a replacement airframe. I then put a Turnigy G15 motor, Turnigy Plush 40A ESC, and six blue Hextronic micro servos. I used my authentic Spektrum receiver that came with my DX8 to round out the electronics.
I also did the split-flap mod which I think came out very nicely and definitely helps to slow the plane on approach for landings.
Due to nose-overs on my first 6 landings on grass, I bent the gear to rake forward and the nosing-over has been eliminated and the plane taxis nicely now as well.
I have flown the plane now for a little over an hour over 10 flights, and it's definitely a fun plane. I could use some more authority on the elevator and rudder, but I'll fix that sometime in the future.
Otherwise, it's a fun plane to fly, and I haven't had any ground handling issues with it.