Originally Posted by StangBanger

Chuck...how much to ship the wreck to Alberta, Canada? Just curious...and a bit of a vulture...

Simon, I’d pull the motors, ESCs, and retracts. If you’re interested in just the foam, I can check into packaging it as small as possible and shipping it.

PM or email me, if you want to discuss this more.

Originally Posted by Evan D

The P-38 flies very light even with heavier batteries. No fear!

I agree. She is on the heavy size, for a plane of this size. Definitely keep the speed up in the turns. Landing, though, you don’t have to land crazy fast. You can definitely land slow enough for a nice flare. I’ve always liked the wing loading of my P-38. It has always been a go-to plane on windy days.

I’m really looking forward to getting the new one up and flying.

This plane really does not like crosswinds on landing.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Man this is one heavy airplane! I haven’t flown mine yet been fooling with it off & on. How fast are you landing this model? I am thinking about 40-45% throttle. I had to add 6 pounces of nose weight, the Hobbystar battles I am using weight 8.4 as opposed to the suggested batteries that weigh 10.4 oz, so I am starting 4 oz in the hole.

Has anyone weighted their model, if so what is it

Thanks, Ken

Mine weighs 4.1 kg in total with a single battery 4s 7000mA 80C, 590 grams (so-called RC-Car battery) I understand your concern regarding the weight. I bought my P-38 used. Once home, I put it together for the first time, weighed it and thought: this is a brick for display only! And the battery was not even included! But I was convinced here, in this forum, that weight was not a problem, which raised my self-confidence before the first start. I just made sure to have a little weak headwind, as help the first time. Personally, I think it's easier to land a slightly heavier model. It is less sensitive to possible turbulence near the ground. I usually land with the throttle closed, or almost closed on the final. The propellers spin freely and brake nicely then.

Peter

Originally Posted by Pavel Pankratov

This plane really does not like crosswinds on landing.

I can't say that that has been my experience.
In fact I would say that most of my lightly wing-loaded planes are more skittish in a crosswind than the P-38.

I agree Doug.

+2 in agreement with Doug. I flew mine yesterday midday at the club field. The wind had most everyone out of action. I reached for the big P-38 and logged two flights while everyone watched with admiration. Both landings were flawless greasers. It actually drew applause from some of the newer members.
She never disappoints! 😎

+4. I’ve never experienced a problem with crosswind takeoffs or crosswind landings. With the high wing loading of this aircraft, it’s a great windy-day (including crosswinds) flier. Rudder and throttle are your friends when landing.

Hi All,
Finally get to building mine. I guess its an older version as none of the control linkage were installed. It also only had 5 sets of screws (don't know if thats right as the manual indicated ones I did not have-ordered replacements from motion). Idk if its my covid fever or if I'm missing something - in regards to the esc wires, do you NOT pull 1 red wire and just Y them together? Never had a multi engine plane before.
thx for any assistance/direction-sorryif this is a redundant question.

On this you don't need to pull a red. Just Y them...

And you don't have to Y them, if you've got an available channel to give each throttle its own channel (and mix them with the rudder). I agree with Evan, there's no need to pull the positive wire out of either throttle cable.

The only time you need to pull the red wire is if you're running a separate BEC.

Since we're on the topic of a fresh build. I highly recommend doing a Y-connector for a single battery pack. I use the HRB 4s 5000. It gives plenty of punch and balances perfectly.

Ute, I have quite a few 4S-5AH batteries and I use them. However, after losing my first P-38, due to a battery that took a shat during the initial climb out, I prefer to run dual batteries with a parallel power harness ( both batts feeding both motors). It’s all about what you feel presents the most risk and what you’re willing to do to mitigate that risk.

Great post!