Reply With QuoteLooks great!
Would love a full size one of these!
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Looks great!
Thanks Ian, I mainly fly aerobatic models but I do love my warbirds for a nice scale flight, also have a much larger P-47 also known as the ThunderboltOriginally Posted by Velorum
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It looks electric - right?
What is it constructed from?
Yes it's electric, although started its life with a small glow engine, it's constructed from balsa wood
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Not quite the same but I'll be taking my Mavic drone out today.
Safe flying :)
Way to go! Watching airplanes always gives me the goosebumps.
Would love a full size one of these!
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It looks lovely - great scale detail
Whats the wingspan?
I think we need some more photos Matt. Please
Yes, some close ups of the engine bay and radio installation would be interesting.
At the Club now so took some more pics, to be fair it needs a bit of tlc really, bit of the rudder missing if you look closely, it was a freebie from another club member so not moaning :)
Only a small model Ian, maybe 1.2m wing span, not too fussed about the rudder as it flies okay, just looks like it's back from an air raid and a bit shot up from a FW190 :)
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So about 36" span then
It looks even better in those pics!
Looks great that!
I had some stick time on one of my models yesterday, a 2.6m electric motor glider, it's a very relaxing way to spend an hour or so.
Might try to get some more in today.
Retracting undercarriage or does it come down on its belly?
Hand launch no under carriage
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Yes very relaxing flying gliders, not had one for a while but may get one for this winter for some slope soaring
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Quick can of pop, thirsty work this, then time for the acrowot!
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I've been thinking of ordering one of those Chris Foss acrowot's for a while, what are your impressions?Quick can of pop, thirsty work this, then time for the acrowot!
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Nice to see the Breitling cap too, my choice is a Bremont cap and some Randolph Aviators.
In my defence, my day job is aircraft, so I don't feel too bad about the aviators!!
I'm more of a Serengeti man :)
You can't go wrong with the acrowot foamy or IC, I've flown both, although the foamy version is only a 3s model they have plenty of power
So vertical climbs to do square loops ect are good, brilliant model for knife edge maneuvers too, if your into that kind of flying?
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COG was a bit tail heavy on the Spitfire, so added some type weights up front, so will get rid of all the elevator trip that I had to put in during its flight next trip out with it
She was a pig to land, kept trying to to stall on approach, you need to fly her in on some power quite low, then throttle off at the last min, typical warbirds lol
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4x 10g weights epoxied in, I taped them on before the second flight and it seemed to do the trick, Christ that first flight was hairy
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How did the drone flying go Alistair?
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I have a Wot-4 and an RC Saab Viggen.
Another Youtuber I know made this fantastic video with his RC Spitfire.
Great video!
Thanks for sharing the Video, a bit close to the tree at 1:15 :)
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Amazing video, so exhilarating!
Whilst I too like the video, the RC model flyer and aviation professional in me thinks it's incredibly irresponsible and assuming he's in the UK a serious breach of the Air Navigation Order...
Sorry to be a party pooper, but for FPV to be legal, it has to be carried out with an observer who isn't wearing any FPV goggles and has the aircraft in line of sight at all times. I'd be very surprised given how low and how far away the aircraft flew in the vid that it's compliant.
Another of his videos is even more stupid, he takes the spitfire above the clouds (way above the 400ft ceiling for model aircraft) and becomes a serious hazard to full size aircraft.
https://youtu.be/X_w0unCngEk
I hope for his sake his identity isn't easily linked to his videos, the CAA regularly trawl the web for this sort of stuff.
Aside from that, videos like that give the hobby a bad name...
Not being an RC model flyer none of this occurred to me
I had always thought that it was an unregulated activity unless the model was above a certain size and weight
I'm not yet at that sort of level, but all my aircraft are fairly modestly powered, and I'd like something that was a bit quicker and manoeuvrable.
I've got a couple of RC helicopters too, and they keep me on my toes flying wise, but I must admit I'm preferring fixed wing flying these days.
Every model aircraft flyer is bound by the ANO at a basic level, but of course the rules become more stringent the larger (heavier) the aircraft.
CAP 658 covers it all. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/...une%202013.pdf
The recent availability of affordable and reliable FPV kit has meant a proliferation of this sort of long distance flight, and I know it's something the CAA and government are getting increasingly concerned about.
The proliferation of irresponsibly flown drones is bringing the issue even more to the fore, albeit the CAA are resisting wholesale regulation and are aiming to be measured in their approach.
There are other parties who aren't so sympathetic though.
Anyway, I probably sound like a right victor meldrew now, so I'll just say safe flying everybody.
Tooks is correct here, with the increase in popularity with drones we have had an increase in irresponsible pilot/flyers, and it had drawn an interest to the hobby in general by the relevant authorities.
Even the BMFA (British model flying association) has incorporated extra drone related questions into their A test, the A test is an achievement scheme run by the BMFA, but is also used by clubs to test the level of competence of a flyer.
The drones and FPV flying have certainly bought negative attention to the hobby, but the same can be said for irresponsible fixed wing flyers too, lets face it, every un-piloted model is a drone at the end of the day, it's just that drones as we call them can be taken off from a back a garden so that means more being flown in the wrong places, ever houses, people ect, whereas fixed wing tends to be used in open spaces like the beach, fields ect!
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The spitfire and acrowot look super. I can fly slope soarers (all sorts of aerobatics) and helicopters (basic but all orientations) - and the question is whether the acrowot or wot4 would be a better first powered fixed wing for me? (Foam versions.)
I like Chris Foss's stuff, I have an old phase 6 :)
Although in my opinion the Wot4 isn't a trainer/first model, if you have orientation due to flying gliders you maybe okay, you can always tame it down on the rates, the Acrowot has always been regarded as a step up from the wot4 but I don't think there's much in then with regards performance, and I've flown and owned both models in IC and foam
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At my club they use WOT4s for training. I learnt on a Yeti flying wing, but it was too light to take my test on so ended up buying a WOT4 Foam-e for that purpose. It's a great all rounder.
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