Official FlightLine RC 2000mm B-24D/J Liberator Thread

[loki255]

I finished the preliminary assembly of the silver Liberator, my faithful assistant Freya was also pictured taking her hour long mandated nap.
The Lib had the yellow rudders so I primed them with white and black latex before a coat of Krylon rattle can aluminum and blue.
I taped on some of the the nose and canopy for the maiden as she will be getting an overall paint job and detailing this winter.
Got a picture of the plane after the maiden, sorry it's dark as it was dusk and the sun had ducked behind the trees and light was going pretty quick.
I CGed her with two 3S 5000s but found her to be a bit tail heavy so I put in some 4S 3300 which moved the CG forward a bit, but she was still a skoch, a scientific term(?), tail heavy. I flew her with the 4S 3300s and found she was pretty fast and leapt off the runway after a very short run. She was very tame on the flight, 3 minutes, and it was without incident and landed finding the batteries were down with 78% still remaining.
Second flight with fresh batteries was also uneventful with 6 minutes dialed into the timer and landed with mixed throttle at 67% remaining in each battery.
She settles in really well on final to touchdown, I really like this plane. With the 4S she took off in shorter distance than my F-86, and I'm pretty sure she will outrun her escorts...
I did have an issue with the left flap after landing it would not go up; but after unplugging and re-plugging the batteries it will go back up????
I did upgrade the struts but the props are stock. I'll put a little nose weight in and try to fly her next week with the 3S batteries.
Again very pleased with this girl and a welcome addition to the hangar.

[Merry Boozer RC]

New to hobby squawk but we absolutely love our B-24 I actually can’t believe this was brought out in foam. The B-24 is one of the finest models ever available from motionrc and flys as good as she looks. It’s a show stopper every time I take it out and I absolutely love honoring my grandfathers memory every time she flys

[Merry Boozer RC]

[jonnikins]

Hi guys ,i'm back in business after the motor problem I found just as I was about to maiden my B24 . Motion rc were great and sent me a replacement with no quibble . shame that Fedx messed up on the delivery but it got to me in the end. replacement was no great problem and after waiting for suitable weather I got to maiden my baby 3 days ago . It was stunning , took off on just about half throttle and climbed out calm and steady , only needed slight left and down trims and it was rock solid .Just love the landing on full flap , just close throttle gently and flare as the ground arrives or throttle up a tad if I look to be coming up short . so far have had 3 flights with 2 take offs and landings on the 3rd flight , was very proud of all 4 landings as the plane made me look really good and really fills you with confidence . Since pride comes before a fall I had better shut up now and just get on with more flights when time and weather permit . I can't praise Motion Rc enough for their service and products must be the best model firm I have dealt with and will recommend to all .
cheers for now ..

[Hardway]

Looks great!!! Good luck on the maiden and many blessings Bro!!! Jerry

[Squatch23e]

My FlightLine B-24 Liberator ready for a maiden tomorrow! A few custom paint touches, and markings from Callie Graphics.

[Mikdys]

Thanks for your greeting - when we moved to East Anglia we rented a house not far from Mildenhall and an American family, newly based in the area, rented it after us when we moved further east (I showed them around the property when they were considering it). It's a small world really!

Cheers for now :)

[boomer108]

Welcome to the Squawk Mikdys! Great pictures and what historical place to fly from, that's what I always enjoyed when I was stationed at Mildenhall Raf with the Air Force KC-135s all that history from WW II in the UK.

[Mikdys]

2 more pics

[Mikdys]

Greetings from the UK!

I fly RC at Seething airfield in Norfolk UK, where B-24s were stationed in WW2, and I thought it would be neat to buy the Flightine model because of the connection. Model flew for the first time a few days ago, flown by my friend who always helps me with first flights and trim set-up etc, and we took some video from the front turret. The plane looked great flying above the old peri' track and you could imagine it being 75 years ago! I've uploaded some photo's below and here's a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjgj...ature=youtu.be

[tengarang]

Hello again,
I'm up to no good as usual, I guess! My club is having a "EDF Jet Jam" on August 10 so I am getting ready for that. I post on a bunch of threads here, not just this one! So you may catch me elsewhere here on the squawk.
I don't have a lot of pics of my B24.... :disappointed_reliev

thats good news , have a good time at the jet jam

[themudduck]

How are you sir...

Hello again,
I'm up to no good as usual, I guess! My club is having a "EDF Jet Jam" on August 10 so I am getting ready for that. I post on a bunch of threads here, not just this one! So you may catch me elsewhere here on the squawk.
I don't have a lot of pics of my B24.... :disappointed_reliev

[tengarang]

Hey there Teng.... That is an absolutely AWESOME picture. Now, I have to chuck all of mine In the trash.... LOL

How are you sir, i sincerely apologize in the much delayed, my baby girl was just delivered on the first of July, and i was essentially engulfed with maternity tasks, i literally just logged on right now this is the second post since i logged in.

Hows it been going? hope all is good.. its going to a busy streak to check in on squak posts due to the new change in pace. i just hate leaving people hanging and it had to happen on this thread....its consistent with my luck... anywhooo thank you for the kind comments but im sure you have some very cool photos which i still need to skim this thread once things "die down over time"

Take good care man and thanks again.

[taz101]

Hi guys , was all set to maiden my b24 when about to load plane into car ( it fits assembled into my Hyundai IX35 suv , very handy ) I was fiddling with the props (as you do) when one motor made a grinding sound and seized solid . Not a good start with 25% failure rate on motors .Have e-mailed motion and got a ticket number and am waiting to hear back from them . sounds like the motor has dropped a magnet or some such .I have removed motor and checked for foreign bodies jamming things up but can find nothing . will let you know outcome of this sad saga . Does any body know if the are still selling the 3d printed part set as I can not find it in the spares section of motion website
Regards Jonnikins.

The 3D printed parts are under "Upgrades" not spare parts!!

LURCH

[jonnikins]

Hi guys , was all set to maiden my b24 when about to load plane into car ( it fits assembled into my Hyundai IX35 suv , very handy ) I was fiddling with the props (as you do) when one motor made a grinding sound and seized solid . Not a good start with 25% failure rate on motors .Have e-mailed motion and got a ticket number and am waiting to hear back from them . sounds like the motor has dropped a magnet or some such .I have removed motor and checked for foreign bodies jamming things up but can find nothing . will let you know outcome of this sad saga . Does any body know if the are still selling the 3d printed part set as I can not find it in the spares section of motion website
Regards Jonnikins.

[Steelon Steel]

THanks for the invite Marc,

What's up guys checking in this thread. A Proud Owner of the Liberator. Love flying this thing on 3s for long range missions

Its a gooney bird!

[themudduck]

Hey there Teng.... That is an absolutely AWESOME picture. Now, I have to chuck all of mine In the trash.... LOL

[tengarang]

THanks for the invite Marc,

What's up guys checking in this thread. A Proud Owner of the Liberator. Love flying this thing on 3s for long range missions

[xviper]

hi guys ,thanks for the advice .The arms were both in very similar positions ,it seemed that length of travel was the cause of the problem . As it all seems to be working fine now I will fly it and hope for the best
regards Jonnikins .

Is this a brand new plane that you are about to maiden? If so, the control surfaces can be a bit stiff out of the box and all should be "exercised" manually (without the rods attached) before completing assembly.

[jonnikins]

hi guys ,thanks for the advice .The arms were both in very similar positions ,it seemed that length of travel was the cause of the problem . As it all seems to be working fine now I will fly it and hope for the best
regards Jonnikins .