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

[rogbmw]

New here. I have a little info on the Tokio Express. My wife's father (T/Sgt Frank Price) was combat crew. I have a few pictures to share and a couple of pages of his diary.

Your wife's father and my dad were in the same squadron - the 319th! I have my dad's squadron books with pictures of your father-in-law's plane. Dad flew in the Queen Mae.

[Alpha]

Thanks for posting that tutorial, Pat! The gear doors are a fun addition for guys not worried about ground clearance on grass. The real B-24 was insanely low slung!



Heads up to anyone on the fence about this gorgeous, efficient, easy flying bomber: We've got a sale on a select number of B-24s right now. I'm usually not the guy that heavily promotes sales, but I know there are people eyeing this bird and to be frank I also know that this bird won't likely be discounted again after this sale ends for the far foreseeable future, as it's everyday price is already a bargain for a 2000mm four engined bomber.

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Silver PNP:

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[F106DeltaDart]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!! Love it. :Cool:

Thanks Hardway!

[Hardway]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!! Love it. :Cool:

[F106DeltaDart]

A few photos of my B-24 in the air this afternoon. Wind was calm, and I got in 2 flights. It is amazing how slow you can get this bird with full flaps. Will have to try 3S at some point and slow it a bit more. I don’t think I went over half throttle doing scale flying.

[NoDirt!]

Yea, I figured that's the case. Our grass is nice but not that short.

[crxmanpat]

Thanks for the tutorial. Nice job. Do you think the doors will be too low for grass?

This is the reason MRC left them off, they sit very low and will hang up on grass easily. You would have to be flying off putting green quality grass to be ok. I fly off asphalt, so no issues.

[NoDirt!]

Thanks for the tutorial. Nice job. Do you think the doors will be too low for grass?

[MikeT]

Nicely done.

Mike

[crxmanpat]

You will need the following to complete the install:

- Printed gear doors
- Two gear door servos; one regular and one reverse
- Two pushrods
- Y harness
- Sharp knife

First, peel off the gear bay plastic cover. Then you will need to trim the foam shoulders about midway down, as well as the raised foam at the ends. Once the doors are snapped in, there is a hole in the front mount for a keeper screw. You can see the hole in the pics, but I had not inserted the screw yet.

The pushrods, with the plastic keepers attached, need to be about 1 5/8", or 40mm, long. All I did was hot glue the servos in place, then connected them to the board using a Y harness as there is only one slot in the boards for the door servos. Works great!

[crxmanpat]

So you'll pretty much need 2 servos; one regular and one reverse. I just happen to have some door servos that I took out of a crashed plane. You'll also need two pushrods and a Y harness as there is only one plug slot for gear doors. Some foam also needs to be trimmed away. After pulling off the plastic cover, trim the shoulders off near the middle, and trim the raised foam at the front and back.

Got my doors printed, cleaned up, and installed. All I need to do now is paint them.

[fhhuber]

Its possible for some gear door systems to use a string or wire that is hit by the landing gear strut to pull the doors closed, spring loaded opening.

The advantage here being it never gets out of sequence. disadvantage being its a little more "fiddly" to set up.

[crxmanpat]

Not sure, but I think 2. I'm printing doors as we speak. I will let you know.

[Hardway]

Right. I have the Mossie, so I understand how it works there!!! Thanks!!!

[dkalwishky]

My "guess" is one servo will run both doors, I'll look at mine tonight.

This is what I planned on doing.

[Hardway]

One per side...
Per door. Is that correct? Mine is still in the box...
To be accurate, it is back in the box again!! I put the graphics on the fuselage and then packed her back up!!!

[dkalwishky]

The gear doors will need their own servo.

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

So just one servo or 2 for the gear doors

[dkalwishky]

It's a great flying plane. I'm going to pick up a second one.

[MikeT]

On sale at Motion save $30, might just be the motivation I needed.

Mike