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

[xviper]

Is there a spot to put a servo in there

I take it you got the ARF version? No door servo? If it's the PNP, the servo should be there.

Hmmmm, I just looked. There is no ARF, only PNP. What happened to your door servo?

[dkalwishky]

I had a buddy 3D print the doors for me, this winter I'll be working to get them installed.

[crxmanpat]

Is there a spot to put a servo in there

Yes, there are pockets on both sides of the opening to install the door servos. There is one servo for each side. And as xviper stated above, there is a spot in the control board for the nose door servos that has the delay already built in.

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

The gear doors should be on its own servo, which is connected up with the control board. When the retract switch is operated, the control board has a delay that opens the door first and closes it last. Yank out the gear plug from the RX but leave everything else hooked up to the control board and use a servo tester to run the retract. The door should open and close accordingly.

Is there a spot to put a servo in there

[xviper]

How do you get the nose gear doors to go up or down when the gear retracts

The gear doors should be on its own servo, which is connected up with the control board. When the retract switch is operated, the control board has a delay that opens the door first and closes it last. Yank out the gear plug from the RX but leave everything else hooked up to the control board and use a servo tester to run the retract. The door should open and close accordingly.

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

How do you get the nose gear doors to go up or down when the gear retracts

[boomer108]

Welcome Captain! That plane is beautiful. :Cool:

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

I'm going to buy the silver version soon and use a single 3s 8000mah Lipo for it

[Elbee]

Photos of my B-24.. :)

CA, Beautiful job on your LIberator and Welcome to Hobby Squawk. Best, LB

[Boots Whirlygig]

That’s awesome Captain Awesome!

[themudduck]

Its a beauty, Cap'n, awesome pictures and video. I think you are ready to make a full-length movie. You just need some actors!

[Captain Awesome]

Photos of my B-24.. :)

[Captain Awesome]

On our last bit of fall sunshine in Western Washington, I was able to take to the skies with my recently built 78" wingspan Consolidated B-24J Liberator. This one in particular has been custom-painted and given a livery that matches a real bomber that flew in the South Pacific from 1944 to 1945 in World War II. This particular aircraft is from the 372nd Squadron, of the 307th Bomb Group. Known as the "Long Rangers" they flew missions that spanned thousands of miles, at night, over what was mostly open-ocean. My grandfather, Elwood T. Lippincott was Squadron Commander of the 372nd, and flew with many brave crews, including that of famed Olympic Runner, and the Subject of the film "Unbroken", Louis Zamperini. This is the first of two builds, with my next B-24 project will be an accurate representation of the plane that my grandfather flew on his first, and notable mission to bomb Wake Island in December of 1942.

[skrez]

Thank you all for your kind words of welcome and friendly advise. I can`t say enough about MotionRc, I ordered the plane on Sunday and it arrived today. I briefly looked at the contents and it looked great and very well packed. I will spread on my workbench this weekend to take a parts inventory .
Regards,
Frank

[Woodcock]

Welcome, Skrez! This is a great forum and the feedback is quick and accurate. I am envious of your purchase, :Cool: though there is a WWII bomber in my 2019 Buy List. Best to you and yours, LB

Basically what he said. Welcome.

Woody

[Elbee]

Hi Guys, I just purchased the B-24 and joined Hobbysquawk because of all the great info here. Regards, Frank

Welcome, Skrez! This is a great forum and the feedback is quick and accurate. I am envious of your purchase, :Cool: though there is a WWII bomber in my 2019 Buy List. Best to you and yours, LB

[themudduck]

Hi Guys,
I just purchased the B-24 and joined Hobbysquawk because of all the great info. here. I was thinking of going the 3s rout , I have some Admiral 3700 that I use for my FMS B-25. What kind of flight times can I expect with these? Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Frank

Hey Frank,

I'm at work (ha ha, they don't know I'm on here) so I can't tell you what my timer is set for. But I'll say that I haven't really wrung it out yet to see how long I can fly. I'm using the same Admiral 3700's. The plane flies with the throttles cracked and I fly and fly until I get tired and then the batteries are at 3.9v per cell or something, so they obviously can go for a long time. Now if you fly like a maniac at full throttle, doing stuff this plane wasn't meant to do, I suppose it will use the batteries up a lot quicker!

I'll check when I get home and amend this post with what my timer is set for.

[rifleman_btx]

If i ever get to the point i can afford this plane, im definitely going 3S on it. Just to keep her tame and more scale in effect

[skrez]

Hi Guys,
I just purchased the B-24 and joined Hobbysquawk because of all the great info. here. I was thinking of going the 3s rout , I have some Admiral 3700 that I use for my FMS B-25. What kind of flight times can I expect with these? Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Frank

[dkalwishky]

I've already given the STL files to one of my guys to print.