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

[F106DeltaDart]

They were mentioned at release as being an upgrade part that would be coming soon.

[MikeT]

Two more months and no nose gear doors...

Never offered to the best of my knowledge.

Mike

[rifleman_btx]

I didnt think I ever seen one.

[xviper]

Two more months and no nose gear doors...

What did I miss? The B-24 has nose gear door? Mine doesn't. Or did someone say they were making some?

[RickVB]

Two more months and no nose gear doors...

[Hardway]

I ordered the graphics from Callie for my silver 24 that is still in the box... Don’t know when they will get applied! LOL. Life Is busy busy busy at the moment.... oh well. Still very thankful for all the blessigs! :Cool:

[Sky Wolf]

I was thinking more about dirt getting in the retract but I doubt that's an issue. I would make sure the retract isn't binding in the mount.

I’m in agreement with TI. Could they be binding in the wheel well? I was wondering the same about your field. Markham has a really nice surface, much like the one I fly at. One thing that was an issue with the FMS gear was the housing around the gear plate was very prone to cracking if semi-hard landings or touch downs occurred. I haven’t had any issues with mine since I replaced them with the newer version a couple of years ago.

I hope that that the replacement of the harness and the addition of a BEC does the job for you.

[TiredIronGRB]

I'm flying from an asphalt runway at Markham Park in Sunrise. Could be some of the issue as it is clearly rougher on the retracts than grass. I have installed the suspension struts on all the warbirds (both B-24's, 1600mm Spitfire, and the 1700 mm P-51) except my Corsair which may soften the punch on the retracts but it still is rock hard asphalt. I have also replaced on all my planes all the main wheels and tail wheels with either Robart or Hanger 9 rubber wheels which gives them less bounce than the foam wheels, longer/better wear and somewhat lessens the asphalt impact. With that said, I'd be lying if I said all my landings are perfect with minimal impact.

I was thinking more about dirt getting in the retract but I doubt that's an issue. I would make sure the retract isn't binding in the mount.

[Hugh Wiedman]

What type surface are you flying from?

I'm flying from an asphalt runway at Markham Park in Sunrise. Could be some of the issue as it is clearly rougher on the retracts than grass. I have installed the suspension struts on all the warbirds (both B-24's, 1600mm Spitfire, and the 1700 mm P-51) except my Corsair which may soften the punch on the retracts but it still is rock hard asphalt. I have also replaced on all my planes all the main wheels and tail wheels with either Robart or Hanger 9 rubber wheels which gives them less bounce than the foam wheels, longer/better wear and somewhat lessens the asphalt impact. With that said, I'd be lying if I said all my landings are perfect with minimal impact.

[Hugh Wiedman]

Hugh, I don’t own the Libby yet, but I haven’t seen many posts on retract problems. But I do have a buddy, “Dahawk”, who owns it. He hasn’t mentioned any retract issues.

Now the 1700mm P-51 was a big issue. There were many issues with the original retracts, as well as with some of the later replacement retracts, as the manufacturer changed them, but didn’t completely resolve the issues. Out of the box, both retracts died immediately when I hit the switch. I didn’t purchase it at Motion, but from a local hobby shop who had it on consignment. I ordered new retracts from Motion, but one of them had the same issue, it burned up. Motion immediately replaced it once they had the manufacturer ensure them they were the newer version. Haven’t had any issues since then.

Is your 1700mm P-51 fairly new, or an older version? (I bought mine in 2014) I will also tell you that I replaced both of the wiring harness/ribbons in it. That seemed to really make a difference in the operational functions.

The 1700mm P-51 is a newer version, about a year old with the upgraded motor and prop. The original retracts worked for only 3 flights before they did not have enough guts to bring the gear up during flight. I had to go inverted to retract the gear. I then replaced them with the metal retracts, which from the get go had more stamina. Eventually, after maybe 25 flights, they occasionally didn't work at all and had to recycle them in flight to get them down or up. Recently replaced them again with new metal retracts along with the wiring harness, wire boards, and added an independent 8amp BEC to make sure I had continuous and consistent power. So far, that seems to have done the trick, but I constantly monitor them and keep several spares in reserve. I'm sure that I'm destined to replace them again in the future.

[TiredIronGRB]

Anyone having any problems with the retracts? When I first bought the Olive B-24, the right retract wasn't working at all. Motion replaced it immediately. Yesterday, after about 20 flights, noticed the left retract occasionally would not come down, had to recycle it several times to land. On the bench, it continued with problems, but when it did work, it was much slower than the other. Checked all connections, then swapped it out with a new one (yes, I always keep plenty of replacement parts in the shop for all my planes). This now works fine, but thought it was odd to have 2 retracts go bad so soon. I only have a few flights with the silver B-24 so haven't yet experienced any retract issues. Just wondered if I'm the lucky one or is it more common than I think. This isn't unusual for me, as I've already replaced several non-functioning retracts in the FMS 1700mm P-51 and 1400mm Corsair. So far, all original retracts in the 1600mm Spitfire, but always have to check every planes retract before flying as this seems to be a somewhat regular issue for me.

What type surface are you flying from?

[Sky Wolf]

Hugh, I don’t own the Libby yet, but I haven’t seen many posts on retract problems. But I do have a buddy, “Dahawk”, who owns it. He hasn’t mentioned any retract issues.

Now the 1700mm P-51 was a big issue. There were many issues with the original retracts, as well as with some of the later replacement retracts, as the manufacturer changed them, but didn’t completely resolve the issues. Out of the box, both retracts died immediately when I hit the switch. I didn’t purchase it at Motion, but from a local hobby shop who had it on consignment. I ordered new retracts from Motion, but one of them had the same issue, it burned up. Motion immediately replaced it once they had the manufacturer ensure them they were the newer version. Haven’t had any issues since then.

Is your 1700mm P-51 fairly new, or an older version? (I bought mine in 2014) I will also tell you that I replaced both of the wiring harness/ribbons in it. That seemed to really make a difference in the operational functions.

[Hugh Wiedman]

Anyone having any problems with the retracts? When I first bought the Olive B-24, the right retract wasn't working at all. Motion replaced it immediately. Yesterday, after about 20 flights, noticed the left retract occasionally would not come down, had to recycle it several times to land. On the bench, it continued with problems, but when it did work, it was much slower than the other. Checked all connections, then swapped it out with a new one (yes, I always keep plenty of replacement parts in the shop for all my planes). This now works fine, but thought it was odd to have 2 retracts go bad so soon. I only have a few flights with the silver B-24 so haven't yet experienced any retract issues. Just wondered if I'm the lucky one or is it more common than I think. This isn't unusual for me, as I've already replaced several non-functioning retracts in the FMS 1700mm P-51 and 1400mm Corsair. So far, all original retracts in the 1600mm Spitfire, but always have to check every planes retract before flying as this seems to be a somewhat regular issue for me.

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

Flew my friends B-24 this morning using 3s instead of 4s. Flies great , flew mostly at 1/2 power the whole flight. Easy 8min flights Dont see how people are breaking props. Lands real nice with 0 flaps, in fact it didnt want to come down, sure is a floater . Pretty much a simple flyer

[xviper]

A different RX did not help, the Sat did. She's flying great now.

That's great!

[dkalwishky]

Other than using a different Rx, my suggestion to you now is to get a satellite antenna and plug it into that sat port on the receiver (if that is indeed a sat port).

A different RX did not help, the Sat did. She's flying great now.

[dkalwishky]

I totally forgot to post the maiden video from two days ago.

The wind was out of the East which means it was blowing at me, this becomes important in a moment.

I was waiting for the wind to die down a bit but finally decided what the heck and went for it. This entire flight was at half throttle. I used a pair of Admiral 4S 3600 mAh batteries. Based on my two flights I should be able to get 6 minutes easy.

The landing got away from me, the plane was blowing toward me and I did not compensate with enough rudder. No damage was done. I flew it one more time with two landings that were booth really good.

This plane is a really docile in the air, I cannot wait to get more flights on it.

Today I flew put five more flights on it, eight flights total. Timer is at 6 minutes and I thought I might be able ti get 7 minutes. I fly at 1/2 throttle (I take off that was as well) and she flies plenty fast.

I lOVE THIS PLANE!!!!!!!

[xviper]

Other than using a different Rx, my suggestion to you now is to get a satellite antenna and plug it into that sat port on the receiver (if that is indeed a sat port). The sat should also be a diversity type and the same type (DSMX or DSM2) as the main Rx. They say that a sat antenna isn't going to increase range, but it does provide the ability to orientate those antennas in a different location in the plane and in a different direction for the 2 "whiskers". This may allow you to salvage the Rx instead of ditching it entirely. I've always felt that the performance is superior with a sat antenna. The Lemons that don't have a sat port, I'm always somewhat leery about, especially in a place where you've got so many electrical fields (from the wires).

[dkalwishky]

Last night was very disappointing for me, no B-24 flight. I could not get the plane to range check to my satisfaction. I could get 20 paces but not the 30 that I wanted.

This is the first time I've used a diversity receiver. I've attached a picture of where the two antennas were positioned, I drew a yellow line over them as they are hard to see otherwise. For best results you want the antennas 90 degrees from each other. The one that was pointing down was right next to the batteries and might be the cause of my problems. I have a diversity satellite receiver ordered, it'll be here tomorrow and I can do more testing. I plan on putting it up in the nose area.

On a side note I've got a lot of planes flying that way with non diversity antennas with no problems. I'm also thinking about pulling this receiver and using one of the non diversity receivers that I have.

[dahawk]

Go for it and report back Lol