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

[Elbee]

Viper owner having a self inflicted pity party. $2K in damage? I buy that if the work was done at a Ferrari Dealership. Still hate to see your loss or any loss for that matter when it is avoidable. Best, LB

[Hugh Wiedman]

Hugh, I've only flown my silver B-24 twice, on a cloudy day. I was having a bit of trouble seeing it against a cloudy sky. Was your green one easier to see when you flew it?

Yes, the green and splash of yellow were very easy to see, of course until it ended up in pieces, and then it turned into a blur! I did not replace the silver B24 Elbee since I still had the olive one. Was planning on it, but never got around to it and ended up getting a bunch of other aircraft that came out and just kinda moved on. And the other pilot was not all that apologetic, his comment was just :poop: happens. And he had a spotter (I think it was Stevie Wonder) and decided to wow the crowd with a low high speed pass over the runway (which was against the rules for the event) despite the fact I had called "Landing", which he had acknowledged. He later said he thought I had already landed, the stupid :poop:. He then claimed he had about $2,000 in damages, the poor soul! :exploding_head:

[Elbee]

Hugh, I've only flown my silver B-24 twice, on a cloudy day. I was having a bit of trouble seeing it against a cloudy sky. Was your green one easier to see when you flew it?

Oxotnik, my guess is that it was easier to see by everyone with the exception of the 'fast mover' pilot. Best, LB

[Elbee]

LB, yes they originally had the B24 in both Olive and Silver. I got one of each and the silver was actually my favorite, although it got destroyed by a 1/5th scale turbine F16 at a flying event, no survivors.

Hugh, I do certainly recall the 'unplanned disassembly' of your beautiful B-24, though it is dreadful to see the photos once again.

Blue on blue incidents are never good, usually avoidable, and happen too frequently IMHO.

I trust those responsible were at the least apologetic.

Are/did you replace the Liberator?

Respectfully, Steve

[Oxotnik]

LB, yes they originally had the B24 in both Olive and Silver. I got one of each and the silver was actually my favorite, although it got destroyed by a 1/5th scale turbine F16 at a flying event, no survivors. :face_with_symbols_o



Here you can see the fate of the Silver B24. I like the position of the port main gear up in the air above what's left of the ship.

Hugh, I've only flown my silver B-24 twice, on a cloudy day. I was having a bit of trouble seeing it against a cloudy sky. Was your green one easier to see when you flew it?

[Hugh Wiedman]

Thanks for the quick reply. I did not know there is an OEM Silver Livery. Look forward to many more pictures. Best as always, LB

LB, yes they originally had the B24 in both Olive and Silver. I got one of each and the silver was actually my favorite, although it got destroyed by a 1/5th scale turbine F16 at a flying event, no survivors. :face_with_symbols_o



Here you can see the fate of the Silver B24. I like the position of the port main gear up in the air above what's left of the ship.

[davegee]

Looking good, Oxotnik! What Bomb Group colors are you going to paint it up in?

Cheers,

Davegee

[Elbee]

LB, my B-24 is stock silver. I am still waiting on a set of decals from Callie, to complete teh livery.

Thanks for the quick reply. I did not know there is an OEM Silver Livery. Look forward to many more pictures. Best as always, LB

[Oxotnik]

Oxotnik, Nicely done, great looking Liberator. I suspect that is a repaint in silver. Bravo Zulu, Sir. Best, LB

LB, my B-24 is stock silver. I am still waiting on a set of decals from Callie, to complete teh livery.

[Elbee]

Oxotnik, Nicely done, great looking Liberator. I suspect that is a repaint in silver. Bravo Zulu, Sir. Best, LB

[Oxotnik]

Late to the game. I maidened my B-24 yesterday, plus a follow-on flight. No surprises. She wanted to drag her tail through the turns, but responded well to heavy rudder, slight aileron, and a little down elevator. Flew her twice (pair of 4S-4AH batteries). She is fast on 4S, as you guys have said. It was a blustery day yesterday and I kept my speed up. On a low-wind day, I expect that I'd probably cruise at 1/3-ish throttle for reasonable scale speeds. The winds made landings difficult, and I did quite a few go arounds. I bounced both landings a bit and will very likely upgrade to the oleo Mains. Also flew my B-25 a half-dozen times. I really love the B-25!

[TLewis95]

As a Private Pilot I have flown many types of planes. This B-24 Surprised me on the second flight.I came in for a low pass with flaps and gear down to see how she responded on throttle up I was climbing out and put the flaps up and it stalled about 30 ft. up, but I was ready for some thing like that to happen.Here is the hat cam video I made of that flight. right around three minutes into the flight is where the stall happens. Since then I have flown the crap out of the B-24 once I got fimiliar with the flght characteristics.Every plane I fly I try to take up and do Power on stalls, Power off stalls, and many other flight conditions https://youtu.be/L9T_ua_8s9g

That dive wasn't a stall - it was from overspeeding the flaps. Basically you went too fast - full throttle - before retracting the flaps. I practice go arounds a lot in the model, adding half power, then bringing the flaps half way up. The real one will do the same thing above about 115kts with the flaps at 40 degrees. Play with it up high at altitude. Fly around with full flaps then add full power and it will do the same thing without you raising the flaps. I think it is awesome that the model's airfoil is scale enough to demonstrate this un-ideal quality that the real airplane has.

[mrbassman]

I have the “green version” color scheme B-24,does anyone know the exact color match for touch ups?
thanks,
Sean Epps

Motion RC sells the touch up paints but I also went to Home Depot with a color sample and had them mix some up. Perfect color matches.

[seanepps67@yahoo.com]

I have the “green version” color scheme B-24,does anyone know the exact color match for touch ups?
thanks,
Sean Epps

[MikeT]

Not a jet except on 4S she is Haha

No joke this thing on 4S is ridiculous. 3S is the way to go.

Mike

[quitcherbitchen]

Not a jet except on 4S she is Haha

[Cape Jets]

A new bird joined my fleet today with 2 good maiden flights. And she is not a jet!
She is a Flightline B-24 Liberator from Motion RC. Did some minor mods like suspension main gears with low bounce tires and low bounce tire on the nose wheel as well. She has Master Airscrew 8X6 props with a AR10360T Spektrum Receiver and powered by 2 -4S 3300mah batteries. Of course there are 3 coats of MinWax Matte finish on her for added protection. Very little trim needed for 2 good flights and she will be in the air again soon.

[Cape Jets]

Has anyone switched out the main wheels/tires and nose wheel to a low bounce version? The stock tires seem very hard and I fly off grass and have updated many of my planes with low bounce tires and it helps. Thx

[MikeT]

Most of the planes that used to have choices now come with a set pre applied.

I prefer no decals applied as I normally do a custom scheme.

Mike

[Evan D]

Most of the planes that used to have choices now come with a set pre applied.