Dynam F4F Hellcat

[TiredIronGRB]

These retracts would work...just change the covers.

[Dewey H Lee]

That's good to hear Farmflyer. I'm torn between doing the MOD with the stock mounting plates or putting in the 1/4 ply. Also thought of removing the plastic all together and making my own mount from a wooden block that would be one piece. I want these retracts to be in for the long haul. Like modding but rather be flying.

[farmflyer]

Hey Farmflyer
Hey man I was just letting you know I got my retracts. I ordered the elite 10-15 size 90 degree. I think these are the right ones. There close and I hope the MOD is uneventful. Works light right now so I hope to get to it soon.

That's great Dewey Iv watched the mod vid a few times it doesn't look to be that hard to do. Let us know how it goes I'm confident after they're installed we won't have to replace them again. Iv got a couple of planes with eflite add on retracts with hundreds of combined flites and never had a problem.

[Pheonix]

Let us know if the mods work. I used the medal up grades on my F6F, P47and P51. They work well so far. Of course, we seldom have very cold weather here is Southern California.

[Dewey H Lee]

Hey Farmflyer
Hey man I was just letting you know I got my retracts. I ordered the elite 10-15 size 90 degree. I think these are the right ones. There close and I hope the MOD is uneventful. Works light right now so I hope to get to it soon.

[farmflyer]

Yea the right bent back about an inch and the left just enough to catch in the wheel well. I'm going to install the eflite retracts. There is a video on YouTube showing the mod it doesn't look to be that hard. Not near as like putting the Freewing fw 190 retracts in my Flyzone 190. Also the hellcat retracts now jerk all the way up and down and only work about 50% of the time. They are really weak not worth replacing with stock units.

[AkumaZeto]

No its not hard. I have installed the 1400mm fms corsair retracts in their place. The stock ones are soft like tin foil. Once they bend even once they are soft like butter after that. The plane is ACES though. Flies better than the fms version.

[Flygirl]

My Hellcat will be grounded for a while until I can get the retracts changed out for eflites. The stock ones are to fragile and undependable after I bounced it the other day they only work occasionally now.

Thats a drag! Did they bend FF? Is it hard to put the other retracts in place since they aren't made for the Hellcat?

[farmflyer]

My Hellcat will be grounded for a while until I can get the retracts changed out for eflites. The stock ones are to fragile and undependable after I bounced it the other day they only work occasionally now.

[farmflyer]

Dewey I also put a small drop of FoamTac on the top and bottom of the cowel where it meets the fuse to keep it from coming loose. You can wiggle it a little and get it back off with no damage.

[farmflyer]

Thanks Dewey I can do a search and find them. I think I've seen the one using the dynam mount plates.

[Dewey H Lee]

I saw a couple of videos on YouTube about it and I think I'm going that route also. Check out the one where the guy uses the dynam mounting plates so you don't have to put in the hardpoints. It looks pretty simple. Another one the guy really changes alot and requires foam repair but the retracts are a different brand. I don't know how to list the links or I would. I just searched up grades for the retracts and found it.

[farmflyer]

On the retracts yes mine have a lot of slop and after the rough landing they jerk going up and down. One or the other will occasionally stick up I can tap on it or barely pull on it and it will work for a few times then hang again. I'm going to change them out before I fly again. I'm thinking the 10 15 size eflite 90 degree rotating. They're a little expensive but I have never had an eflite retract fail.

[farmflyer]

I'm sure you havnt forgotten. The landing wasn't total dead stick after it cut off I was ably to get a couple of good short bursts of throttle. Those allowed me to get her turned into the wind and one burst to help keep her from stalling about half way down on the landing. Actually the plane handled fairly well without power I let her settle on a pretty steep approach then kinda flattened her out about 10 ft of the ground if I had not rushed it down on the runway I probably wouldn't have even bent the strut.

[Dewey H Lee]

Hey Farmflyer
That's great man. Mine still setting. Went back and checked cg again with the gear up and down and boy what a difference. I found our large difference. Glade I hadn't tried to maiden with it like I had it. Would have been way to tail heavy. Now all of a sudden after messing with mine the other night the retracts started acting up. I noticed from the beginning that the one on the right(facing the plane) was rock steady but the one on the left had a 1/4 inch play. Been looking now for an upgrade for them. They just seem to work when they want to. Might cycle 10 times and they might work 6 times. Kinda worries you about putting it up. We'll congrats on your maiden and hate to hear about the dead stick. It's good you had things under control though. Let me know how the next one goes. Hopefully mine will fly soon. If I hadn't forgot how to fly🙄.

[farmflyer]

I got the maiden in on my Hellcat today. All it needed was a couple of clicks of down elevator and a couple of right aileron. It is very stable and easy to fly descent speed at full throttle and flew comfortably at 2/3 throttle. I need bigger batteries the 2500 admiral hit the low voltage cut off at 4.5 minutes. I should have only went 4 on my first flight but got greedy. I had to dead stick the landing it went ok bent one landing gear wire back some but straightened it out easily. I'm going to like this plane.

[Dewey H Lee]

Hey Farm flyer.
Made a pack with the boss to get a couple of days off next week. Since grass is in my future for the weekend maybe I can get it in the air next week. Just have to decide what days. Looks like the wind that's plaguing you decided to come to NC. Man it's blowing. There even talking of the temps in the 20s tomorrow night. If we could just get the temperature to settle I think the winds will to. Anyhow still looking forward to hearing of your maiden and hopefully I'll post mine next week.
Hey Pheonix
On your gear upgrade was it a drop in fit or did you have to carve. Also I was wondering if they were a little sturdier. I'm good at Landings but my club field is grass so there still going to get a workout. I envy Farm flyer for having a paved runway. Are you flying yours off of grass. Thanks for your information and happy flights.

[Pheonix]

I have the FMS Hellcat and the Dynam. The retracts on the FMS were problem prone. I replaced them with a set made by Philip at PW-RC. These work fine anbd the plane really flies well the MrRC sound card. I upgraded the motor and ESC in this one as well. It is a great flying plane. For the Dynam, I replaced both the motor with a Bigfoot .25 and the ESC with a Motion Gecko 65. Callie graphics completed the upgrade. This is a great flying plane. Just remember to add right rudder and go easy on the throttle on take off. The Hellcat is a very stable flying plane from the large wing area.

[Evoman]

I became a fan of the F6F Hellcat after countless combat flights in the War Thunder flight simulator. This is what led me to buying the Dynam Hellcat and the RC Flying hobby when I discovered they made an RC version. I haven't flown it yet for fear of crashing this beauty but I have been practicing with two other RC planes I have. From all the videos I have seen of this model flying it seems to behave just like the simulated model in War Thunder. So I will already be familiar with this warbird's flight characteristics when I maiden it. I highly recommend all RC pilots to try out War Thunder. It is a great way to get to know all of these great warbirds. War Thunder is free to play for PC and PS4. You can check out this Hellcat review in War Thunder here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHB...&nohtml5=False

[farmflyer]

Weather here has been crap today 90 degrees wind sustained 20to30 gusts to45 predicting the same next few days but it will let up sooner or later and I'll get her up.