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Hello everyone,
Ths is my first post here. I'm in the process of assembling the P38. Had a bad motor right out of the box and Motion has replacement in route. Defective bearing.
I have read every post on this thread and seen about all videos posted. Been taking all the advice and been putting it to use with the assembly and mods. Going to install the FL strut upgrade when back in stock, hopefully on the next container
in the meantime, I airbrushed the plain stock struts and touched up with light weathering
Here are a few pics of progress8 Photos
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Hey Fast Eddie, +1 on the welcome and the workmanship. I'm curious about your stand. It seems to work great and I'm thinking about doing something similar but just wondering why you didn't join the two parts of the stand together at the bottom for instance or is it a space issue? I see you have foam on the lower part of the stand as well. Is that for supporting the wings when the plane is inverted in the stand? Just wondering, Brad
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Originally posted by downwindleg View PostHey Fast Eddie, +1 on the welcome and the workmanship. I'm curious about your stand. It seems to work great and I'm thinking about doing something similar but just wondering why you didn't join the two parts of the stand together at the bottom for instance or is it a space issue? I see you have foam on the lower part of the stand as well. Is that for supporting the wings when the plane is inverted in the stand? Just wondering, Brad
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EFlite F-16 80mm, EFite DRACO, EFlite Night Radian, E-Flite P51 1.5m
Freewing A-10 80mm, F-86 80mm, F-15 90mm, Avanti. FMS DHC-2 Beaver, Fliteline P-38L ,HSD HME-262, HSD F86.
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The plane fits in the cradles inverted as well. the stand was going to be one piece but i glued a tee on wrong, so ended up with two.
The bottom padded section is for the wings when not attached
One thing to remember when gluing your stand together is to work on a hard flat surface and keep everything square so the stand does not wobble when completed.
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Here's a shot of the 38 loaded in the back of the Traverse with the stand. Yes, weather is great. Loading up the 38 and 86 for some flights now!!1 PhotoLon
EFlite F-16 80mm, EFite DRACO, EFlite Night Radian, E-Flite P51 1.5m
Freewing A-10 80mm, F-86 80mm, F-15 90mm, Avanti. FMS DHC-2 Beaver, Fliteline P-38L ,HSD HME-262, HSD F86.
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Nice work and welcome Fast Eddie! Great shots Pat!My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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For those confused about the screw designations, this from Motion:
The PA screws have the wood thread, the PM's use a machine thread and the PT's are are for plastic. The number is the length of the screw for all of them. Look at the chart I found as it may help but the PT does not appear on there. You have to count them out first and kinda of deduce from there what is what.Bob Duncan
The only real helicopter is the CH-47 Chinook. The rest are just sling loads!
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Here's my post in another thread of my pvc stand for the P38
http://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-...r-my-flrc-p-38
scroll down to post 14
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Originally posted by Fast Eddie View PostCan anybody help where I can find the Aluminum screen material ( square patches ) for covering the engine cowls and radiators
I appreciate it
Thanks
EddieBob Duncan
The only real helicopter is the CH-47 Chinook. The rest are just sling loads!
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