Official Nexa 2108mm P-38 Lightning ARF Thread

[rifleman_btx]

Well for me this year has started worse than 2020 was in total

[Aros]

Ah, I really want one of these Airplanes! This is a beautiful aircraft. Dang, I just cannot continue to spend money, like I have been. Some day! I wonder if my old discount code would work??? Smile. How's Todd-Man! The Music Extraordinaire, art etc...

Hey Matt! You would love this bird. Despite it's build nuances and scale discrepancies, she flies remarkably well. Not sure the ol' discount code would still work though, LOL!

2021 is all about the year of flying and not crashing! 2020 was the opposite! Just a garbage year for SO many reasons!!

[starcop]

Hi Stan,

I want to make sure you understand I no longer have this model. I sold it years ago to fund another project. Sadly, the guy that bought it from me totaled it on his first flight due to hitting Low Voltage Cutoff.



I'll check my archives to see if I have any nose gear detail photos...

I think we've all crashed our favorite airplanes at one time or another. Time to build a New One!

[starcop]

Official Nexa 2108mm P-38 Lightning ARF Thread

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II–era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese. Along with its use as a general fighter, the P-38 was utilized in various aerial combat roles including as a highly effective fighter-bomber, a night fighter, and as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks. The P-38 was also used as a bomber-pathfinder, guiding streams of medium and heavy bombers; or even other P-38s, equipped with bombs, to their targets. Used in the aerial reconnaissance role, the P-38 accounted for 90 percent of the aerial film captured over Europe.

The Nexa P-38 Lightning is a .60 size electric or gas option scale series warbird with a 2108mm wingspan, constructed primarily from balsa wood and covered with a fuel-resistant covering. This ARF requires assembly and installation of your choice of servos and power system, and includes fowler flaps, painted pilot, machine guns, antenna and other scale details. The large battery hatch affords ample room for either electric or gas setups. To complete the scale appeal of this P-38, the model includes electric retracts and scale struts. Impress at your flying field with this iconic stunner!

Fully Covered and Detailed The Nexa P-38 Lightning comes fully covered including simulated panel lines, rivets, nomenclature and weathering detail.

Scale Details Throughout There is no shortage of scale details with this P-38 including functional and distinctive fowler flaps, antenna, machine guns, painted pilot, electric retracts and metal main struts.

Prehinged and Installed Control Surfaces All control surfaces come out of the box fully prehinged and installed for your convenience.

Impressive Size To add to the array of scale detail, the Nexa P-38 comes in at an impressive 1/7.5 scale.

FEATURES:

• Complete Balsa and lite-ply construction for rigidity and durability
• Covered from tip to tail in scale details including weathering, functional fowler flaps, printed simulated panel lines and rivets
• Fiberglass cowlings for strength and durability
• The hand-painted pilot is ready for your added cockpit details
• All control surfaces come out of the box pre-hinged and installed for convenience
• Flaps, antenna, guns and more complete the fantastic scale appeal
• Large battery hatch allows for your chosen electric or gas setup

INCLUDES:

• Nexa P-38 Lightning Olive Drab 2108mm (83") Wingspan - ARF
• Electric retracts, wheels and struts
• Fuel tank, hardware and servo trays

REQUIRES:

• 6 Channel radio - select a minimum 6 channel radio from our Radio Collection
• 6 Channel receiver - select a minimum 6 channel receiver from our Receiver Collection
• 2x Brushless outrunner motors - we recommend the Admiral GP5 4220-770kV Brushless Motor Multi-Pack (2 Motors)
• 2x 65 Amp brushless ESC - we recommend the ZTW Mantis 65A ESC with 5A SBEC Multi-Pack (2 ESCs)
• 7x standard servos for ailerons, elevator, rudder and steering - we recommend Hitec HS-425BB Deluxe Ball Bearing Plastic Gear Standard Servo Airplane Multi-Pack (7 Servos)
• 4x standard servos for flaps - we recommend FOUR of the Hitec HS-81 Micro Servo
• TWO 4 Cell 14.8V 4500 - 5000 mAh LiPo Batteries - we recommend the Admiral Pro 5000mAh 4S 14.8V 60C LiPo Battery with EC5 Connector Multi-Pack (2 Batteries)
• EC5 Series adapter - we recommend the BenchCraft EC5 2 to 1 Series Adapter
• 1x standard and 1x reverse electric propellers - we recommend APC 12x8 Thin Electric Propeller - Black and APC 12x8 Thin Electric Pusher Propeller - Black
• 4 Cell compatible battery charger - select a minimum 4 cell (4S) charger from our Charger Collection

GAS REQUIRES:

• 2x .46 -.70 (7.45cc - 11.5cc) gas engines
• 1x standard and 1x reverse gas propellers

Ah, I really want one of these Airplanes! This is a beautiful aircraft. Dang, I just cannot continue to spend money, like I have been. Some day! I wonder if my old discount code would work??? Smile. How's Todd-Man! The Music Extraordinaire, art etc...

[StanBr]

Hi Aros,

Sorry, I missed that completely. I will figure something out.

Thanks for the search!

Best regards,
Stan

[Aros]

Sorry I couldn't find any up close photos of the nose gear with the gear door servo install. I can't recall how my buddy did it.

[Aros]

Hi Stan,

I want to make sure you understand I no longer have this model. I sold it years ago to fund another project. Sadly, the guy that bought it from me totaled it on his first flight due to hitting Low Voltage Cutoff.



I'll check my archives to see if I have any nose gear detail photos...

[StanBr]

Hi Aros,

Would you be so kind to share a picture of your nose gear door solution? The springs and wires are working for the main gear doors but for the nose gear door I want to use a servo.

Thanks!

Best regards,
Stan

[Aros]

No prob. Glad I came across it.

[Ron Dyrda]

Thanks a lot Aros

Ron

[Aros]

I came across my itemized list of my complete setup...Here you go:

2x Dualsky 470Kv motors
2x Master Airscrew 16x10x3 counter rotating props (rounded tips down to 15.5")
2x Castle Edge 100A ESCs
20A Pro Amp BEC
Spektrum AR9020 9ch rx
Spektrum DX9 tx
HS-5485HB servos for ail, elev and rudder
HS-77BB servos for flaps
Detrum 9g servos for main gear doors
HS-55 servo for nose gear door
JR MatchBox Servo Matching/Power System
2x Robart #670 1/2" dia Straight RoboStrut (main struts)
#663L 7/16" dia LH Offset RoboStrut 3 3/4" - 4" (nose strut)
630RSE 90 Degree HD Mains RoboStrut Electric 24LB (electric retract system)

[Aros]

I'm sorry Ron I can't recall what servos we ended up using for the flaps. If I can find that info I will be sure to let you know.

[Ron Dyrda]

Hi Aros I have a question on the flap servos, The kit calls for a HS-81 Micro, I purchased HS-82 MG micro they don't seem to work vary well, I tried one of the larger servos HS-645MG and it seems to work much better. What do you recommend ?

Thanks Ron

[Aros]

Thanks, yeah I came in hot as it was just my second flight and I was petrified to get her too slow, lol. Later flights I was able to bring her in much more scale. Truly a great flyer.

[papa626]

That’s a fast speed landing. Impressive handling.

I used them every flight. Even with the slop it didn't effect flight performance that I ever noticed at least. You can see in this video the slop was pretty bad but the flight was fine.

[papa626]

I think I have more than enough power on this one.

Power Test Run:

Motor: Propdrive 50-50 580kv
ESC: 100A Hobbywing Skywalker
Prop: 15 X 7 3-Blade Marster Airscrew

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Data per Motor:

50% Throttle: 470W / 22A
75% Throttle: 860W / 48A
100% Throttle: 1630W / 83A

[Aros]

Anytime!

[StanBr]

Great movie! 😀 Good to see it doesn’t really affect the flight characteristics. If I think of something brilliant I will share that here. Thanks for all your help Aros! 👌🏻

[Aros]

I used them every flight. Even with the slop it didn't effect flight performance that I ever noticed at least. You can see in this video the slop was pretty bad but the flight was fine.

[StanBr]

Ok, do you use the flaps at all or leave them up?