Official FlightLine RC 1200mm Spitfire Mk.IXc Thread

[Stallion Explosion]

Amazing thank you so much! I will get on that shortly.

[OV10]

Hi guys. I have bent my prop shaft slightly and am having trouble removing it from the motor. The screws come out ok but the shaft looks like it is glued on or otherwise doesn't want to come off. Any advice on how to remove it so I can replace for a straight one?

Hello Stallion and welcome to the Squawk,
Use a small straight slot screw driver or the cutting edge of a pairing knife and get it under the edge of the prop shaft flange and motor case and give it a slight twist.
It should just pop off cause there is sometimes a friction tolerance fit between the recessed hole on the shaft and the "nub" on the motor case.
Or you could also try a slight tap across the shaft with the plastic end of a small screw driver to shear it off versus using torque under the flange.
They aren't glued on.;)

[Stallion Explosion]

Hi guys. I have bent my prop shaft slightly and am having trouble removing it from the motor. The screws come out ok but the shaft looks like it is glued on or otherwise doesn't want to come off. Any advice on how to remove it so I can replace for a straight one?

[Gaz511]

Hi guys. I've just rounded off a 1.5mm Allen key trying to remove the main wheel collars. Before I invest in a hardened hex driver set does anyone know if 1.5mm is the wrong size and if they are in fact imperial grub screws in the collars? Any help would be much appreciated

[Arycon]

Hey, guys. I see some familiar names in here. So I am feeling the itch for a new plane, but want to shake it up a bit. I am an intermidiate pilot with several warbirds (E-Flite P-51, PZ F4U Corsair, Dynam Super Sportster, Dynam T-28 and FL P-38). I sport fly mostly and handle my birds very well (save my P-38 which is still giving me trouble landing consistently without bouncing, but Ive been fighting a wing warp issue causing banking tendencies). So Id like to get a slightly smaller warbird and something different while I dial in the P-38. I think a smaller plane will help me practice landings. I grease on my other planes, but they have gyros and float. In any case, I am eyeing the FL Spitfire, FL TA-152 or FL F8F-1. I want something different from my current birds that handles well and has good characteristics and flight time. I like the Spitfire the most for looks but hear it is trucky to land and take off. The F8F-1 looks fast and stable, but is all one color and may be too much like my current planes...floaty and vanilla. Still, I havent flown any of these aircraft and am looking for experienced opinions based on what you have flown. Iam reading all of the forums for each plane but appreciate direct feedback. And you may see me post this in the other plane threads to get feedback on those as well. Thanks!

[dkalwishky]

I was not able to get out to the hangar last night but stopped by this morning on my way in to work. I know OV10 has what he needed but I'll post the pictures I took in case anyone else every needs them. I do not know why they are being rotated when I upload them.

[OV10]

Never mind, I see the JJ is there too.
Many Thanx Westy

[OV10]

Bronco jockey, that sheet is double sided. Which livery did you want?

I like the Johnnie Johnson (JE-J)

EDIT 5 min later.......Just see that I got a PM from ya with the Pierre, can ya do the JJ ??

[Westsider]

Bronco jockey, that sheet is double sided. Which livery did you want?

[Alpha]

All the PNP aircraft boxes include the decal location sheet in the box. But the spare decal sheet only includes the decals. Thanks in advance for posting a picture of your location sheet, dkalwishky. I see about getting an electronic scan for the website for future benefit.

[dkalwishky]

Mine came with a sheet showing the decal location. I'll take a picture of it when I get home tonight.

[OV10]

Decal Placement Location........
Pilots, need a little assistance here. I bought the decal sheets but can not find in the manual(from MRC product descript page d/l) where they get located nor was there any location sheet included with the decals. I bought these to help eliminate the rather barren look that I presently have with my Phoenix Models Spitfire. How did you guys install your decals onto your FL Spitty???

[Grossman56]

Hey, what a great document to have Alpha, there was a name for that particular type of paint, I'm trying to remember what it was. Can you imagine the drain on the supply in England!!

Grossman56

[Alpha]

You're right, they used water based paints for the stripes. They weren't intended to be even close to permanent. We're talking of course in the specific context of D-Day "invasion stripes". There were other stripes used at other occasions with other intentions.

[Grossman56]

Good report, simonslim! Stripes on the underside should easily help with orientation. "Invasion stripes" on many participating aircraft were largely painted over within weeks of D-day, at least the upper surfaces that is. One thing to remember about these stripes is that they were hand painted, often without masks, instead delineated by a loose chalk line. So don't be too hard on yourself if everything isn't perfectly straight.

Good point Alpha, the were functional not decorative.
I've always thought there was a great untold story behind the painting of all those planes in such a short time. I believe in less than 24 hours as they didn't want to give it away to the Nazis. I also remember somewhere that it wasn't paint in the sense that we know it, but like a water and lime mix, I'm thinking, for the whit I mean. An interesting story there.
If you check out the DC3's (ok, C 47's... force of habit!!) they used in Band Of Brothers, you can see that they did it authentically with a quick slap of paint and that the lines aren't straight

Grossman56

[simonslim]

I've flown planes that looked like that decoy.

[simonslim]

Sorry but I'd have to have tinted windows on that Typhoon if I was flying it, the German pilots would just laugh.

[Alpha]

There are so many variations. As a scale modeler, it's funny how imperfect these lines often were in real life, yet how precise modelers attempt to paint their smaller depictions. The canvas and wooden decoy plane picture is my favorite.

[simonslim]

That is a great pic, I love dirty-ing planes up after getting them finished.

[Alpha]

Good report, simonslim! Stripes on the underside should easily help with orientation. "Invasion stripes" on many participating aircraft were largely painted over within weeks of D-day, at least the upper surfaces that is. One thing to remember about these stripes is that they were hand painted, often without masks, instead delineated by a loose chalk line. So don't be too hard on yourself if everything isn't perfectly straight.