Official FlightLine 1600mm B-25J Mitchell PNP Thread

[Larry D]

Guys...It's worth the wait! Mine arrived late Friday. Followed the book setup and after watching Wes' video, assembly was a piece of cake. Throws - by the book. Did the maiden today. Five clicks of up trim was all it needed. There will be more tweaks, but I am very happy right now. Tests started on the bench and everything checked out. At the field, there was the range check, taxi test, controls all correct. I KNOW I am lucky to be one of the early birds on this. Very lucky.

My bad on the video title as a Freewing rather than Flightline. Oops.

[Evan D]

Flies well. Book CG and throws work. CG could go back but it’s a bomber and stable as is. Tail sit test is a easy CG check. I think it needs more flaps. 9 minutes on a 5200. Looks great and the parachute drop works perfect.

[Fast N Light]

Speaking (writing) of the B-25J, I would like to compliment Fast N Light on his Wheel designs, Bravo Zulu, Sir.

Best to all, LB

Elbee,

Thanks for the shout out. It's been a fun little project. Learning a lot by doing the B-25 and the E-Flite 64mm A-10 wheels simultaneously.

Still looking for a few bits of B-25 data. Main & front axle diameters? Main and front axle width (intended to use as the wheel rim width @ axle)? Once I have these I can post the .STLs on Thingiverse.

[desertdrifter7]

Today, 08:12 AM
themudduck

I received an order confirmation email from MRC on June 27th, 2023 at 0925.

This was a pre-order with payment.

I received my shipment on August 18,2023 at 1155.

Best as always, LB

LB, well crap. My order was June 28th at 0824. Looks like I was a proverbial day late and a dollar sjort, though I did pay in full.

[jetfool]

Elbee,

The P-38 would be a good one or the B-25. It would be a first for me to have a twin. Still hoping they (Motion) brings out another WW2 single before winter
Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

jetfool, well, I hadn't really thought about that yet.

I had originally thought I'd start the Tomcat after the Corsair, but that is a longer project with more than cosmetic mods, so more likely a project after this Winter.

I would not want to put anyone in a position to commit to a build or airframe that wasn't agreed upon first.

I have never done a 'group build' of any kind, so frankly, I am open to anything including the B-25 if that's the pick.

If I'm choosing favorites, Rex, I still like the F-86, F-5E, P-38 as these are not too costly and could benefit from a few 3DP parts.

I will build the Mitchell before next flying season, so an additional group-build aircraft would just be icing on the cake

Speaking (writing) of the B-25J, I would like to compliment Fast N Light on his Wheel designs, Bravo Zulu, Sir.

Best to all, LB

[Elbee]

themudduck

I received an order confirmation email from MRC on June 27th, 2023 at 0925.

This was a pre-order with payment.

I received my shipment on August 18,2023 at 1155.

Best as always, LB

[Fast N Light]

Just need a plane to put them on ...

[Oxotnik]

Okay, Ladies, I've structurally assembled my Mitchell Bomber. I really like how everything screws together. The outer wing has plastic catches, for attachment to the inner wing. This is one thing that I've made a mental note to myself to check closely before each flight. It does feel secure, once it has snapped into place, but I am a bit concerned about the plastic pieces. Not hugely, but some. Everything else screws together. Alignment was perfect. I never had to modify anything, to allow it to go together. Easy peasy!

Electrically, I did a couple mods:
1. I used my own extensions to run the two elevator servo wires to the location where my rx will go. Each will get its own channel.
2. I pulled the aileron servo connector out of the back of the interface board on each outer wing. I added own extension to reach the rx location. I made a small cutout in the interface board to allow the ail servo wire to bypass the I/F board without pinching or cutting the servo wire. I snaked the ail extension through yhe inner wing and past the inner-wing interface board. Each aileron servo will get its own channel.

The aileron and elevator servos will bypass the blue box, too, and will plug directly into the rx. All other functions I left in the blue box and interface boards.

The ESCs are in each respective nacelle, and the throttle wire and battery wire run into the fuselage through their own ports. I will set these up for differential thrust, mixed with the rudder.

I haven't done it yet, but I will pull the steering servo wire out of whatever it's plugged into and will give it its own channel and trim tab, mixed with the rudder.

I'm calling it an evening. Tomorrow, I'll install the RX and will write my model program (OpenTX Radiomaster T16S, and will run an FrSky S8R witb two xbus extensions to get 16 channels). With the S8R, I will install a battery voltage sensor and a GPS sensor, telemetering the data to the TX.

This model is beautiful! 1.6m is a GREAT size! Great job, Motion RC!!!!

[jetfool]

Congrats Elbee. Will this be your winter project to scale out?

[Elbee]

I suppose it would all be based on your Order Number, not the date of order, hmmm. I will post my order number tomorrow. Best, LB

[Evan D]

SO the question is really when did you see the announcement. Minutes after it was made or days? As Tom has said the ones that have shipped are actually from a small second shipment that was received before the main, large, first shipment that is still undergoing inspections.

[themudduck]

I placed my preorder minutes after I saw the announcement. No shipment notification for me yet.

[Drdoom]

I just received My B-25 Mitchell and it is flawless. Almost too nice to fly. Thanks again Motion RC this is fabulous.

[Oxotnik]

Landed safely.

[borntoolate]

Mine is scheduled for Monday.

[Elbee]

Y'all, Like many of you, I received my Mitchell today via FedEx.

The now famous "Blue Tape" Outer Shipping Box had few dings and slight tears, but nothing that penetrated into the finely decorated inner box.

Opened her up and saw one beautiful B-25J. I have wanted one, like, forever.

Happy Customer here, Boys-n-Girls.

Best, LB

[Drdoom]

My brand new B-25 is "Out for delivery."

[MikeT]

I think that it is implied that if you pre-order that you'll be at the head of the line to get that product. Why else would anyone pre-order?

I'm not going to split hairs with you though. As I said in the earlier post, if I'm going to buy a HH product, I'd rather get it through my LHS anyway, if I know that the LHS will carry the product that I want. The point that I was originally trying to make is that I'll never pre-order from HH again, but am comfortable pre-odering from Motion, even when things don't go perfectly as planned.

I get that you're a brick-n-mortar hobby shop owner. Your perspective is a bit different than us end users. It's a tough business, trying to compete with web sales. Too many LHS's are closing their doors. I hate to see that. That's horrible for the hobby, and for the shop owners.

Not a owner I do a few days a week at the LHS as a retirement gig. My "perspective" is helping people be successful at the hobby and enjoy it , nothing more. On a side note " as a end user" I have a 2 car garage full of planes from all the suppliers you can think of, also on the board of our R/C club . Also I agree with the closing of shops every day I hear of anther going away. Sad.
Mike

[Oxotnik]

That's not "implied" anywhere. There's no telling just how many will be pre-ordered so it's a crap shoot. Motion in the past has oversold pre-orders ( the 80mm A-10for one) I pre-ordered mine on the day it was announced and got it on the second shipment. It is what it is regardless of the supplier. Motion does a good job and since Horizon doesn't really supply what Motion does I always send my customers to them for items Horizon doesn't offer. Motion is after a different customer than Horizon is. It's nice that I can offer my customers that buy Horizon stuff on the spot replacement of products with "issues" along with support on those items..

Mike

I think that it is implied that if you pre-order that you'll be at the head of the line to get that product. Why else would anyone pre-order?

I'm not going to split hairs with you though. As I said in the earlier post, if I'm going to buy a HH product, I'd rather get it through my LHS anyway, if I know that the LHS will carry the product that I want. The point that I was originally trying to make is that I'll never pre-order from HH again, but am comfortable pre-odering from Motion, even when things don't go perfectly as planned.

I get that you're a brick-n-mortar hobby shop owner. Your perspective is a bit different than us end users. It's a tough business, trying to compete with web sales. Too many LHS's are closing their doors. I hate to see that. That's horrible for the hobby, and for the shop owners.