E Flite Spitfire

[Grossman56]

This is a great plane and I've thought of upgrading the ESC to go with a 4s setup. I tried, as a matter of interest, to see how well a 3600 would fit in, it's very tight!
I usually fly mine with a 2600 3s and she's pretty 'scale' like (as they say for birds without a screamingly fast stop speed).
She's a pretty bird, but seriously, if you have some warbird time under your belt and are looking for a good Spitfire with a 4s setup, go with the Flightline Spitty. Already setup with what you want and I've seen one fly, its an excellent bird.
If you are looking to get into a warbird, having flown you trainers until you can execute takeoffs and landings with no problem (as Lon once said, you know you're ready for warbirds when you can land your Pandora fifty times in a row with no problems), then the E-Flite Spitty is a great way to go.

Grossman56

[RCjetdude]

I have flown a 4000 pack in mine but it is a little heavy for the plane. I don't like the way it behaves so I tend to just use 3200's in it instead. It will do it but...

[TomC]

Hello, I am thinking about ordering the Eflite Spitfire 1.2 and was wondering if my 4s 4000 Admiral lipos will fit in this plane. I will be upgrading to a larger Amp ESC also..Anybody figured out how to go with a 2 blade prop/spinner.

Thanks,:)

[crhannay]

I have never used an A3L I have one Lemon RX stabilized receiver in my Hawker Hurricane and it flys fine. All my other stabilized receivers are Spektrum AR636s and AR7350s.

[Grossman56]

Oh, there you go, so you are experienced enough not to really need it so much as having at an option, that's like me. I just found that when I switched from one to the other, the elevator trim would go into a nose up config, not much, but a PITA, so I just rebound it so that it is a regular plane with AS3X.
The last flight with Big Beautiful Doll, I was having the same issue with the A3L, I'd plug in the battery and let her sit, let the gyro stabilize then I'd turn it off and you could see a fair amount of elevator movement. I noticed this in flight at first, and was trimming the heck out of the nose to get it down to level, landed it and checked it out. Don't know what that is but I've never had that before and I have A3L's in all my planes, hmmmm

Grossman56

[crhannay]

I actually do have a FlightLine Spitfire as well that I just finished. I did also bind it with out safe and flew it once with no problem, but the weather was deteriorating so only did one flight that way. I do have a RocHobbpy P-39, Freewing AT6, and Dynam Hawker Hurricane that I have flown quite a bit so I probably don't need the Safe mode either, but would like the option. I have a Timber with Safe and I feel like I am fighting the airplane all the time so don't use it.

[Grossman56]

Cool!
I found that the safe switch was interesting but did nothing for me as I've been flying for a while now. I rebound it and just fly it as a regular plane with A3SX. It's a sweetheart to fly anyway, a little under powered compared to my 4s warbirds, but then its only 3s. One thing I found was that it just doesn't like to land. I've got the flaps set down as far as they'll go now, but a good landing is usually with no flaps.
Then, she does like to tip on one wing as well, so I'm working on that.
I have the FMS 1400mm P51D. P51B, P40 and Pitts as well as two Freewing P51's and the Flightline Bearcat that I fly on a regular basis, so I really didn't need the Safe mode, but I was interested in its value as a transition airplane to get up into bigger warbirds.
I think its an ideal plane for that purpose and if you've come from a Pandora and want a Warbird, its ideal as you can use the same batteries.
A more experienced pilot would, in my opinion, be better off going the FlightLine Spitfire, but still its a great plane for the price.

Grossman56

[crhannay]

Thank You! I did read all that and bound it with the safe method removing the bind plug before you turn on the transmitter. I have the cables and have the programming in my computer as well and it still shows the flight mode switch as unassigned. I did test fly it and it want to climb as others have said. It was a windy raw day so did not get a real good feel for it. I use to fly with a guy at NWA on the B747-400 that lived in Cody. I can't remember his name right now.

My wife and I have been thinking of moving to Star Valley Ranch north of Afton.

[Grossman56]

First of all, Welcome to the Forum crhannay!!
I have a DX 8 so this might not be the same, but I followed the binding steps as described in the manual. When it came to setting the switch, I had to use a three way switch, but the trick is that you only click it back and forth to the next position. For instance, the settings on a three way switch are 0, 1, 2.
You can either move the switch times as described in the manual like this...1,0,1,0,1 with the switch in position 0 to start
Or 2,1,2,1,2 with the switch in position 1 to start.
It won't work, at least in my experience, if you switch from 0 to 2.
Also remember that you bind differently as well.

Grossman56

[crhannay]

I seem to have a real problem programming my safe select switch on my DX9. I am using the G-switch on Aux 2. I am not getting the chirp and twitch that was discussed above. Can anyone help me with this?

[Grossman56]

I was watching a demonstration video and the guy mentioned trying 4s. Then it posted a note on the video that you'd have to upgrade the ESC, so beware. I've thought the same thing. I bought some 2600 3s in the meantime with the EC 3 connectors.

https://www.motionrc.com/collections/lipo-batteries/products/admiral-2600mah-3s-11-1v-30c-lipo-battery-w-ec3-connector

They are great and give her a little more time in the air. Still have a wack of 2200 3s that I just use an adapter with.
One thing, besides performance, a 4s would add a little more weight, when you consider that yo can fly the FLightLine Spitfire with a 4000 4s and its the same dimensions, can't see why you couldn't with the E Flite.

Grossman56

[Westsider]

Couldn't get my head in there, but it's as wide as a standard sized matchbook cover.

[Westsider]

Farm, the 2500 is 44mm wide, so is the compartment width, +/- 2mm. I think you are golden.

[farmflyer]

Has anyone tried this on 4s? I have some admiral 2500 4s batteries and am planning on getting one in the future and wondering if they'd fit.

[Grossman56]

Ok we were 106 here today with 100+ degrees for the next couple of weeks. I see where it may snow in parts of Montana and Wyoming this weekend. Gman will that be anywhere near you?

Crap, I hope not, I'm heading for Riverton this weekend for a fly in. We in the NW corner of Wyoming, just outside of Yellowstone Nat. Park.
It wouldn't surprise me though. We've had days when its 70 degrees and it snowed the next day.
There'd be a lot of choked tourists though!!

Grossman56

[Dewey H Lee]

Hey Farmflyer it's been 95 to 100 here and even this past weekend at the field it was so hot the planes I took with me had to cool from the index being so high. Everything that didn't normally heat up during a flight got warmer than usual that's crazy for NC. How was it in your area Pauly.

[farmflyer]

Ok we were 106 here today with 100+ degrees for the next couple of weeks. I see where it may snow in parts of Montana and Wyoming this weekend. Gman will that be anywhere near you?

[Dewey H Lee]

I hear you Dan. I remember somewhere you posting a picture of a pvc rigg you made for transporting planes you had together and for the life of me I can't remember where it's at. I was just wondering if you would put on where it was or post the picture again. It looks like it would be something to slide in the back of the truck and go to the field without having to take the wings off. Especially on the dynam.

[Grossman56]

I'll be taking her to Riverton on the weekend along with the Pitts and Old Crow. Hoping for one decent night for flying in the meantime.
I was trying to win the Flightline Spitfire that Motion so generously donated to Nefi for a raffle draw, but missed it. Would love to do a side by side comparison.

Grossman56

[Dewey H Lee]

There you go you got that right. My HH corsair with safe is a floater also. No flaps but in the wind you have a heck of a time setting it down. Even with the ax636 with safe it helps keep you straight and level but she still has trouble going all the way to the ground. I almost dumping the whole throttle to get it down.