Official FMS 1500mm P-47D Razorback Thread

[jetfool]

Well I'm getting my P-47 switched over to my new Spektrum 8+ radio after removing my Futaba rec. And want to get the C/G correct. The manual states 90-95mm from the leading edge. Hoping Davegee will shout out his C/G and d/r & expo settings as I feel with 4 P-47 of his own he knows where the sweet spot is. I only put 2 flights on with Futaba before I added the scale details for the Toledo show last year. Trying to get the correct Spektrum settings dialed in. Thanks to all that respond.
Best Regards, Rex

[f4u ausie]

She is a beauty.. and absolutely. To all u guys.. happy 250 th birthday.. U must all b very wrinkly

[Eagle15]

We all make choices.. it's about as much-needed fun as possible... Beauty of foam is glue. Funny enuf. I'm going up in level ... A top flight p47 razorback. 90 inch.. oh boy. The poor man selling it has the dreaded cancer. So crazy cheap price... I'm sure it's wide stance. Makes for a good first large scale.. it comes with electric Robarts.. would have preferred a Corsair.. or at least a bubble top p47. But. Snafu. It will be. It's a project. Very excited.. but nervous.

The guys in my new club will help .and maiden it 4 me. Good luck eagle maybe join a club

Thank you- I’m going to check out a club near my house next week! Once the wind here dies down…

also thank you for all the tips and kind words- every day I see my plane and am torn to get her in the air! I Still have a good half bucket of foam putty and glue at hand, for when the inevitable happens…😂

good luck on the top flight p47- plane that size will probably be a joy to fly, cause as you said: bigger=easier and more fun to fly

i just spent around 5 hours designing and building a wall mount for the bird…she was taking up too much space in my room! Now I’m just hoping it’s strong enough.. not too much of a heavy plane though.

happy America 250 to all!

[jetfool]

f4uausie,
Great find on the P-47. You will love it, I have a Yellow P-47, great flyers

[f4u ausie]

We all make choices.. it's about as much-needed fun as possible... Beauty of foam is glue. Funny enuf. I'm going up in level ... A top flight p47 razorback. 90 inch.. oh boy. The poor man selling it has the dreaded cancer. So crazy cheap price... I'm sure it's wide stance. Makes for a good first large scale.. it comes with electric Robarts.. would have preferred a Corsair.. or at least a bubble top p47. But. Snafu. It will be. It's a project. Very excited.. but nervous.

The guys in my new club will help .and maiden it 4 me. Good luck eagle maybe join a club

[Davegeee]

Just my 2 cents worth

From down under... I crashed till I could fly... Lotsa glue. .. no buddy box... Once in the air it was easy... Hard part was taken off and landing... So I don't no if another warbird will help with your ambitions.. go for it.. it's a lightweight. Low wingload plane... Half power on take off. But slowly up to that.. light winds will help...... Land with a little power. See how you go.. keep some glue at hand... It's fun no matter what.. best option. A flying friend... U may not have that. Good luck.. let us no. Almost fgot. Bigger easier to fly. Just costlier if it goes wrong. Again just my 2 cents worth

Fair dinkum, mate!

Cheers

Davegee

[f4u ausie]

Just my 2 cents worth

From down under... I crashed till I could fly... Lotsa glue. .. no buddy box... Once in the air it was easy... Hard part was taken off and landing... So I don't no if another warbird will help with your ambitions.. go for it.. it's a lightweight. Low wingload plane... Half power on take off. But slowly up to that.. light winds will help...... Land with a little power. See how you go.. keep some glue at hand... It's fun no matter what.. best option. A flying friend... U may not have that. Good luck.. let us no. Almost fgot. Bigger easier to fly. Just costlier if it goes wrong. Again just my 2 cents worth

[Eagle15]

Hi all,
still haven’t maidened my thunderbolt- actually, I haven’t flown in a while. School, sports, summer programs; all take away time I could be flying

Anyway I was wondering: would yall recommend that I get a smaller warbird before trying out the Thunderbolt?
see, I only have experience with a durafly tundra 1300mm. And that bird flies like a balloon.

I’ve never flown a warbird before, I actually really want to because I really don’t like how light and floaty the tundra is. The jug in both real life and RC is supposedly the heaviest and steadiest plane- lots of inertia and momentum (especially in a dive)

So what I’m getting at is that I don’t want to crash the plane, especially as that’s basically my entire savings and also I’ve repainted her and the riveting is still in progress. Should I just go for it, or should I try a smaller plane? I know, I know, crashing is part of the hobby, but I’m trying really hard not to let that rule apply to this one. My tundra is basically 80% duct tape and putty, believe me I have lots and lots of experience regarding crashes and rebuilding.

And before anyone says “simulators”, I want to fly a real plane, not some computer screen. I’m on that enough writing essays and other school stuff- it’s all online these days unfortunately. Pain in the rear. And also, it goes against what I just said, but in the end I’m fine with crashing, learning from my mistakes, rebuilding, and trying again.

would appreciate any advice on what I should do or plane choices. I know the t28 is a good plane, but I kind of want some taildragger practice- the 1200mm eflite thunderbolt seems decent but it’s rather pricey, and I’m not sure about any of the other smaller planes out there. Too small and it’s not gonna be much of a help regarding practice for a big plane like the Thunderbolt.

[Davegeee]

Davegee,
Plane looks great.
It must be a great feeling to have your model replicas in our National Museums. Congratulations!
As you fly over Indiana take a look down and you might see our National AMA flying fields at Muncie, In. It's a beautiful site for all modelers

Enjoy your trip. Rex.

Thanks, Rex. I think our route from Denver to DCA will take us a bit south of Indianapolis and Muncie, but I'll keep an eye out. UAL has electronic maps in the seatback TVs so you can monitor your progress. Haven't flown for awhile, and haven't been to DC for 7 years, now! Used to get there all the time. I'm sure I'll go back sometime after everything is completed, but should be fun getting there just before July 4 celebrations. The National Mall is one of my favorite places in the world to be when the weather is nice. It's going to be hot and muggy this trip (unlike what we Ever see in northwest Wyoming!) but I'm looking forward to it, nonetheless.

I picked up an electronic book on the American Revolution that I'll read on my Kindle to/from DC.

Cheers

Davegee

[jetfool]

Davegee,
Plane looks great.
It must be a great feeling to have your model replicas in our National Museums. Congratulations!
As you fly over Indiana take a look down and you might see our National AMA flying fields at Muncie, In. It's a beautiful site for all modelers

Enjoy your trip. Rex.

[Davegeee]

Thanks Dave.
Sounds like you have a plan and a flight test checklist before flight. Looking forward to your reports. Wish this rain would stop. We had a fun fly last sat. and the wind was gusting over 20 mph. we kept flying our sport planes and was an experience that keeps us on our toes. no crashes so not a bad day.
The more I fly with new radio the more I like it. My 7c is nice but older tech, will install new 8ch spektrum in the P-47 for the added features.
Hope your weather is better but our summer will probably turn off hot and dry
Rex

Hi Rex: the plane is basically flyable for a maiden now, but I'll wait until I get all the Callie decals on it and weather it for photos before first flight. That "could" happen this week, but might have to slip until after my trip to Washington, DC next week, depending on when Callies's package arrives. The basic checks have been done, CG, flight controls, etc., but I still have a thorough ground test program on each new airplane before I send it into the air for the first time. I'll attach a pic of how it stands right now. Ready for Callie's transfers, and Danger Dan is working on painting a pilot I printed that I bought from CG Trader. Enlarged it to 1/7 scale, but had to cut the pilot off at the waist to make sure he would fit inside ok. Should look a lot better than the OEM pilot bust, but I'll admit they did a pretty good job with this newest one. This one will be one of the early D bubbletop models flown by Maj. "Pete" Peterson, Hurry Home Honey of the 357th FG.

I was invited to attend a preview of the all the new exhibits and galleries at the NASM before it opens officially on July 1. The downtown museum on the Mall opened on that date 50 years ago for the first time. Astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 fame was the first Director of the museum. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the projects that I did for this new look and transformation of the museum. There are a couple of galleries not quite ready to open yet, but I still hope that I can get a peek at my 1:15 space shuttle that is hopefully hanging on display. It should be fun, and they have a ton of cool things going on on the National Mall, like a "state fair" set up that will have all 50 states' displays on view for the visitors showing why each of our states is special and unique. Probably good (and probably not so healthy!) food to eat, too!

Cheers

Davegee

[jetfool]

Thanks Dave.
Sounds like you have a plan and a flight test checklist before flight. Looking forward to your reports. Wish this rain would stop. We had a fun fly last sat. and the wind was gusting over 20 mph. we kept flying our sport planes and was an experience that keeps us on our toes. no crashes so not a bad day.
The more I fly with new radio the more I like it. My 7c is nice but older tech, will install new 8ch spektrum in the P-47 for the added features.
Hope your weather is better but our summer will probably turn off hot and dry
Rex

[Davegeee]

Hi Rex: yes, that is the one. Works great, and installing is a snap. Let me know when you get serious about installing it when you get the part, and I am happy to help. You should find it pretty easy to do.I Have it insatlled and operating on all three of my P-47 aircraft.

It does have a relatively sophisticated drop timing mechanism, and it can be tied to a sequencing system (like dropping wing pylon bombs/fuel tanks) but the entire range of timing is less than a second, so if you are just dropping a single drop tank from the center store, you can pretty much ignore the blinking lights. But it is interesting and could be used tying more of these units together for a realistic sequence.

BTW: I just ordered the drop tank units for the Flightline P-51D from RC Castle in China, as they are forever held up for some reason at Motion. My units will come in a couple weeks or so, hopefully. I look forward to dropping TWO drop tanks simultaneously, along with all the other "goodies" it has like the operable landing light and others.

Cheers

Davegee

[jetfool]

Davegee,
I'm getting ready to add the operating tank drop. Want to make sure that you used the E-FLITE servoless tank drop mechanism before I order one.

Best Regards, Rex

[Davegeee]

Davegee,
If James decides to make some thicker canopies I'd be interested in a couple. I would also want to purchase his templates for the conversion also. Please keep me informed.
Best Regards, Rex

Will do. . Another possibility if that should fall through, I have a P-47 bubbletop canopy, slightly smaller than the FMS airplane, that might just work for your plans. I bought the fuselage from Motion, just for the canopy, in case we weren't able to come up with one for this project. It isn't "quite" as scale as the one James printed up, but might work for your needs. Most people probably couldn't tell the difference. If you want it, you can have it. Let me know.

Cheer

Davegee

[Grossman56]

Yep, but just look at all the cool toys we have now!!

[jetfool]

Grossman56,
Memory's now. Our lost youth we can never get back but OH the Memory's.

Best Regards, Rex

[Grossman56]

Grossman,
What happened to the days of Booze and Wild Women

Ahh, a thing of the past my friend, all those wild women are now grandmothers, possibly Great Grandmothers

Me at 19:

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[jetfool]

Davegee,
If James decides to make some thicker canopies I'd be interested in a couple. I would also want to purchase his templates for the conversion also. Please keep me informed.
Best Regards, Rex

[Davegeee]

Davegee,
Since you're getting the only 2 canopies available for the FMS I guess I will have 2 make my JEM-CO P-47 into a P-47M. I have the plans showing the bubble conversion from JEM-CO for the conversion , all these years later. Bought kit in 1980.
Best Regards, Rex

Hi Rex: Just got an email from James regarding getting more canopies done, possibly. He is sending me the last two that were done by that outfit in Michigan. But he wants to get the mold back so he can see if he can make some better, thicker ones that would work better for the P-47 M you are thinking of doing. Would you want to buy a couple of the new ones if he decides to do that? Or, if he does make the thicker ones and you don't want one of those, I could sell you one of the thinner ones that I am waiting for in the mail to do my last backups for this Hairless Joe model. If that works out one way or another, you might be able to do a cool M conversion.

Let me know if you are interested at all in this idea and I can let James know how to proceed.

Cheers

Davegee