Official FMS 1500mm P-47D Razorback Thread

[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

[Elbee]

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

Not wanting to tread on your conversation, but the answer is 'prioritizing responsibility".

Bummer.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

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

[Grossman56]

Good to know I'm not the only one!
Dewinterized the trailer, reseeded the grass, pressure washed the deck.
Camping next weekend in Buffalo Wyoming.

Dan

[Elbee]

Acknowledged & Agreed

[jetfool]

Elbee,
Same with spring chores here. My Boss always finds things to-do.
Your B-25 should look great with a desert fading paint in the sunlight.
You will like the new radio advances, I've been working all morning trying to get it registered on Spectrums sight but something I'm not doing is driving me crazy.
Once I get this working it can be set-up to talk and tell you batt. pwr, throttle settings, all kinds of things so I don't have to look at screen while flying.
Most guys in our club are Spectrum users so I can pick their brains on how to use this.
It is a big step up from my Futaba.

Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

Elbee,
Good to hear from you. Hope all is well and you're getting some flying in.
My JEM-CO kit will be after the Phantom is finished. Want to take it to Toledo next spring.
I have the plans for the Jem-co SBD-5 and would like to build some day if I can get a set of foam wing cores and canopies. Still have my Jem-co Corsair and FW-190d hanging in the garage. They were great kits and fly well.
When are you starting a new build? Will be looking forward to it.
Best Regards, Rex

Rex,

I've been 1) working on a personal project and 2) getting all that house/property Spring stuff outta the way.

Still want to add that white wash coat to the upper surfaces of the B-25C "Desert Warrior" to simulate sun fade.

Then it's on to radio install and first check flight.

Will begin the Tomcat somewhere in-between those no doubt.

Had thought to pull out the T-33, assemble it making no modifications just to have a simple beater, but I'm running out of my allotted hanger space, or so I've been told.

One has little to do with the other, but you know how that goes.

She whose authority exceeds my rank is tolerant until I move something....

Looking forward to more reports about your Spectrum 8X, is it?

Want to learn more about AS3X+ RXs, so might be in the market for an 8X TX.

Like you, I've been a Futaba guy from the beginning, (1982 +/-) and would definitely need some schooling in the new techs.

Best, LB

[Davegeee]

Davegee,
My JEM-CO P-47 is 54" ws so a little smaller than the FMS. I have all the plans but not the canopy. The E-Flite P-47 canopy may fit ok just need to measure my plans and check the E-Flite size. Not in any hurry to start. The JEM-CO is close to 100% scale in outline w/ 500# bombs and drop tank included. Trying to understand my new Spectrum NX8+, so this old brain is smoking on this. The tech from my 13 yr. old Futaba 7c to this is lite years advancement and will take time to learn, an amazing radio. I also got the E-Flite GEE BEE 1.0m to have a little speed fun. Only able to fly maybe 8-10 times this yearbecause of wind but it's getting better flying weather. I need to get my Yellow P-47 back in the air too.
Best Regards, Rex

We used to call it a "helmet fire" when task saturated on checkrides in the simulators devised by deviants (like me). Totally understand the brain ramp up to this newest technology. I will at some point be upgrading from my venerable Spektrum DX-18 to something like what you have. I'll have the same challenges that you are experiencing now, I'm sure!

Take care,

Davegee

[jetfool]

Elbee,
Good to hear from you. Hope all is well and you're getting some flying in.
My JEM-CO kit will be after the Phantom is finished. Want to take it to Toledo next spring.
I have the plans for the Jem-co SBD-5 and would like to build some day if I can get a set of foam wing cores and canopies. Still have my Jem-co Corsair and FW-190d hanging in the garage. They were great kits and fly well.
When are you starting a new build? Will be looking forward to it.
Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

jetfool,

HAD the JemCo P-47, too, sold it along with their F6F Hellcat and Jim Meister's Master Scale P-51D model kit of AVG pilot James Howard's P-51 Mustang DING HAO! during the typhoon.

Those are/were all beautiful kits. No regrets, but happy you have your P-47.

Brings a smile to my old face and looking forward to pictures and commentary on that build.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

Davegee,
My JEM-CO P-47 is 54" ws so a little smaller than the FMS. I have all the plans but not the canopy. The E-Flite P-47 canopy may fit ok just need to measure my plans and check the E-Flite size. Not in any hurry to start. The JEM-CO is close to 100% scale in outline w/ 500# bombs and drop tank included. Trying to understand my new Spectrum NX8+, so this old brain is smoking on this. The tech from my 13 yr. old Futaba 7c to this is lite years advancement and will take time to learn, an amazing radio. I also got the E-Flite GEE BEE 1.0m to have a little speed fun. Only able to fly maybe 8-10 times this yearbecause of wind but it's getting better flying weather. I need to get my Yellow P-47 back in the air too.
Best Regards, Rex