Official FlightLine RC 1200mm F8F-1 Bearcat Thread

[Alpha]

Congrats on your maiden+2, Mad Baron! I'm glad you like your Bearcat!

[OV10]

Beeg,, not at all. The FMS 70 amp esc's were fine. I just decided to up the amps, just to have a little more cushion!

I will use the 70 amps in other planes. Today, Karltrek flew in formation with a 1400mm P-51D with the same 4258 motor and he left the Mustang in his dust.


Bob

I would certainly expect that he did with the bigger than stock prop/motor and weighing almost 2 lbs lighter than the Stang. ;)

[borntoolate]

Beeg,, not at all. The FMS 70 amp esc's were fine. I just decided to up the amps, just to have a little more cushion!

I will use the 70 amps in other planes. Today, Karltrek flew in formation with a 1400mm P-51D with the same 4258 motor and he left the Mustang in his dust.


Bob

[Beeg]

BTL, were you having issues with the 70amp ESC's?

[borntoolate]

Both of my FL Bearcats were re-maidened today as they have new motors and esc's. The flew superbly! Thanks to Karltrek for flying both for me. It was a bit windy and a lot busier at the new field.

Bob

[borntoolate]

Nice pictures, Alpha! I am looking forward to another trip down south to Apollo soon!


Bob

[Alpha]

Nice 'Cat, Mad Baron! I like that Olathe livery.

I don't know if I've posted this before but here is the FlightLineRC Bearcat flying formation with two FlightLineRC P-38s and a Durafly 1100mm Corsair. The Bearcat shown is Xplaneguy's 2B HP version.

[Grossman56]

I placed mine on the little ridge on the starboard side of the fuselage, works great. The receiver is just above it.

[F106DeltaDart]

F106DeltaDart where did you install the gyro in your Bearcat? There is very little room in fuse and I would like to install a gyro in my Bearcat but I don't see any extra room in the fuse to install it.

Nick

I added a plywood tray behind the battery tray. This is also where I mounted my tail retract servo. I put the gyro right over the hole in the tray next to the servo.

[borntoolate]

I used the HSD Skyraider 1 piece prop. Borntoolate over on RCG used the 1400mm Corsair prop without issue as well, but it will require the hub as well. The stock hub is too small to fit the 1400mm blades. I upgraded to the FMS 580kv 4250 motor w/85A ESC, and I believe BTL used the 650kv motor from the FMS 1400 P-40B.

True. I swapped the motor with a 4258-650kv. I am using the 1400mm Corsair prop, hub and adapter. I initially put a 70amo ESC but have just received some 90/100 amp from HK. Both my Bearcats will have the new esc installed.

Bob

[F106DeltaDart]

I used the HSD Skyraider 1 piece prop. Borntoolate over on RCG used the 1400mm Corsair prop without issue as well, but it will require the hub as well. The stock hub is too small to fit the 1400mm blades. I upgraded to the FMS 580kv 4250 motor w/85A ESC, and I believe BTL used the 650kv motor from the FMS 1400 P-40B.

[Grossman56]

I put an A3L in mine as well, although stock it is such a great plane. I'm going to look in to your mods as well. Did you use just the 1400 mm blades on the stock hub or is it the complete 1400 mm Corsair prop?

Grossman56

[F106DeltaDart]

Flew 2 flights on the Bearcat today after installing an eagle A3 gyro. With my 16" prop, the Bearcat was flying great in zero wind, but the coupling torque and wind made it difficult to fly smoothly. With the gyro added, it flew gorgeous. Didn't even notice that it was windy. Flew in 7-10mph winds, and still made some of my best landings yet. It goes back on the regular flier list now!

[F106DeltaDart]

If anyone has amazon video, you should check out episode 10 of "The Flightline". There is lots of beautiful footage of 2 Bearcats flying formation for the first half of the episode, gives me something to aspire to emulate when I'm out flying later. The show title is also strangely fitting for this model :). Also, ditto on the frog tape. It still isn't perfect, even when triple-tacked on a shirt, but its the closest that I've gotten. Used it for masking the shark mouth, insignias and camo on my FMS P-39.

[Grossman56]

Here's some shots of when I was converting my first Iron Ass with sound to Old Crow. Frog tape for everything

[OV10]

Yellow Frog Tape works great, you can stick it to your shirt or pants to reduce the tack if you want.

Grossman56

I've been using that stuff too.........like on the Tiger 2D ;)

[Grossman56]

What did you use to mask the lines so the paint didn't pull? I've had great success with Post It notes.

Yellow Frog Tape works great, you can stick it to your shirt or pants to reduce the tack if you want.

Grossman56

[Beeg]

I posted down in Airbrushing tips&techniques under Airbrushing masks about my last couple months of experimenting with different masks.
I started using low tack Frisket which so far has worked great as it's easy to cut into masks or thin strips to use as a low tack tape.

[Alpha]

Paint. The "International Orange" is Behr house paint. The white is Rustoleum spray can.

What did you use to mask the lines so the paint didn't pull? I've had great success with Post It notes.

[borntoolate]

Pretty Danged impressive Bob!!! Doesn't look like she lost any of her great handling tendencies either!

Grossman56

She is balanced very nicely. I will take her out this weekend with her sister ship in Blue Angel colors. The motor mod on #2 will be done by tomorrow. The Bearcat is just such a great model by Flightline!

Bob