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Official FlightLine RC 1600mm F7F-3 Tigercat Thread
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With the Tigercat, I used two coats of silver grey I had custom mixed, then four coats of pearl (if I remember correctly) and initially four coats of clear, applied with a brush. People look at it twice!!
I'll probably end up giving it another coat of clear over the winter. Currently, I have 6 thick coats of clear on the wings of the P-40 to try and reduce the gatoring, sanded one wing last night and it looked pretty good, so I'm applying a couple more coats and I'll see how it looks from there. I've always had the P-40 in a flat finish, but the gloss is thicker so I thought what the heck, I can always make the final coat flat, but, to be truthful, it looks cool glossy so I may leave it like that for the next season.
Grossman56Team Gross!
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Spinner prop hubs are out of stock at Motion.
Mine broke when a single blade made light contact with the pavement on landing. It broke off the surface that the prop bolt bears against.
I am afraid this may continue to happen since it did not take much to cause the problem.
Does anyone have a 'work around' using a piece 3 blade prop and a different spinner/hub?
May need a different prop mounting adapter as well.
I saw one posted but the links do not work so I am out of luck there.
Thanks!
KC
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Originally posted by Mad Baron View PostTomorrow might be the day for the Tigercat remaiden. I have high hopes that it will fly well. Of course it all depends on the weather. It's supposed to be in the upper 50s.
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Originally posted by prestonowtm View PostJust finished. This monster is freakin awesome. Cant wait to get it up. Re-covered in Diamond dust with three coats of auto vinyl clear. Yes..none of the decals are "right" but I made it mine. Hated the mold seam on the back of the motor carriers so I striped it.
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Finally got this thing in the air today. You guys were right...it rolls through like a dream. Have a spectrum 636 in it with the as3x stabilizer on and 13mph winds. Never even shook a wing. Think this may be the easiest landing warbird I have except for the Zero. Definitely needs some down el for the flaps. Flipped the flaps to full at near half throttle and the thing nearly came to a dead stop midair...lol. Cant wait to fly it again
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Originally posted by Grossman56 View PostInteresting, I go with 15 degrees and 30 for half flaps/full flaps. I have no mix in half flaps and a small amount in full.
I agree, hands down the easiest flying warbird in the fleet!!
Grossman56
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Yeah this forum is great, many great people with lots of good advice. I have never used mixing for flaps, just use to using my thumbs i guess. Anyway yeah, this is why i didnt answer, cause i wouldnt have any idea what to tell you. I kinda do everything my own way and it seems to work most of the time, but when it doesn't im glad i have these guys here to get me through the rough spots. :Cool:
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