Official FlightLine RC 1600mm F7F-3 Tigercat Thread

[davegee]

Sounds good Dave, I'm thinking of doing the other Spitfire's cockpit since the first one turned out so well. Frankly, our pilots look a lot better too, so yeah, hold on to them. If nothing else, they're good practice parts for painting. Never know, if we inventory them and let others know what we have, they may be interested as well.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Sounds good, Dan. I'll hang onto the box of stuff until we get together again and then I'll hand it over to you to rummage through to see what stuff you want. Some good stuff in there.

Cheers

Davegee

[Grossman56]

Sounds good Dave, I'm thinking of doing the other Spitfire's cockpit since the first one turned out so well. Frankly, our pilots look a lot better too, so yeah, hold on to them. If nothing else, they're good practice parts for painting. Never know, if we inventory them and let others know what we have, they may be interested as well.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

BTW, new prop blades and horizontal stab.

We'll have to do a photo shoot at the field and in the air when you get it ready to fly this spring!

BTW, I texted you on your regular email about a box of stuff you might want to look through. Lots of Spitfire parts and other things you might want to sift through, otherwise it's going in the trash. Let me know.

Davegee

[Elbee]

Grossman56,

From Crash Victim to Super Model, you are a skilled craftsman, Danger.

She is a vision.

Bravo Zulu, Sir.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

Grossman56,
Considering most guys would have thrown the wreckage in the trash I can say you have done an outstanding job of bringing her back to life. Congratulations
Best Regards, Rex

[Grossman56]

BTW, new prop blades and horizontal stab.

[Grossman56]

She looks pretty good, considering'''



Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Better have good sunglasses, Dave

Dan, looking better and better

Rex

Yes, the sun glinting off the silver wings could be blinding!


Cheers

davegee

[jetfool]

Better have good sunglasses, Dave

Dan, looking better and better

Rex

[davegee]

Here she is all ready for wet sanding. I set her aside for the moment to start in on the pilots. The Big Guy for me and Rex's pilot for the P47.



She's not too pleased as she's been the hangar queen for quite some time

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Great job, Danger! I'll be happy to bring my camera out to take some pics of it when you fly it again!

Cheers

davegee

[Grossman56]

Here she is all ready for wet sanding. I set her aside for the moment to start in on the pilots. The Big Guy for me and Rex's pilot for the P47.



She's not too pleased as she's been the hangar queen for quite some time

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Thanks! Got a fourth coat on it tonight, once up to six coats, I'll wet and it. Can't wait to see it in the sunlight with all that pearl it should really be something. There's some slight variations in some of the panel's colors, which is really cool!! She'll stand out more than ever!
Here's some pics of the real La Patrona:



And mine:




OOPs, after all these years, I see I screwed up on the numbers, I'll get it right this time. No wonder she didn't fly right!

I know Dave was curious about the real one. One thing I'm going to try to duplicate is the chrome panels at the exhaust ports and I'm wondering if there isn't a way to recreate the landing gear more accurately aka the FMS version. I thought about adding the second cockpit, but there is nothing but wiring right there and wouldn't look so good.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[jetfool]

Grossman,
Your clear coats are looking great. Gonna need dark sunglasses when you fly in the thin air Wy. sunshine.
Happy New Year, Rex

[Grossman56]

Three coats of Minwax on her so far.




Starting to get some 'shine' on her
Three coats down and three to go, then wet sanding with 600 grit and a few more coats. Do it 'til she's done. Decals are on their way and will be applied after the sanding is complete, then a couple more coats of Minwax or Spar Varathane if I can get my hands on more.
I was really hoping to see a V2 Tigercat, but nothing so far. Upgrading to the 760kv motors was not a big deal, you just need to include the motor mounts and redrill the holes. Then I used E6000 on the screws to lock them on. Stock ESC's and the B25 prop system, the blades are the same as the stock Tigercat. I did order the B25 prop shafts as well.
Now she'll perform much better. You know how the stock motors would get you through a sloppy loop and the overall airplane performance was more like a presentation bird, at least up here at 5000 feet.
No so with the 760kv's (FMS).

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Problem solved, some old guy had the plugs for the rudder, nose gear and nose gear steering in wrong, ground plug on the wrong end. Miraculously, when I corrected that, everything worked fine!!
About to start a weird week, work tomorrow, then two days off as the wife goes in for surgery on her colon. Thankfully, it wasn't cancer, but it was one cell away from it. We both got our Christmas presents early.:heart:.
BTW, anyone who is on Medicare, check out plan G. It covers everything that Medicare doesn't. After, cancer, brain aneurysm, fluid buildup around her heart, diverticulitis, Colonoscopy and thats just off the top of my head, ask me how I know.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

I have had plan G since I went on Medicare several years ago. It is well worth the price, to me and my wife! There are a lot of different insurance companies offering it so you can contrast and compare the service and the monthly premiums to see what fits you best.

Davegee

[jetfool]

Grossman56,
Those old guys can be troublesome. Glad you figured that old guy out; LOL
Best of luck to your wife in healing.
I will check out the plan G. So far our supplement has covered everything
Best Regards, Rex

[Grossman56]

Problem solved, some old guy had the plugs for the rudder, nose gear and nose gear steering in wrong, ground plug on the wrong end. Miraculously, when I corrected that, everything worked fine!!
About to start a weird week, work tomorrow, then two days off as the wife goes in for surgery on her colon. Thankfully, it wasn't cancer, but it was one cell away from it. We both got our Christmas presents early.:heart:.
BTW, anyone who is on Medicare, check out plan G. It covers everything that Medicare doesn't. After, cancer, brain aneurysm, fluid buildup around her heart, diverticulitis, Colonoscopy and thats just off the top of my head, ask me how I know.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[jetfool]

Sure you do Dan. Probably fly better than new. Rex

[Grossman56]

Got the forward fuse looking fairly good so I assembled the beast last night and started testing the electronics. Everything seems to work except the nose gear doesn't retract. I unplugged it from the board and used the servo tester to check it out. It worked fine so I'm wondering whether it's in the circuit board. Everything else checks out, have to readjust the flap positions but so far that's the only problem.



The tail is painted with the silver grey paint, but no pearl on it yet, see the difference.


A little work to be done on the seam but minor.

Threw the motors and props on for the fun of it.



Looking good so far



Still a fair amount of work, but the major concerns have been addressed. The only question is whether I REALLY want to fly this thing after all this??



Grossman56

(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Did some filling this evening and now let her dry for another night. Time consuming.....