Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[horsefeetky]

so what are the flight times we can expect as stock version factory fresh...........

[Alpha]

It's a good question! The website's product page states "6-8 minutes depending on battery and throttle management."

The longest I've personally tested on a 6s 4500 was 12:30, but that was more testing the glide and slow speed than it was a "real flight". In a slight headwind with ~20% throttle, we got video of it flying level at near zero airspeed.

I expect we'll be flying the aircraft rather than hovering it, haha, so I'd say 4-5 minutes is a safe timer for the first flight, then bump it up in 30 second increments based on your flying style, battery capacity/quality, ASL, etc. The stated range estimate on our website should capture most pilots.

For demo mode, with an Admiral 6s 5000 my timer is set to 7:00 with room for a couple go arounds. Lately I tend to touch down around 8 minutes. As a big bird, it rewards learning when and how much throttle to use. In certain lines, the juice is wasted. This is true for any aircraft, but on big scale warbirds with scale props and a wing like this one it is especially true.

I recommend flying with telemetry for this very reason, to receive real time voltage readouts on the flight battery and see exactly how your left finger impacts your flight time. Learning how to stretch a flight on the same flight, without the flight appearing less "exciting", is fun for me. In Asia a lot of the pilots keep the throttle at 100% from takeoff to landing. They marvel how I'm flying twice as long but looking like I'm doing the same things they are.

[Shirty]

Great info. Can't wait

[Shirty]

I share because I care... great pic of the spitty.
:)

[Grossman56]

That looks like a Vb, I can't recall whether the IX had two 'box' radiators or the circualr one as in this pic, anyone know??

Grossman56

[xviper]

I'll wager a guess of 5'0"

Well, since 1600mm is 5' 3" and she's a few inches above the wing tip, that's a little on the short side. I'm betting she's 5' 7", give or take an inch.

[racerx600rr]

Well, since 1600mm is 5' 3" and she's a few inches above the wing tip, that's a little on the short side. I'm betting she's 5' 7", give or take an inch.

uh...unless you are seeing a picture i'm not, she is shorter than the wingspan of the plane. Maybe some parallax?

[Plastic_Aviator]

Why is their no option to "Pre-Order" a Pre-Order? Come on MRC!!!! :)

[xviper]

uh...unless you are seeing a picture i'm not, she is shorter than the wingspan of the plane. Maybe some parallax?

Yer right. I was throwing in way too much perspective. Upon re-inspection, she's standing right next to or possibly even with the plane. That's would make her 5' or less. :Sleeping:

[rifleman_btx]

Why is their no option to "Pre-Order" a Pre-Order? Come on MRC!!!!

I'm sure they will soon as they have the opening price for it.

[AkumaZeto]

Whats the wing loading and stall like on this elliptical beast!

[Oxotnik]

I was kinda hoping for a spectacular release announcement on Memorial Day. A Day-after-Memorial-Day announcement (ie, Preorder button going live) would be good, too! :Cool:

[racerx600rr]

I was kinda hoping for a spectacular release announcement on Memorial Day. A Day-after-Memorial-Day announcement (ie, Preorder button going live) would be good, too! :Cool:

YES YES YES...........what he said!

[TwistedGrin]

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[dkalwishky]

This is the Spitfire thread, I think you want the B-26 thread. :)

[Oxotnik]

As others have stated, I'm awaiting the Olive Drab version. Gotta do the Flak Bait livery....

Doing the math, and it looks like 1/14 scale is needed from Callie.

https://callie-graphics.com/products/b-26-flak-bait

1600mm Spitfire, 1/14 scale? That's not right. It's more like 1/7 scale. Spitfire wingspan is about 37', right?

[1600mm/(25.4mm/in)/(12/in/ft)]/[37 ft] = 14% = 1/7 scale

Ah, he's talking B-25. Never mind. I've got my 1/7 scale Johnnie Johnson decals already. I just need a 1600mm Spit on to which to apply them... :-)

[Area81Racing]

Yep, posted to wrong thread. Proving that we all make mistakes, it should have been posted in the B-26 thread Oxotnik:Silly:

[Evoman]

This large Spitfire looks really good. From my experience flying various Spitfires in War Thunder just about all the variants are great flyers.
I am now kind of interested in seeing how it flys in DCS now that a Spitfire LF Mk. IX module was recently released a few months ago.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/spitfire/

[rifleman_btx]

I've noticed that war thunder doesn't accurately simulate to perfection how the planes really fly. For instance a 109 can turn right lol

[Evoman]

I've noticed that war thunder doesn't accurately simulate to perfection how the planes really fly. For instance a 109 can turn right lol

I know they are not as accurate but if you fly in Simulated mode some of the planes come pretty close. But its a great game to easily jump into and get a decent idea of how each plane flys.
For the best simulation of warbirds there is only DCS. Which by the way the BF 109 K-4 Kurfürst in DCS is actually tricky just like the real thing to take off in from what I have seen. From what I have read the Spitfire is easier to learn to fly but a pilot is limited to how far he can go with it. Where the BF 109 may be a pain to learn to fly but once you master it the sky is the limit with how far it can be pushed. Even in War thunder I have gotten that sense between the two.