Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[davegee]

. My parents who were traveling with my wife and me had to bite our tongues not to insult our well-meaning hosts


Us brits from down south call it fried bread, yum, not good for the arteries though.

Don't get me wrong, my family and I Love the traditional English breakfast with, eggs, sausage (bangers) toast, bacon, porridge, hot tea, etc. No complaint there. And actually the rest of the breakfast was fantastic, as were our hosts. But the "fried bread" was a bit too much for us as we saw the grease oozing from the bread. Aside from that it was a delightful trip! Come to think of it, that was the only time in that area of Bungay and Flixton that we ever even saw the fried bread on numerous trips we took to the UK. Is that a regional thing, Suffolk area?

Cheers

Davegee

[chabd]

. My parents who were traveling with my wife and me had to bite our tongues not to insult our well-meaning hosts


Us brits from down south call it fried bread, yum, not good for the arteries though.

[Grossman56]

Actually, He's a Max Grueter RAF pilot who looks good in any Allied Cockpit.
It would have been cool if there was an optional upper body with the blue flight jacket on.

Note how they hide their teeth! What Dave, no sardines??
On another note, I have as you probably know, I have two of the FL Spitties. One in stock Flightline colors and the other in BoB movie colors (AI-A)

Now, DV-A binds up to the radio no problem, but AI-A binds, but unless the throttle trim is all the way down, she will not engage when the battery is connected. I've had issues with Spectrum rx's when binding and found that sometimes the trim had to be all the way down in order to bind, but never had a trim issue once the plane was bound. The only thing I can think of is throttle calibration which I have to try.
Just ran downstairs and tried it and no, I had to role the trim all the way back down before it would stop beeping rapidly and go into cell count. Once it finishes the cell count, all is well, strange eh?

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Dave and Dan, Are you sure your Spitty pilot is English and not one of our boys lending a hand? Only way to know for sure us if he smiles and shows his teeth, or lack thereof! :face_with_hand_over

Good one! Also, if he takes you out for a meal and orders some of their "choice" British cuisine, there is additional proof that he is a Brit. I remember we were on vacation and staying in a small village near where my dad flew from in WWII, a town called Bungay.. For breakfast, one of the offered items was fried toast soaked in lard, just oozing with it as it sat there. My parents who were traveling with my wife and me had to bite our tongues not to insult our well-meaning hosts that we would politely decline, this, uh, "Toast!"

[Hugh Wiedman]

Nicely done, Dan! Even that "American chap" looks good with the RAF

Cheers

Davegee

Dave and Dan, Are you sure your Spitty pilot is English and not one of our boys lending a hand? Only way to know for sure us if he smiles and shows his teeth, or lack thereof! :face_with_hand_over

[Grossman56]

"Us" being the allies, right? USSR, Britain, Canada, Free French, exiled Poles, etc. had some involvement in liberating Europe too (although the USSR would re-enslave it)

I wonder what the world would be like if the Battle of Britain had gone the other way.

Yep. definitely! As I had two uncles that fought in the Royal Canadian Army (one in Italy and the other in Europe) and my wife's dad served in the RCAF, us meant the Allies not U.S.

Hey Dave, glad to see you at least got the pic, I see that big ugly coming in from the NW over your shoulder there. I kept hoping that the weather would improve, but that wind just wouldn't let up. Of course today was beautiful as I was working.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

freakbrother

Re: "The Man in the High Castle" by Phillip K. Dick (1962).

A bit dystopian and a challenging read.:face_with_monocle:

Have not watched all of the series of the same name, just too slow for my ol' Dude ADD .

I've read a couple books by Harry Turtledove, an alternate history fiction writer.

I understand his book "In The Presence of Mine Enemies" is well reviewed and similarly themed, though I have not read this one.

I struggled with German 1 & 2 in high school and presume I would have equally struggled with it if it were required by law.

The good guys won and believe I am better off with that outcome.

Best, LB

[davegee]

Hi Dan: I like this size a lot more that our previous attempts. I'm happy with the size of mine, too.

I did go out to the field to get a picture of me with LOU IV that the buyer wanted. But it was too windy to put the Spittie up today. Maybe next time.


Cheers

Davegee

[Grossman56]

The new pilot installed in the cockpit of the Spitfire Mk IX:



The weather hasn't been cooperative today so the mission was scrubbed, but that won't stop us from remembering those who saved Britain in those Darkest Hours, enabling England to go on, eventually giving us a 'floating aircraft carrier' from which to ultimately free Europe.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Burning the midnight oil (well at least its late to me) and got the new pilot pretty well done.
The face looks better in real life, not so bleached out, but hey, I'm happy!
Here he is hanging out with the boys:



Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Nicely done, Dan! Even that "American chap" looks good with the RAF pilots!

Let me know if you're going out to the field tomorrow for "Battle of Britain" day. My Spittie is ready to go for a flight or two!

Cheers

Davegee

[Elbee]

Grossman56
Your figure painting skills are exemplary, 'Ol' Bean'.

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

Burning the midnight oil (well at least its late to me) and got the new pilot pretty well done.
The face looks better in real life, not so bleached out, but hey, I'm happy!
Here he is hanging out with the boys:



Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

We're approaching the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, coming up this September 15th. Better known as Battle of Britain Day in the UK...

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Danger,

The Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy is "Ready, Willing, and Able, Sir."

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

We're approaching the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, coming up this September 15th. Better known as Battle of Britain Day in the UK, this was the crucial day that ended up inspiring Winston Churchill's "Never in the field of Human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few."
Thus inspiring the name given to all who flew in the battle, "The Few"
Little know fact is that about 2/3's of the kills during the Battle were made by Hurricanes, but the Spitfire MK I, II and IIa's became the iconic fighters.
One day, we may be lucky enough to see a Hurricane come down the Flightline tube.

In the meantime, I've been putting paint on the new, upsized figure, have him ready and in place by the 15th in honor of the day.


Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Well, despite his large size, he Looks the part. Ours looked like the pilots’ little brothers found a uniform that fit to go play in the cockpit! I’m glad we came up with something a little more scale.

Good luck getting some flying in with those seasonal storms down Miami way! We’re currently getting choked by numerous distant forest fires blown this way from Canada and elsewhere. It’s just part of the summer season in these parts!

Cheers

Davegee

[Hugh Wiedman]

Thanks. The “too small” pilots we printed definitely bugged us, even though the prints and paint jobs came out great. This larger version looks much better now, to us, anyway.

Did you say that "too small" pilots bugged you? How about my "Clint Walker" size pilot in my Corsair? Hooked up the RC Geek random servo generator to his head. Looks like he's trying to figure out a way to get out in case of trouble! Took off his boots so his toes can operate the rudder and elevator servos just underneath him, so if there's ever a crash, I can blame it on him! :lying_face:

[davegee]

Thanks. The “too small” pilots we printed definitely bugged us, even though the prints and paint jobs came out great. This larger version looks much better now, to us, anyway.

[jetfool]

Awesome, great job you guys are doing.

[davegee]

Danger Dan and I have been working on some resizing of Max Grueter Spitfire pilot figures for our Spitties. The first ones I printed up looked nice, we both did a good job on painting them up realistically, but they just looked too small for this model. Just recently, I increased the size of the original pilots we installed by 15 per cent, and I think we are more in the ballpark now for how they should look. I flew my Spittie today, the one honoring Witold "Lanny" Lanowski who was a Polish pilot who flew with the RAF and later with the USAAF with the 56th Fighter Group. This model is still hanging in there going on 9 years old.

I'll attach a few pics I took today. I decided I wanted to use a different headsculpt and printed a different version of the Grueter figure, wearing an oxygen mask. The plane flew beautifully, especially after I replaced the faulty left aileron servo that was making the aileron flutter. It worked great today.

Cheers

Davegee

[Grossman56]

That makes sense, I now have Flight Modes set up on every plane in the hangar, I tried it on the Corsair and it's great. Big Beautiful Doll got it as well last weekend. I'm a believer now!
I can see how that would be great with the F14 as well. I know one of the guys at the club, who is an excellent flyer, has one and had some difficulty transitioning from normal to swept wing configuration. I don't know whether he was using Flight Modes, but he was following RC Geeks recommendations.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)