Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[kallend]

What is the trouble with CG?

I can't speak for Grossman, but I've had more trouble with the LG (landing gear) than anything else.

Not only was there a shortage of adhesive where the mounts glued into the wing, the wing in that area is hollow so the foam is thin and weak.

[Mr.Black]

Personally, I never have either. Doesn't mean it can't happen, but the odds are against it. Boils down to doing what you feel comfortable with. With my Flex Innovations RV8, I know a lot of fellows who swapped out the stock ESC and BEC but I haven't had any problems there either. My Spitfire flies great on the stock system, I had more trouble with the CG than anything else.

Grossman56

What is the trouble with CG?

[Grossman56]

Personally, I never have either. Doesn't mean it can't happen, but the odds are against it. Boils down to doing what you feel comfortable with. With my Flex Innovations RV8, I know a lot of fellows who swapped out the stock ESC and BEC but I haven't had any problems there either. My Spitfire flies great on the stock system, I had more trouble with the CG than anything else.

Grossman56

[kallend]

I haven't heard of a single instance of a failure of the stock ESC/BEC in this Spit. Has anyone? In fact I've never had a Freewing/Flightline/Hobbywing ESC/BEC failure in any of my models.

In general I don't add unnecessary components to my aircraft - it just creates an additional point of potential failure.

[robertbulko]

And you were saying it could not be disconnected, hence it can be.

It cannot be disconnected from ESC, you can only decide to not connect it to the receiver. It will still be working even the red wire is cut off the connector. Those are two different things. 😉

Anyway, when using standalone BEC as a power supply for the receiver and servos the BEC from the ECS shouldn't be used. It can be done by cutting off the red wire. That's it.

[RRHandy]

Your answer is funny. See #3024 and #3025 What would you say? It was enough to write: "yes, I disconnected the red wire." but..... His answer is confusing because he used standalone BEC in that model.

And you were saying it could not be disconnected, hence it can be.

[robertbulko]

You can isolate it from the system by removing the red wire from the plug and heat shrink it.

Your answer is funny. See #3024 and #3025 What would you say? It was enough to write: "yes, I disconnected the red wire." but..... His answer is confusing for me because he used standalone BEC in that model.

[RRHandy]

Well, what BEC are you talking about? It is not possible to disconnect the BEC from the ESC. It is built in.

You can isolate it from the system by removing the red wire from the plug and heat shrink it.

[robertbulko]

Hello,

If your question is did I disconnect the BEC from the stock ESC, the answer is yes.

thanks

Well, what BEC are you talking about? It is not possible to disconnect the BEC from the ESC. It is built in.

[Fluffy78]

Hello,

If your question is did I disconnect the BEC from the stock ESC, the answer is yes.

thanks

[robertbulko]

Hello,

To be honest, it is my first Freewing plane and some people at the field said that the BEC that comes with it is not reliable and recommended I put a standalone BEC in. To be honest, in all my other large planes, the ESC doesn't have a BEC, it's only my smaller ones that have a combo ESC - BEC. This Spit is my first 1m40+ plane that has a BEC & ESC together.

I'm an electronics engineer, so whilst I may be prone to human error, and my wife will most certainly opine on my numerous errors going back to our first date, I've been soldering PCB since I was a teenager and I'm getting to a point where I don't want to mention my age ... 🤣🤣🤣

I took her to the field this morning and flew her using the BEC from the ESC without noticeable issues. I had to reinsulate the wires, the ESC and the 6S battery after the fire of course.

I didn't have time to thoroughly test the plane because, due to pilote error, I stalled the plane a bit too early whilst landing and have to glue back one landing gear now. I will return tomorrow morning.

Thanks for your responses, much appreciated, I will leave the plane without an additional BEC seeing the lack of issues here, I prefer flying over tinkering anyway.

Regards,

Cédric

Hi, I didn't read whole your story but I didn't notice so far anything about how the throttle cable from the stock ESC was connected to the receiver. Did you unplug the red (+) wire from the connector? If not, I am pretty sure it was the cause of your troubles. ;)

[Elbee]

I am new for RC and In Europe you can order the spitfire 1600mm. I just ordered one and it looks very good. Great quality. I had a probIem with one aleron servo and motion RC helped me great.
I bought some decalls from Callie graphics so that the spitfire looked a littlebit dutchie. I put them wet on the plane. I set the plane up with As3x / Safe 6ch receiver.
Love the plane.
The forum is great to search information. Thanks

GK, Welcome to Hobby Squawk. Glad to have you here. Diggin' the Czech livery. Bravo Zulu, Sir. Best, LB

[gerardkessels@wbl.nl]

I am new for RC and In Europe you can order the spitfire 1600mm. I just ordered one and it looks very good. Great quality. I had a probIem with one aleron servo and motion RC helped me great.
I bought some decalls from Callie graphics so that the spitfire looked a littlebit dutchie. I put them wet on the plane. I set the plane up with As3x / Safe 6ch receiver.
Love the plane.
The forum is great to surch information. Thanks

[Evan D]

Drinking... I found the three different kinds of decals and the placement of the black lines frustrating.


BTW, I don't drink, it was said in jest.

[SanExup]

That's what I was wondering. Did he mean the topical or the drinking kind? Liquid courage, liquid patience, maybe not liquid precision though.

[kallend]

Lift them off the sheet with the clear overlay. Place them in the spot you want them and then the fun starts. I peel back the overlay while holding down the decal with a hobby knife, work slow and alcohol helps :)

Beer, wine, or spirits?

[The43rdHammer]

Evan D that’s 2 I owe you 😂

[Evan D]

Awesome!!

[The43rdHammer]

Evan D Thanks for this, it worked. A club mate also suggested a warm film iron which also worked really well.

They really need to offer some kind of guidance in the manual, I’ve never used (or to this point heard of) dry transfer decals before.

Thanks again

Andy

[Evan D]

Lift them off the sheet with the clear overlay. Place them in the spot you want them and then the fun starts. I peel back the overlay while holding down the decal with a hobby knife, work slow and alcohol helps :)