Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[Hugh Wiedman]

Hey Guys... Sharing my latest effort....
Just finished my Spit repaint. Callie Graphics. Aces of Iron Pilot ... I think I FUBAR'd the Nose art... its backwards and should only be on one side. LOL I wasn't going to pull it off Thanks... getting an early start on next years March Madness.

WOW, great looking Spitty! Love the invasion stripes on the bottom, the subtle weathering, the wheel/strut/gear door work and outstanding work on the pilot. He looks just a little pissed off too, exactly what you need when defending the home land! Nose art looks great, wouldn't have even guessed it was backwards (looks fine to me) and you definitely need it on both sides even if it's not supposed to be there; never know which side you're going to be looking at it from so better to "cover all the bases".

[e4dragongunner]

Hey Guys... Sharing my latest effort....
Just finished my Spit repaint. Callie Graphics. Aces of Iron Pilot ... I think I FUBAR'd the Nose art... its backwards and should only be on one side. LOL I wasn't going to pull it off Thanks... getting an early start on next years March Madness.

[paladin]

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Joe

[Evan D]

Same here but using a scalpel...

[Elbee]

How did you folks get that canopy off without tearing things up I have a well painted pilot for mine as well.

MF, I use a stainless steel artist's spatula.form Hobby Lobby. It is flexible and long enough to get behind the canopy and still slice the adhesive. Once you can lift a corner or edge, peel and slide the spatula along. At some point you might be able to pull the canopy off with cutting or slicing. There will be some paint peeling dependant on where the OEM glue is, so just go slowly and deliberately. Best, LB

[Mark Franke]

How did you folks get that canopy off without tearing things up I have a well painted pilot for mine as well.

[Jeffco]

At last! Lockdown ended in the UK last week so maidened my Spitfire. It has 5000mah Admiral pro batteries set far forward and cg was per spec. Friday was disappointing, had two twitchy flights with over sensitive pitch control. So dialed in more expo and reduced movement, but still hard work to fly.
Today I attached 7oz lead to the top front of the battery and it flew great just as everybody described. Landing was much easier, still plenty of control even on low rates.
I post this because it's not what I was expecting from the many reviews I've read, but so happy it's now sorted. I'll increase flight times to 9 minutes for next week. I'll check tomorrow where my cg is now.

[paladin]

yes, it is. the entire top of the fuse is off. typical for a fw190, nobody has done it write yet, but it flys superbly. mine is powered by a ntm 5060-380 on 8s turning a 14x9x3 it has no limits if i chose to fly that way.

[bandetx]

The scale outline of the canopy on that aces high 190 is off... which is quite the damn shame since it would be so easy to get it right yet they didn't...

[paladin]

hugh, this is the thread on the plane:

Ace's high new warbirds by extreme flight rc - RC Groups

this is my post on the retracts:

RC Groups - View Single Post - Ace's high new warbirds by extreme flight rc

ITS A GREAT FLYING PLANE! just the poor struts make it alittle more expensive.


Joe

[Hugh Wiedman]

HUGH, I HAVE ONE and it flys great! the retract units are top notch. but the struts will fail to do what they do in 10 flights. most of us replace them with hobby king struts.

Joe

Post Pictures, We Want Pictures, We want Pictures, as many as you can get. Do you mean the landing gear struts, that's so unlike Extreme Flight!

[paladin]

Check out the 2 190's from Aces High of Extreme Flight. Great weathering already done, camo one is superb and includes rivets! Right up my alley, not mods, painting or graphics needed for once.

HUGH, I HAVE ONE and it flys great! the retract units are top notch. but the struts will fail to do what they do in 10 flights. most of us replace them with hobby king struts.

Joe

[Hugh Wiedman]

Getting rid of the spots or making them fuzzy would be #1 if I got one.

Check out the 2 190's from Aces High of Extreme Flight. Great weathering already done, camo one is superb and includes rivets! Right up my alley, not mods, painting or graphics needed for once.

[Evan D]

Getting rid of the spots or making them fuzzy would be #1 if I got one.

[Gilatrout]

Whoa, those are some beautiful FW-190's. Who makes those. I was recently looking at the Extreme Flight, Aces High division, and they now make two 62" balsa/monocoat ARF 190's. A little pricey after installing all the electronics/etc. but one looks exactly like your middle FW-190. I love my Extreme Flight plane and consider them to be the "Gold Standard" in balsa ARF's, so curious to find out if that's one of them. My Spitty too needs a worthy adversary.

The FW-190s are both repaints of the eflite 1500 that was recently released. The original paint is pretty horrible, but it is a fun and easy repaint.

[Hugh Wiedman]

Mmm tasty FW-190 Targets

Whoa, those are some beautiful FW-190's. Who makes those. I was recently looking at the Extreme Flight, Aces High division, and they now make two 62" balsa/monocoat ARF 190's. A little pricey after installing all the electronics/etc. but one looks exactly like your middle FW-190. I love my Extreme Flight plane and consider them to be the "Gold Standard" in balsa ARF's, so curious to find out if that's one of them. My Spitty too needs a worthy adversary.

[Evan D]

Saw your post in the FW thread and ignored it. Oh baby, wish you were closer! :)

[Gilatrout]

Mmm tasty FW-190 Targets

[kallend]

Thanks all for the tips.

I might be over thinking the blue box lights connectors... just didn’t want to burn out the bulbs.

Brushing a light coat of minwax to prevent the decal backing pulling off the paint makes sense. Followed by a coat over the decals.

I purchased an Eagle A3 L V2 3 axis gyro to install... has anyone else installed a gyro in the Spitfire or is it not worth the addition of another potential failure point between servos and receiver?

I use a HobbyEagle A3S2. It makes the plane very smooooooth and look more realistic in the air.

[Gringotuerto]

... has anyone else installed a gyro in the Spitfire or is it not worth the addition of another potential failure point between servos and receiver?...

I have an AS3X receiver with integrated gyro. My guess is that the usefulness depends on your typical weather. In the conditions where I typically fly, I can barely notice any difference between AS3X on or off on a plane of this wingspan. Of course it makes a huge difference on a 18-inch UMX plane, which is almost unflyable outdoors without a gyro. But for this and other planes I have with 1600mm wingspan, there is much less difference, at least where/when I fly. But I guess if you were flying in very gusty wind you might benefit more from a gyro. I tend to stay home and do other things on stormy days, but other people live in areas where you have to fly on stormy days or you would never fly.