Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[kallend]

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[kallend]

I added a wing hold-down (rear) piece to my collection of 3D printable odds and ends for this Spit.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5460521

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[xviper]

It's interesting that you fellas are talking about this Spit and the P-51 motor. In fact, it is this Spitfire's motor that I had to get for my old FMS P-51 1700mm as they do not list it for the FL P-51. However, because it comes with the prop adapter for the Spit, I also had to get the prop adapter for the P-51 (different lengths). It's weird that's how they do it that way instead of just listing the same motor but with the P-51 prop adapter. They just don't have the motor in the P-51 parts list.

[f4u ausie]

P51

[f4u ausie]

The p5is. 390 kv

[paulrkytek]

I am happy enough with the stock prop, ground clearance on grass is fine and it gives enough power with the 390kv motor. I believe the P51 is 340 kv motor. I suppose if you went to the bigger prop on the 390 kv motor it would be wise to test it out with a power meter to ensure it stays within the amp limits of the stock esc

Also spinner dia will probably be bigger and look awkward so I doubt anybody would do a swap

[kallend]

So, who is planning on using the new P-51 prop and spinner on the Spit? You would go from a 16x10 to a 16x12 prop.

Why?

[paulrkytek]

So, who is planning on using the new P-51 prop and spinner on the Spit? You would go from a 16x10 to a 16x12 prop.

I am happy enough with the stock prop, ground clearance on grass is fine and it gives enough power with the 390kv motor. I believe the P51 is 340 kv motor. I suppose if you went to the bigger prop on the 390 kv motor it would be wise to test it out with a power meter to ensure it stays within the amp limits of the stock esc

[Evan D]

I’m happy with my stock spit.

[Couchbr]

So, who is planning on using the new P-51 prop and spinner on the Spit? You would go from a 16x10 to a 16x12 prop.

[davegee]

Moderation in all things my Brothers.

One deep fried Oreo instead of two...

Just had a bite of one at our State Fair a week or so ago. Not bad, but the line to get one was long.

Fair Food is not for everyday consumption....

Best, LB

Yes, it is good to partake of "Fair Food" when you get the opportunity sometimes, but always in moderation! It's part of the fun and experience of the State Fairs around our country.

[davegee]

I'm only pulling your leg sir, gently, I hope! I'm sure in the distant past the contents of the breakfast was a regional/seasonal thing. I don't know how far back, maybe WW2 when rationing meant you had to be inventive with what you had. These days it's probably more about who makes it, with people having moved around in the country. Fried bread nowadays is probably seen as a heart attack waiting to happen. Having said that my mother-in-law used to fry in a pool of fat, much like you were offered, whereas my mum just wiped the frying pan with lard before frying so we didn't have to 'drain' the fried bread. My mum would also fry mushrooms and tomatoes. We lived in London. My sister is in Suffolk, just outside '8th air force country', as we call it. Sadly there isn't much left up there as a remembrance.

Roger

Thanks for that info, Roger. My dad flew from bases at Flixton and Alconbury in WWII. We visited some of those bases, and stayed in a B&B in the village of Bungay, not far from Flixton, and thus my experience with the fried bread. At that time, in the 1990s, many of the bases we visited still had some vestiges of buildings, runways, hardstands, taxiways, and the like, but since then some of them have been plowed under and replaced with farmlands and other purposes. Not that I blame them, that's pretty valuable land, and some areas like in Polebrook, home of the 351st Bomb Group that my late father in law flew from have a section of the main runway preserved for posterity. It's very moving to stand on that intact part of runway and imagine what it must have been like, sorta like the beginning of the movie 12 O'Clock High with Dean Jagger taking one last look at what remained of his old base.

We're Anglophiles, our family, always have enjoyed their history and visiting various parts of it.

Cheers

Davegee

[Elbee]

Moderation in all things my Brothers.

One deep fried Oreo instead of two...

Just had a bite of one at our State Fair a week or so ago. Not bad, but the line to get one was long.

Fair Food is not for everyday consumption....

Best, LB

[chabd]

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

I'm only pulling your leg sir, gently, I hope! I'm sure in the distant past the contents of the breakfast was a regional/seasonal thing. I don't know how far back, maybe WW2 when rationing meant you had to be inventive with what you had. These days it's probably more about who makes it, with people having moved around in the country. Fried bread nowadays is probably seen as a heart attack waiting to happen. Having said that my mother-in-law used to fry in a pool of fat, much like you were offered, whereas my mum just wiped the frying pan with lard before frying so we didn't have to 'drain' the fried bread. My mum would also fry mushrooms and tomatoes. We lived in London. My sister is in Suffolk, just outside '8th air force country', as we call it. Sadly there isn't much left up there as a remembrance.

Roger

[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!

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!

[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)