Official FMS 1400mm P-51D V8 Thread

[gooniac33]

G'day gooniac,
Yes, my Red Tail gets flown at the bigger shows for that very reason. And I am amazed at how many people know about the situation of those men and make positive comments.
The only problem I had with my Red Tail when it arrived was that the pilots skin was bright pink! Ooooopppppssssss, from FMS on that one.

Regards and respect.
Daryl

I am not gonna use the pilot that came with it. I will have one made of Benjamin O Davis ...

[wrongroad]

G'day gooniac,
Yes, my Red Tail gets flown at the bigger shows for that very reason. And I am amazed at how many people know about the situation of those men and make positive comments.
The only problem I had with my Red Tail when it arrived was that the pilots skin was bright pink! Ooooopppppssssss, from FMS on that one.

Mike, Welcome to the Red Tail Squadron mate and take no notice of shirty when he says blue nosers are better! Other then that, shirty gives good advice.
[state of origin next week, shirty.....Go the blues!!!!!!]
Do not be afraid to add ballast to the nose if needed to get the CG right and the manual has the CG spot on with this machine at 110mm.
Other then that, use a bit of contact glue to secure the philips screw in the oleos. You will see it!
The most important part....have fun.

I think the FMS Mustang is the easiest of all the warbirds to fly. It sits nice in the sky and looks the part. Just keep your speed up in the turns and follow through with the rudder, and land a bit hot for the first few landings. Too slow kills.
No flap needed for take off and I would seriously recommend against take off flaps. And only use full flap for landing if it is dead calm and even then full flap is not really needed. I mostly land with half flap [flap one]. No flap if it is a fairly strong breeze. You know when you maybe should have stayed on the ground anyway. [lol]
Oh and ditch the drop tanks for flying.

And as shirty has said, ask any question you like and we [everyone here on this forum] will all give you the best answers that we can. You will find the tips that we give are what we do to our own machines. I will not recommend anything unless I actually do it myself or that I know it works as other pilots use the idea successfully.


Regards and respect.
Daryl

[e4dragongunner]

Also.... something I did preemptively, I upgraded my retracts.

http://smallpartscnc.com/index.php?r...ry&path=20_123

You Keep the electronics , you replace the trunion and side plates. :-)

[Shirty]

Grats mike. Check all your retract screws, inc the grub screws, and make sure the tail seats properly, (I glue it in to stop any movement), otherwise not too much to worry about. Feel free to post any questions. Best of luck with the build and maiden.

[goosekiller1]

Good day my fellow pilots, i just added the 1450mm V8 P-51 Red Tail to my war bird collection. I bought it last night from Motion RC after much taunting from my fellow pilots.You ask why I have a love for the AXIS aircraft I love to come up behind the P-51s P-47s etc and do my best to intimidate my buddys with with my FMS 1400mm BF 109 Tan so this my first P-51 any input from you guys about the plane build good points bad points over all. I am really excited can't wait till she arrives. Thanks Mike!

[gooniac33]

G'day gooniac,
Mate I wish I had of been there for that. Great flying, great communication and great models.
I witnessed two pilots making the call of 'low pass' and neither nominated a direction. One pilot simply said 'I'll follow you through' so the other pilot thought that he was going to be followed by the pilot making the call. Not so!
I am sure you know what happened next!
Yep, they MISSED!!!:Whew::Whew: But by the barest of margins. They were at the exact same height on opposite headings and passed within fifteen centimetres of each other.
I was next on the flight line [with an observer] and we both winced as they passed. We thought a head on had to happen at full speed.
Two very sheepish pilots landed soon after and received a huge cheer for such 'precision' flying. Or was it a huge razzing from the peanut gallery?
Needless to say, they do enjoy telling the story at parties and the passes get lower and faster with each telling;).

I have come back with a wheel mark on a wing from someone not flying the circuit. Too close for comfort and I have a screen grab of my Red Tail in very close quarters to a camera plane in a head on approach. I claimed a kill!
We were about one hundred and fifty feet off the deck, about a hundred metres from the flight line. Could have been not so nice but we both went left at the same time.:Cool:
We now have an understanding at my club that if a head on looks likely for both pilots to go left. It works. Our version of TCAS. And we have a strict rule about low passes along the runway can only be done in the direction of the circuit being flown at that time.
I get to fly at a major city club from time to time and it is great to get a flight of ten or so models all being talked around the sky by the flight leader.
People in the crowd do not realise that we are just playing follow the leader on one pilots command but it looks so cool with ten aircraft banking into the turn and screaming around in simple figure eights and loops. It all comes down to communication and good flying. It is so much fun but exhausting at the same time. It takes so much concentration to do.
We often get asked how much practice do we do and people are amazed to hear that we come from all over the place and only meet up at the event. Some of us live six hundred kilometres apart. That word comes in again. Communication.
Taking off in formation and landing in twos also makes it interesting. A good spotter is really handy to keep enough separation at all times. The half a dozen times I have been in it there has not been a collision although I have been told that they do happen.
Next time I will use my mounted el cheapo $50 knock off gopro. I have it cut in to an old canopy of BBD's and it give surprisingly good footage for such a cheap camera.
Regards and respect
Daryl

Communication is the key. We all are seriously committed to talking about what is happening in the air and make sure to keep our distances as well. We usually get a crowd of people watching and as a result we also do an airshow once a year at a municipal airport. They shut it down for an hour so that we can put on a show with out stuff... this P-51B will be doing a flight as a red tail... honoring the ones that did so much but were given so little respect....

[wrongroad]

G'day gooniac,
Mate I wish I had of been there for that. Great flying, great communication and great models.
I witnessed two pilots making the call of 'low pass' and neither nominated a direction. One pilot simply said 'I'll follow you through' so the other pilot thought that he was going to be followed by the pilot making the call. Not so!
I am sure you know what happened next!
Yep, they MISSED!!!:Whew::Whew: But by the barest of margins. They were at the exact same height on opposite headings and passed within fifteen centimetres of each other.
I was next on the flight line [with an observer] and we both winced as they passed. We thought a head on had to happen at full speed.
Two very sheepish pilots landed soon after and received a huge cheer for such 'precision' flying. Or was it a huge razzing from the peanut gallery?
Needless to say, they do enjoy telling the story at parties and the passes get lower and faster with each telling;).

I have come back with a wheel mark on a wing from someone not flying the circuit. Too close for comfort and I have a screen grab of my Red Tail in very close quarters to a camera plane in a head on approach. I claimed a kill!
We were about one hundred and fifty feet off the deck, about a hundred metres from the flight line. Could have been not so nice but we both went left at the same time.:Cool:
We now have an understanding at my club that if a head on looks likely for both pilots to go left. It works. Our version of TCAS. And we have a strict rule about low passes along the runway can only be done in the direction of the circuit being flown at that time.
I get to fly at a major city club from time to time and it is great to get a flight of ten or so models all being talked around the sky by the flight leader.
People in the crowd do not realise that we are just playing follow the leader on one pilots command but it looks so cool with ten aircraft banking into the turn and screaming around in simple figure eights and loops. It all comes down to communication and good flying. It is so much fun but exhausting at the same time. It takes so much concentration to do.
We often get asked how much practice do we do and people are amazed to hear that we come from all over the place and only meet up at the event. Some of us live six hundred kilometres apart. That word comes in again. Communication.
Taking off in formation and landing in twos also makes it interesting. A good spotter is really handy to keep enough separation at all times. The half a dozen times I have been in it there has not been a collision although I have been told that they do happen.
Next time I will use my mounted el cheapo $50 knock off gopro. I have it cut in to an old canopy of BBD's and it give surprisingly good footage for such a cheap camera.
Regards and respect
Daryl

[gooniac33]

Sounds like my club, if you do not have a sense of humour, you are in trouble:).
If I ever win loto, I am coming your way for sure. An around the world trip just to fly models.....awesome!
I was glad that you ditched the drop tanks, while they look good, they do hamper the flight just a little. I only ever put them for static displays.
Regards and respect
Daryl

I did ditch the tanks for the last couple flights at Skypark... Here take a look..

[wrongroad]

Sounds like my club, if you do not have a sense of humour, you are in trouble:).
If I ever win loto, I am coming your way for sure. An around the world trip just to fly models.....awesome!
I was glad that you ditched the drop tanks, while they look good, they do hamper the flight just a little. I only ever put them for static displays.
Regards and respect
Daryl

[gooniac33]

Hey gooniac,
Tell your mates at the field that they were lousy for not giving you a rousing round of applause for a great maiden flight!
It should have at least involved a group hug:Hug::).

It was great to hear the enjoyment in your voice. That does not happen all the time as some pilots get a little too tense.
While we do not score each flight here at my home field [well not publicly at least] each good landing and good save [as the case may be] always gets a round of acclimation from the peanut gallery.
If I could find the icon to do so I would, so consider it done!;)

I got a buzz out of your flights, so thank you very much, mate.

Regards and respect
Daryl

LOL its all good. We are a tight group and are always doing that with each other. Glad you enjoyed the flights! It is a gem for sure!! Love it!

[wrongroad]

Hey gooniac,
Tell your mates at the field that they were lousy for not giving you a rousing round of applause for a great maiden flight!
It should have at least involved a group hug:Hug::).

It was great to hear the enjoyment in your voice. That does not happen all the time as some pilots get a little too tense.
While we do not score each flight here at my home field [well not publicly at least] each good landing and good save [as the case may be] always gets a round of acclimation from the peanut gallery.
If I could find the icon to do so I would, so consider it done!;)

I got a buzz out of your flights, so thank you very much, mate.

Regards and respect
Daryl

[e4dragongunner]

Also.... the 560... blew the prop stickers off the prop. :-)

[gooniac33]

Looks great, just got to remember that prop torque pull and add that right rudder.

Grossman56

Look at the later videos and you will see it getting straighter. Basically I have to hold right just as I throttle up and it will go straight...

Also stay tuned... I was able to get the 1700mm 17x10 prop to fit on the spinner... I still need more parts but will be trying this out. it may only be a 3s configuration but it is for sure worth a try...

[e4dragongunner]

Excellent Vids!!! Love the flying field. Like proximity of the pilots to the flight line a lot. I have the 560 Kv, No Prop mod.
Prop mod seems to work very well!

[Grossman56]

Looks great, just got to remember that prop torque pull and add that right rudder.

Grossman56

[Shirty]

What rifleman said ;)

[rifleman_btx]

Awesome!

[gooniac33]

I maidened mine on saturday and was instantly in love with it!! This thing is awesome! I am using stock 540kv motor with zip tie mod, stock esc, Added a ZTW UBEC and a 4s 35c 6000mah battery. I am getting 10 min flight times with this thing and love it as it is!!! I have a 4258 550kv motor ready to swap into it but not sure if I will bother. It suits me just fine as it is stock! Here are a couple of the videos and the playlist if you want to look at the rest.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFORvKk7TcE-p9X7hKWJ1Xlnw4WhLQjs

[Grossman56]

Hey Wrongroad, I fly off a asphalt runway, but there easily could be a dust problem out her in WY!!
I'll have to try that, as that could easily be the problem, too much friction in the guides on either side. Tahnks!

Grossman56

[wrongroad]

G'day Grossman,
Are you flying off grass, and to make matters worse, wet grass?
I have this as a re occurring problem when I am flying during our winter [now] and the grass is damp to soaking wet and it will take too long to dry out.
The solution is to use my favorite product INOX.
A quick spray into the tail wheel area and cycle a couple of times and the friction should be eased enough to get the tail wheel to go all the way home.
I also have an issue at my home field of it being a sandy base and there is an amazing amount of rubbish that gets thrown off the the tail wheel even though the runway is fully grass covered and nice and smooth.:)
And, of course it sticks like glue.
Even flying off hard stuff will see enough dirt and crud thrown into the tail wheel well.

Also check that the doors are in fact glued firmly into place. If these can move, they will prevent themselves from closing. And of course, check that the whole unit is firmly in place.

INOX does not hurt the foam or any plastic that I have used it on and can honestly vouch for how good it really is.
I used to get it for free when I worked for Massey Ferguson but I still buy the product now.

I fact, I used it out of twenty litre drums when I was racing dirt track speedway to get the mud to fall off the car. On my go kart it was what I used in the wheel bearings [dust shields removed] both front and rear. Never blew a bearing in twenty years. If it rained, I simply sprayed INOX all over the kart, never had any rust on any part, even the brake disc. Just had to remember that it was on the brake next time out.

I keep on recommending this product but MR INOX never sends me any freebies:Angry::Angry:

Ah well, it is STILL the best product on the market by a country mile or two!

Regards and respect
Daryl