Official FMS 1400mm P-40B Warhawk Thread

[Matthewjmorrissey3@gmail.com]

Hello, on my p40 the black box thing on each wing that you plug all the wires into all the wires came apart. But each wire isn’t labeled. So how am I suppose to put them in right order? Thanks

[SanExup]

Matthewjmorrissey3@gmail.com I don't own this model so I don't have a great visualization of your 'wires' and 'black box.' I apologize if I'm stating the obvious for you. But do you have a servo tester? I often go through all of the servos with a tester before I assemble a model just to A. see if the servos are working and B. center all of the servos and C. verify that any unmarked or marked servos truly correspond to the labels. I've had elevators labeled as rudder, etc.

If you don't have a servo tester/battery tester it's worth getting one.

[Grossman56]

Hello, on my p40 the black box thing on each wing that you plug all the wires into all the wires came apart. But each wire isn’t labeled. So how am I suppose to put them in right order? Thanks

Page 7 in the manual explains it all.
Ch 2 = Ailerons, Ch 3 = Elevator, Ch 4 = Rudder, Ch5 = Landing Gear. Ch 6 = flaps.
The wires coming out of the box should be labelled as either the Ch number or the description and should plug into to receiver in the same order, Ch 1 being your ESC 2,3 and 4 are universally A.E.R. so it's easy to remember. Hope that helps.

Grossman56

[Joehockey]

HI All
Just picked up a P40 in mint condition at a swap meet.
I assume a 4cell /5000-50c is sufficient to fly ?
I have to check the CG obviously but hate to add dead weight and noticed Bryan Phiilup test 2x packs for functional weight . Is anyone flying on 6S ?

[stojakovic]

HI All
Just picked up a P40 in mint condition at a swap meet.
I assume a 4cell /5000-50c is sufficient to fly ?
I have to check the CG obviously but hate to add dead weight and noticed Bryan Phiilup test 2x packs for functional weight . Is anyone flying on 6S ?

i flying p40 with 6S 3300mah battery。but i replace motor，4258 550kv instead。

[Grossman56]

Yep, I fly mine with the ESC/Motor combination from the P47 razor. Flies great but you need a solid prop as the stock setup doesn't stand up. My silver P 40 flies stock but I did change out the ESC as I heard that the stock ESC had some issues. I never had a problem with my first P40 with the stock system, but they changed ESC's somewhere along the line. I ran 4000 4S batteries all the way forward when she was stock and now run 4500 6S all the way forward, no difference. With the newer/silver P40 I had to add a ton of weight to the nose to hit the CG, don't know whether it was because of the Flite Metal or what. So check your CG, definitely.


Stock P47 system from Pilot Ryan after an inflight collision with OV10/Warbird Charlie at NEFI turned his plane into trash liners.



Silver P 40.
Oh yeah, if you want a more authentic Flying Tiger emblem, check out callie graphics.



Grossman56

[Joehockey]

Kudos to your silver P40 it’s a beauty ! Thanks for the great tips . I think I will fly stock at first then see what mods I want to make.
I am up to 8 P40ties, so I need to get to work lol, maintenance alone keeps me busy !

[Joehockey]

I started to blend the really sharp lines that not correct on the camp

[Grossman56]

You notice on RT's P 40 (the one that yours is modeled after, that the paint line is solid, I believe I read somewhere that the paint scheme was painted on with a brush or roller. Remember they were originally slated for the RAF so they were painted in RAF camo.

Not sure why they painted a big green spot for the 'Tiger' that Walt Disney provided, but an interesting detail for those after authenticity.
BTW, I found that the brown is just the green color with red and white added to it as you can see from when I removed the original tiger and put the Callie ones on.


Grossman56

[Joehockey]

Very cool facts , thanks ! I always wanted to model a large B , I think Vic RC made one close to 1/5 scale . At this time I have too many P40ties lol .
I made some fun scale mods just for eye candy, not scale .
I will add some filler and final paint.
On a technical question , what are you guys flying on ? is a 4s5000 too much for the stock system ?
It seems like this model lives on the smaller packs like the FMS Maule

[Grossman56]

I fly mine one 6s using 4500s. I have the FMS P47 motor/ESC and the battery goes all the way forward. Had to change out the prop and spinner as the stock one is not robust enough.
Running the stock system in my other P40 (the silver one), I'll run 3600's and 4000's all the way forward. I had CG problems with it, possibly because of the Flite Metal (didn't have any CG problems with the Mustang that I put Flite Metal on) and the fact that they install the rudder servo platform backwards.
Here's where I fly mine, regardless

Both are great airplanes, now that I have the CG problem fixed in the Silver one.
Lots of nose weight.

Grossman56

[Joehockey]

Thanks and nice work again on those P40ties !

[F106DeltaDart]

Had a great evening/afternoon flying today. It's been a while since I last flew the P-40, and forgot how nicely it handles. Will need to get it in the air more! I switched the RX from an old clone I didn't trust to one with AS3X+. Not needed, but it sure didn't hurt!