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Originally posted by Drake View PostI would gladly pay a reasonable rateI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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This has probably been addressed before in the 129 pages of this thread, but I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for a pilot replacement of the USAAF pilot to an RAF pilot that looks equally good. Mine is outfitted in the colors of Witold "Lanny" Lanowski who flew in a Polish squadron in the RAF and then transferred to the 56th Fighter Group in WWII.
Appreciate any leads on this. Thanks!
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Originally posted by davegee View PostThis has probably been addressed before in the 129 pages of this thread, but I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for a pilot replacement of the USAAF pilot to an RAF pilot that looks equally good. Mine is outfitted in the colors of Witold "Lanny" Lanowski who flew in a Polish squadron in the RAF and then transferred to the 56th Fighter Group in WWII. Appreciate any leads on this. Thanks!
I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Originally posted by MesRcPilot View PostDear Steve , I declare you the Spitfire's Interior Designer of the Year award :wink.I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Originally posted by Elbee View Post
DG, I do not know of a dedicated RAF Pilot in a scale that fits the "Spittie" and I looked. I bought an "Aces of Iron" USAAF Pilot and modded it a bit to 'look-like' an RAF Pilot. Paint choices helped and good documentation for the colors and equipment. I liked the way he turned out actually. Best, LB
thanks for sharing
Rich
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Originally posted by RichJ53 View Postbeautiful work!!!thanks for sharingRichI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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[QUOTE=Elbee;n213387]
DG, I do not know of a dedicated RAF Pilot in a scale that fits the "Spittie" and I looked. I bought an "Aces of Iron" USAAF Pilot and modded it a bit to 'look-like' an RAF Pilot. Paint choices helped and good documentation for the colors and equipment. I liked the way he turned out actually. Best, LB
Nice work on the pilot figure, Elbee. I might try that someday to at least give the appearance of an RAF pilot flying an RAF squadron plane.
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Originally posted by Elbee View Post
DG, I do not know of a dedicated RAF Pilot in a scale that fits the "Spittie" and I looked. I bought an "Aces of Iron" USAAF Pilot and modded it a bit to 'look-like' an RAF Pilot. Paint choices helped and good documentation for the colors and equipment. I liked the way he turned out actually. Best, LB
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There is also this option from https://www.warbirdpilots.com/produc...lot-figure.htm, though your figure looks great Elbee!
Tom
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Originally posted by Pogo View PostThere is also this option from https://www.warbirdpilots.com/produc...lot-figure.htmTomI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
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I just ordered a 1600mm spitty and was looking for tip and tricks on setting up for my maiden. I have watched videos on youtube and understand it's a torque beast that requires controls to keep the tail planted and plane from rolling left. I am a very seasoned pilot but all planes fly differently and I plan on taking off and landing in grass. Any tips on throws rates and cg would be much appreciated. I want to use my Turnigy 60 c 4000 and 4500 batterys but what does everyone use as far as weight and placement?
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D
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Originally posted by Triple D View PostI just ordered a 1600mm spitty and was looking for tip and tricks on setting up for my maiden. I have watched videos on youtube and understand it's a torque beast that requires controls to keep the tail planted and plane from rolling left. I am a very seasoned pilot but all planes fly differently and I plan on taking off and landing in grass. Any tips on throws rates and cg would be much appreciated. I want to use my Turnigy 60 c 4000 and 4500 batterys but what does everyone use as far as weight and placement?
Thanks,
D
When taking off on grass, slowly increase the throttle while holding almost full up elevator and begin to input right rudder to keep it straight. Then as you reach about 25% throttle, release the elevator slowly, letting the tail come up, but only let it come to level or even with a slight down attitude-say about 5 degrees (this prevents early lift off and stalling). At this point, your rudder will have enough air flow to help keep it from going left, as I have to use a lot of right elevator at slower speeds, but as the taxiing speed increases, you will see better rudder control Continue increasing throttle while maintaining that slight down attitude till your well over 60% throttle, then you can give it a small amount of up elevator and full throttle to take off smoothly. If you leave the full up elevator too long while increasing the throttle, the plane will lift off too soon and you will be in a stall mode.
On landing, I go to low rates (with about 40% expo on the elevator to keep from making exaggerated pitch changes) and bring it in on a glide slope with about 40% throttle, slowly backing it off to around 20%-25% as you keep level with the ground 6" to a foot off the runway, then slowly let it down while keeping the plane in a level attitude as the mains touch down, cut the throttle and let it roll out and the tail comes down. Don't try to flare it at the last minute before touchdown to get a three point landing, as you may have it rise too high and end up stalling it and dropping one wing. A 2 point landing is the way to go, just keep up enough speed to accomplish that.
Good luck with the maiden, just relax and feel confident. After about 2 or 3 take-offs and landings, you'll be dialed in. Don't accelerate too fast on take-off at the beginning, otherwise you will be mowing the lawn (do I even need to tell you how I know-at the beginning, our club wanted to hire me to keep the grass short by flying all my warbirds).Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by Triple D View PostI just ordered a 1600mm spitty and was looking for tip and tricks on setting up for my maiden. I have watched videos on youtube and understand it's a torque beast that requires controls to keep the tail planted and plane from rolling left. I am a very seasoned pilot but all planes fly differently and I plan on taking off and landing in grass. Any tips on throws rates and cg would be much appreciated. I want to use my Turnigy 60 c 4000 and 4500 batterys but what does everyone use as far as weight and placement?
Thanks,
D
You may need to add a bit of nose weight if you are only using 4000mah batteries. With my 5000mah battery shoved all the way forward, I just get the recommended CG, which I find to my liking.
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Originally posted by Triple D View PostI am a very seasoned pilot...I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Thank you for making me feel welcome. It's nice to have fellow pilots share their passion and experience with others who seek commradery and wisdom.
This is my first large warbird and I am really Stoked to get her up and flying nice. I sold my ROCHobby P39 Airacobra to a fellow pilot because I couldnt fly it off the grass park near my home. I did fly it when I belonged to a local club and loved it. I have several MP Dog fighters that are really great and figured why not buy a larger spitty.
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