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Posted: June/04/2021 at 4:15pm  Quote
 
Well she was a handful for me. But the flight went well. A bit too nose heavy I think. I added about 2lbs up front to get it where the manual wants it. On my second approach attempt I stalled turning downwind to base and she did one nice spin. I pitched forward and recovered. I thought it was a goner. I just need to get a feel for appropriate speeds as this is the heaviest/fastest model I've ever flown. It also needs a lot more aileron throw.

Anyway I took the ARF and stripped it. I fiberglassed and painted it with Rustolium 2X paint. Callie Graphics for the vinyl. I used Minwax satin polyurethane for a clear colts. Panel lines were done with masking tape and acrylic airbrush primer.

The cockpit kit was from Dynamic Balsa. I tried my hand at a sliding canopy. The fuse was a bit narrow for me to try for it to be servo actuated. I will attempt that on my next build the TF F4U Corsair.

It's powered by a DLE55RA. I used a FRSky redundancy bus, two A123 batteries, two receivers and a TechAero IBEC on the ignition.

I'm looking forward to learning how to fly this thing better and really getting it dialed in.

Happy summer flying!!











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Congratulations, Matt. 

Lovely model. 



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Nice job Matt, she looks great . 

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Posted: June/04/2021 at 5:50pm  Quote
 
Well done Matt. Sounds as though you had a lucky escape there but you live to fly another day.

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Thank you all! She sat for over a year finished because I was too scared to fly it. I got some stick time in on Real Flight but man it's just not the same, lol

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I forgot to add the video clip links


https://youtu.be/jM-jrwnqtTk

https://youtu.be/0oc4udhH0nw

https://youtu.be/fRMnwLla2YA

https://youtu.be/kyC2IME6IoE

https://youtu.be/bHT5BWXnWvc

You can be brutally honest with my flying, I need/want to improve

Thanks

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Nice job Matt, I always like to see what people do with ARFs. They are a blank canvas to add detail and make more accurate. Sounds like you got lucky, but it survived to fly another day, so a successful flight/maiden.

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Nice job Matt, I always like to see what people do with ARFs. They are a blank canvas to add detail and make more accurate. Sounds like you got lucky, but it survived to fly another day, so a successful flight/maiden.


Thanks! Yes I was lucky to be at altitude. I did have the ware with all to dump the nose down to recover, even if it meant hitting the dirt. I though trying to power out and pull up would of only made worse. Good to be a few mistakes high when learning a new aircraft.

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