Spitfire shot down
07-05-2011, 07:32 PM
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Spitfire shot down
Last Monday, a Spitfire which was doing his maiden flight was shot down by the Lutwaffe 3 minutes after taking off. Some people saw the plane suddenly spined, the nose pointing to the ground. Nobody knows what really happened.
We send a rescue team to try to localize the plane and its pilot but they were not able to find it in the corn field. So we sent another plane to take some shots from above and finally we were able to identify the plane wreckage.
But the pilot disappeared. May be he bailed before it crashed...
We send a rescue team to try to localize the plane and its pilot but they were not able to find it in the corn field. So we sent another plane to take some shots from above and finally we were able to identify the plane wreckage.
But the pilot disappeared. May be he bailed before it crashed...
07-08-2011, 08:43 AM
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RE: Spitfire shot down
The plane probably tip-stalled during his last turn. This plane was really heavy: I had to put a lot of lead shot to balance it properly (at least 20oz). All the control links were OK.
07-08-2011, 01:06 PM
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P-Y,
Do you have what was the overall weight of the plane when finished?
What engine did you have in it?
I am building one myself and I would like to know what is a bad weight to have.
Pedro
Do you have what was the overall weight of the plane when finished?
What engine did you have in it?
I am building one myself and I would like to know what is a bad weight to have.
Pedro
07-08-2011, 01:31 PM
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RE: Spitfire shot down
No, I don't know what was the overall weight of the plane. I used an OS61FX 2 stroke. I should have used an heavier one like a 4 stroke .91.
Everybody says on the forums that this plane is tail heavy and that you have to keep the tail as light as possible. It was my first build and first plane (but I then bought and flew 6 other planes before flying this one) so I didn't pay much attention to the comments because I didn't have any experience. I could/should have put the airtank in the wing and do some other things to keep it lighter.
I spent few hundred of hours to build it, sand it, fiberglass it and paint it and it just lasted 3 minutes (may be even less) [&:]
Now I'm ready for the next kits.
Everybody says on the forums that this plane is tail heavy and that you have to keep the tail as light as possible. It was my first build and first plane (but I then bought and flew 6 other planes before flying this one) so I didn't pay much attention to the comments because I didn't have any experience. I could/should have put the airtank in the wing and do some other things to keep it lighter.
I spent few hundred of hours to build it, sand it, fiberglass it and paint it and it just lasted 3 minutes (may be even less) [&:]
Now I'm ready for the next kits.
07-09-2011, 08:18 PM
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RE: Spitfire shot down
ORIGINAL: P-Y
No, I don't know what was the overall weight of the plane. I used an OS61FX 2 stroke. I should have used an heavier one like a 4 stroke .91.
Everybody says on the forums that this plane is tail heavy and that you have to keep the tail as light as possible. It was my first build and first plane (but I then bought and flew 6 other planes before flying this one) so I didn't pay much attention to the comments because I didn't have any experience. I could/should have put the airtank in the wing and do some other things to keep it lighter.
I spent few hundred of hours to build it, sand it, fiberglass it and paint it and it just lasted 3 minutes (may be even less) [&:]
Now I'm ready for the next kits.
No, I don't know what was the overall weight of the plane. I used an OS61FX 2 stroke. I should have used an heavier one like a 4 stroke .91.
Everybody says on the forums that this plane is tail heavy and that you have to keep the tail as light as possible. It was my first build and first plane (but I then bought and flew 6 other planes before flying this one) so I didn't pay much attention to the comments because I didn't have any experience. I could/should have put the airtank in the wing and do some other things to keep it lighter.
I spent few hundred of hours to build it, sand it, fiberglass it and paint it and it just lasted 3 minutes (may be even less) [&:]
Now I'm ready for the next kits.
07-10-2011, 09:13 AM
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RE: Spitfire shot down
Actually it was worse than it looked on the photos. I took off the engine, servos and the retract system and trashed the plane. I have a Marutaka C-47 to build and didn't want to spend hours and hours trying to fix the Spitfire.
