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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 1/31/2013 11:34 PM

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kahloq,
Do you have the HK retracts? How are they? I was looking at them for my BT Spitfire.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 1/31/2013 11:46 PM

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Yes I do have the HK retracts. They are good in my opinion. I showed them to a 30+ year flyer and he wants to buy them from me and has spurred him to purchase the HK spitfire.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 12:03 AM

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Looks like the cowl paint doesn't match...just like the GS Corsair. I think I still like the ESM better.

Agree. I think the ESM looks a lot nicer, particularly the cowl area. I really dislike these bolt-over cowls. They could at least set the cowl circumference so it is flush with the fuse. Too bad TF did not use a similar system to what they did on the P-51. And, the ESM price is right as well, crappy hardward included.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 12:06 AM

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Brotherhood Update, we now have 175 in our squadron.

Welcome to the Spitfire Brotherhood #:

174. kahlog
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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 3:25 AM

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Here's a nicely done ESM Spitty video.

http://youtu.be/CXrjRVuK6iI

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 3:36 AM

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Here's a nicely done ESM Spitty video.

http://youtu.be/CXrjRVuK6iI

Thanks for the link.
Super Video!!
I usually don't give thumbs up replies to youtube videos,
but for this one I just had to.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 4:38 AM

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Here's a nicely done ESM Spitty video.

http://youtu.be/CXrjRVuK6iI

The lights in the canons were a great idea. How was this done?

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 5:09 AM

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Here's a nicely done ESM Spitty video.

http://youtu.be/CXrjRVuK6iI

The lights in the canons were a great idea. How was this done?

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i would venture to guess brite strobe led's or video editing.
I had a look at this turkish company for strobe LEDs awhile back
http://www.flytron.com/12-rc-light-systems

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 3:01 PM

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Here's a nicely done ESM Spitty video.

http://youtu.be/CXrjRVuK6iI

The lights in the canons were a great idea. How was this done?

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i would venture to guess brite strobe led's or video editing.
I had a look at this turkish company for strobe LEDs awhile back
http://www.flytron.com/12-rc-light-systems

Andreas

Video editing would be my guess also, he did a good job of it too.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 4:29 PM

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Here's a nicely done ESM Spitty video.

http://youtu.be/CXrjRVuK6iI

Brother Phat Reliant,
That was a sweet video!!!

The smoke system was so cool!!!
Now I will have to look at the 50cc size EMS Spit!!! Looking at the way he drop that 55cc up front with not a lot of mod to the cowling!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 7:11 PM

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Here's a nicely done ESM Spitty video.

http://youtu.be/CXrjRVuK6iI

Good one!

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 9:26 PM

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Hey, nice job on the video! Good flying and I like the smoke. Looks like the DLE55 is a good match for that plane.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/1/2013 10:27 PM

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I have a 72.5" ESM Spitfire. It shows two canons in the instructions but none came with the kit. Does anyone know where I can get a set or can give me the diminsions to make a couple? I may try mounting LED's in them like the video. A friend says he has seen this done on a F-86 and it really shows up like the video.

Thanks in advance.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/2/2013 1:58 AM

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Almost bought a H9 Spit but had a feeling that TF would bring an ARF out, glad that I didn't. Now I just need to wait on the 60 sized version!
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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/2/2013 5:15 AM

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Here is the ultimate father son spitfire project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1sS8BkGqp4

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/2/2013 12:19 PM

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I received my BT Spitfire kit and its very nice. What gas engine would be good for this? I was thinking DLE 35RA, DLE 55RA or should I go bigger like ZDZ 60? I would like it to fit inside the early Mk cowl without chopping it up. I'm going to have lots of questions on this build should I start my own build thread or post hear?

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/2/2013 2:33 PM

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I have a 72.5'' ESM Spitfire. It shows two canons in the instructions but none came with the kit. Does anyone know where I can get a set or can give me the diminsions to make a couple? I may try mounting LED's in them like the video. A friend says he has seen this done on a F-86 and it really shows up like the video.

Thanks in advance.

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These cannon plans were sent to me about 4 years ago from a fellow in Norway if I remember correctly. Met him here on RCU. I turned them on a lathe and they worked really well. I used a dowel rod. Good Luck.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/2/2013 4:28 PM

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Elevators and horizontal stab frame up is finished except for final sanding. I always save that for the very last thing. If i were to finish sand now i would be filling dings before painting.

Vertical fin is started and ready to sheet one side. I did re-cut the TE of the fin, the kit wood was like a rock.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/3/2013 3:34 AM

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Hi brothers,

I am trying to find out what rear view mirror the Mk II had.

Round or Rectangular?

Does anyone know the dimensions of the originals perhaps?

I have made a prototype round mirror out of balsa and a scrap piece off an

old car mirror.

By the way don't work on a perfectly good mirror just in case it cracks, if you know what I mean.

Any info would be much appreciated, as my net searches did not come up with the dimensions.

Andreas

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/3/2013 4:25 AM

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ORIGINAL: smkrcflyer

I received my BT Spitfire kit and its very nice. What gas engine would be good for this? I was thinking DLE 35RA, DLE 55RA or should I go bigger like ZDZ 60? I would like it to fit inside the early Mk cowl without chopping it up. I'm going to have lots of questions on this build should I start my own build thread or post hear?

I say post your build here on the thread. This is one of the reasons I started it. Concerning the powerplant choice, what can the cowl handle with the least amount of cutting and what is the weight advertised as.

Thanks.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/3/2013 6:41 AM

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Early model Spits of MK 1 & II during Battle of Britain used rectangular mirrors. The late model MK IIs are where the round mirrors begin to be used. I got the info off of the SPITFIRESPARES.co.uk web site.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/3/2013 9:35 AM

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Early model Spits of MK 1 & II during Battle of Britain used rectangular mirrors. The late model MK IIs are where the round mirrors begin to be used. I got the info off of the SPITFIRESPARES.co.uk web site.

As well as this some time cars in the car park were left mirrorless as some pilots would try anything to get a look behind. One certain CO of a squadron had the top windscreen mirror and one either side down on the lower section. It proved marginal so they were removed.
Just check lots of pictures I say.

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/3/2013 7:56 PM

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Update for today.
Picture #1, rudder is started
#2 shows a minor error between the plans and actual. The balsa block and plywood plate for the control horn has to be smaller than shown to fit between the ribs.
#3 wanted to show this handy tool, it is a spoke shave made by Zona. A friend pointed this out to me a few years ago.
#4 fin and rudder basic frame up is complete.
#5 just FYI to have enough material for rudder ribs you need to cut the taper first and use half on each side for the bottom two ribs. The bottom 2 ribs are 1/2" wide versus the rest of them are 3/8 wide
Are you bored yet?

Enjoy the game!

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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/3/2013 9:05 PM

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Hey Steve,
I had to do the same thing in my build. That tell me both kits can out the same lot!!!
No we are not bored and you can not watch the game!!! Stay in the shop and build!!!

Just kidding!!!
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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) - 2/3/2013 9:54 PM

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OK, i will stay in the shop if you will.....

Been at it most of the day, about time for the old man to take a break. Back to the fun of work in paradise tomorrow.

Have you flown yours yet?

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