WARBIRDRCER

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Spitfire Brotherhood Update, we now have 229 in our squadron.

Welcome to the Spitfire Brotherhood

228.KittyKatjaz
229.chandley43231

Spitfire Brotherhood
Start Date: 12-28-2011
Current Date: 7-14-2014
Roster

1.Warbirdrcer
1.5 Talimena Kidd
2.tfarmer96
3.KP
4.Helijet
5.Brad3301
6.MajorTomski
7.Daddysam
8.FireBee
9.denoferth
10.Landeck
11.jcpenney
12.jet22b
13.funfly-RCU
14.flyingpiggy
15.glazier808
16.Super Chief
17.verbails
18.jetjockey 3
19.triumphman49
20.Trent Smith
21.rtigg
22.saito18
23.warbirdguy
24.stephanmk1
25.Rotten40851
26.kenair
27.aerofalcon
28.DGUY
29.dasintex
30.Chad Veich
31.Asanders
32.hy flyr
33.dgiokas
34.Capt Easy
35.Meschmidt
36.Cal Branton
37.Pitts532M
38.dennymo
39.lovehydro
40.YellowAircraft
41.flyingchef
42.thrawn150
43.j-d
44.tevans55
45.H. Dale
46.bonemadderek
47.flyntruk
48.discusmike
49.HAM639
50.redtail
51.barron
52.Saramos
53.discusmike
54.tclocs
55.Vasek
56.Saburo Sakai
57.Nordicz
58.Orvis
59.Tony Iannucelli
60.Lifer
61.Crash Bandicoute
62.CRJDriver
63.fytrjok
64.mad web tv scientist
65.David Bathe
66.77chickenhawk
67.stimul8tor
68.hockeypilot
69.JoeSpitfire
70.Flakbait
71.SIX GUNS
72.spadsriver09
73.ForcesR
74.rogera
75.Hairy46
76.markhamregular
77.JL636
78.wpdunn3
79.Warbird 1
80.Moparmaniac
81.moto-x
82.baldeagle
83.2001az
84.schulze rocks
85.Skopik
86.Syd Byrne
87.albsurfer
88.KiwiKid
89.shanksow
90.JORDY200
91.mistermnkim
92.SuchIsLife
93.RCdude13
94.wphilb
95.hal_bert
96.prgonzalez
97.bogeyp38
98.TwinTurboZ
99.Jimmy Skids
100. SafetyWrench
101. Peter OZ
102. CAPT John
103. tahfiet
104. Pakcikjo
105. marquisvns
106. TheEdge
107. ahgoodman
108. F4u5
109. rcnats
110. John Taylor
111. Larry Kruse
112. Jim Reynolds
113. skysnake
114. Spitfire7856
115. Eds Trek
116. P51Tom
117. Wayne
118. Jimm
119. SteveD-RCU
120. jln1320
121. Moggy
122. 108buzz
123. Tobbe
124. blkangus
125. Mark Franke
126. Phat Reliant
127. flygono
128. Ford34tom
129. Seamus OLeprosy
130. facia
131. catboater
132. Chucksolo69
133. Hooton Park
134. perttime
135. spura
136. oo7fly4fun
137. RPRCBuilder
138. Scratchbuilder46
139. jchtr3a/John Harrigal
140. DLap
141. Klap
142. Capstan
143. N1EDM
144. OldScaleGuy
145. C.O.
146. Michel Gravelle
147. TTRotary
148. ARUP
149. rebranger
150. davidhand
151. InboundLZ
152. Prekin
153. A6TEXAN
154. oh44007
155. DougB1
156. sailormc
157. ccostant
158. Dweed7944
159. maddog 71
160. Jaoa68
160.5 Agent E
161. Bumble.bee78
162. ddemarco
163. dshorrock
164. Emil The Swede
165. smkrcflyer
166. f16man
167. peterduplessis
168. Morgax
169. goph
170. TimJ
171. paladin
172. Motoman326
173. Quikturn
174. kahloq
175. dinodigger II
176. eagledancer
177. tom sandiego
178. raaf
179. Spitfire 1a
180. mogman
181. salisbug
182. dcwwcp
183. nirtza79
184. LKruse
185. Flyfast1
186. mpro326
187. oldtimer4759
188. AZThud
189. DavidAgar WA, USA
190. David’s Dad (In Memory and Honor of his service to Freedom)
191. Capt G NV, USA
192. GregorB
193.KaP2011
194. Hawkflyer
195. taygher
196. rupa Switzerland
197. Phantom pty Panama
198.GWarden
199.CNY_Dave NY, USA
200.Rebel Flyer MN, USA
201.Alex A&MMODELS FL, USA
202.sparky4lawndart CA, USA
203.Owl NC, USA
204.Jim Branaum TX, USA
205.speed20
206.Maverick47 CO, USA
207.patrnflyr TX, USA
208. Sean Curry FL, USA
209. K5054 Ottawa, ON Canada
210.XTRA230 Australia
211.Mpizpilot NY, USA
212.nayo
213.THEJADEGROUP IN, USA
214.Hawk131
215.karel47 Belgium
216.MarkJ59
217.ArmourGod
218.warbirdmustang KY, USA
219.nigeh-2013
220.Ram-bro NE, USA
221.DocYates AL, USA
222.Scratchie MN, USA
223.trisdisp57 NY, USA
224. TuskegeeCO, USA
225.Spadkun Japan
226.Scott Douglas United Kingdom
227.TerryW MI, USA
228.KittyKatjaz Australia
229.chandley43231 OH, USA


If you would like to join the Spitfire Brotherhood please send me a PM here from RCU, or just make your request on this thread. I will track and assign you a number.

Never can tell when you may run into another Spitfire Brother some where, so join now.

sparky4lawndart

My Feedback: (10)

I'm guessing "YOU" means you don't think it was me... hmmm.. how to answer?

Although I yelled out that that something let go and instantly had the eyes of everyone on the flightline focused on my plane and a group of guys were all around me shouting instructions I was so busy sawing on the controls to keep the Spit airborne I never thought to hand the remote to someone... with over $7500 in the air I don't think anyone would be a friend anymore if I put that burden on them. It truly was out of sheer luck that I was able to land that plane and had I handed the control to someone and they lost it while in their hands it would have been devastating.

Several months ago I was doing taxi tests on a new Ziroli P61... a dear friend knew I was not going to fly that day... I was going to follow my plan and simply test it on the ground... everyone knew... He was badgering me repeatedly for me to lift the nose to see how it rode with the nose wheel in the air... I kept saying "no" but he came up behind me and explained that it would be a good test to see how well it tracked. The second the nose came up the plane was airborne and dropped the wing instantly and pointed right into the pit area... I ran up to full power, cleared the flightline, pit area, the cars in the parking lot and flew into a man eating tree. The crash wasn't the thing that ruined a relationship.. but the fact that he maintains that it was only a suggestion and I shouldn't have listened. He's right but that was $5K and it was gone... 2 new DA 50's (both cracked heads), a $700 set of retracts (bent and broke), three $200 servos stripped and burned, and of course a really nicely built plane. I promised myself I would never put a friendship in that kind of pressure again.

but... as an aside on the Spit... I've cut the fuse open under the horizontal stab, I've cut away the forward bell crank axle and will attempt to have CF arrow shafts from servo to the rear bell crank assembly done this week. The only thing I'm stuck on is how to patch the giant 4X3 inch hole I've cut into the side of the fuse under the stab. It's a carbon fiber and fiber glass fuse and I'm guessing at how to patch it... I'll have pics this week and looking for some pointers!

Prekin

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It looks like, nobody knows answer to my question.

Lifer

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Sparky,

Of course I knew it was you, I was wanting to see the look on your face during your exciting test flight.

WARBIRDRCER

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Spitfire Brotherhood Update, we now have 230 in our squadron.

Welcome to the Spitfire Brotherhood

228.KittyKatjaz
229.chandley43231
230.w1nd6urfa

Spitfire Brotherhood
Start Date: 12-28-2011
Current Date: 7-15-2014
Roster

1.Warbirdrcer
1.5 Talimena Kidd
2.tfarmer96
3.KP
4.Helijet
5.Brad3301
6.MajorTomski
7.Daddysam
8.FireBee
9.denoferth
10.Landeck
11.jcpenney
12.jet22b
13.funfly-RCU
14.flyingpiggy
15.glazier808
16.Super Chief
17.verbails
18.jetjockey 3
19.triumphman49
20.Trent Smith
21.rtigg
22.saito18
23.warbirdguy
24.stephanmk1
25.Rotten40851
26.kenair
27.aerofalcon
28.DGUY
29.dasintex
30.Chad Veich
31.Asanders
32.hy flyr
33.dgiokas
34.Capt Easy
35.Meschmidt
36.Cal Branton
37.Pitts532M
38.dennymo
39.lovehydro
40.YellowAircraft
41.flyingchef
42.thrawn150
43.j-d
44.tevans55
45.H. Dale
46.bonemadderek
47.flyntruk
48.discusmike
49.HAM639
50.redtail
51.barron
52.Saramos
53.discusmike
54.tclocs
55.Vasek
56.Saburo Sakai
57.Nordicz
58.Orvis
59.Tony Iannucelli
60.Lifer
61.Crash Bandicoute
62.CRJDriver
63.fytrjok
64.mad web tv scientist
65.David Bathe
66.77chickenhawk
67.stimul8tor
68.hockeypilot
69.JoeSpitfire
70.Flakbait
71.SIX GUNS
72.spadsriver09
73.ForcesR
74.rogera
75.Hairy46
76.markhamregular
77.JL636
78.wpdunn3
79.Warbird 1
80.Moparmaniac
81.moto-x
82.baldeagle
83.2001az
84.schulze rocks
85.Skopik
86.Syd Byrne
87.albsurfer
88.KiwiKid
89.shanksow
90.JORDY200
91.mistermnkim
92.SuchIsLife
93.RCdude13
94.wphilb
95.hal_bert
96.prgonzalez
97.bogeyp38
98.TwinTurboZ
99.Jimmy Skids
100. SafetyWrench
101. Peter OZ
102. CAPT John
103. tahfiet
104. Pakcikjo
105. marquisvns
106. TheEdge
107. ahgoodman
108. F4u5
109. rcnats
110. John Taylor
111. Larry Kruse
112. Jim Reynolds
113. skysnake
114. Spitfire7856
115. Eds Trek
116. P51Tom
117. Wayne
118. Jimm
119. SteveD-RCU
120. jln1320
121. Moggy
122. 108buzz
123. Tobbe
124. blkangus
125. Mark Franke
126. Phat Reliant
127. flygono
128. Ford34tom
129. Seamus OLeprosy
130. facia
131. catboater
132. Chucksolo69
133. Hooton Park
134. perttime
135. spura
136. oo7fly4fun
137. RPRCBuilder
138. Scratchbuilder46
139. jchtr3a/John Harrigal
140. DLap
141. Klap
142. Capstan
143. N1EDM
144. OldScaleGuy
145. C.O.
146. Michel Gravelle
147. TTRotary
148. ARUP
149. rebranger
150. davidhand
151. InboundLZ
152. Prekin
153. A6TEXAN
154. oh44007
155. DougB1
156. sailormc
157. ccostant
158. Dweed7944
159. maddog 71
160. Jaoa68
160.5 Agent E
161. Bumble.bee78
162. ddemarco
163. dshorrock
164. Emil The Swede
165. smkrcflyer
166. f16man
167. peterduplessis
168. Morgax
169. goph
170. TimJ
171. paladin
172. Motoman326
173. Quikturn
174. kahloq
175. dinodigger II
176. eagledancer
177. tom sandiego
178. raaf
179. Spitfire 1a
180. mogman
181. salisbug
182. dcwwcp
183. nirtza79
184. LKruse
185. Flyfast1
186. mpro326
187. oldtimer4759
188. AZThud
189. DavidAgar WA, USA
190. David’s Dad (In Memory and Honor of his service to Freedom)
191. Capt G NV, USA
192. GregorB
193.KaP2011
194. Hawkflyer
195. taygher
196. rupa Switzerland
197. Phantom pty Panama
198.GWarden
199.CNY_Dave NY, USA
200.Rebel Flyer MN, USA
201.Alex A&MMODELS FL, USA
202.sparky4lawndart CA, USA
203.Owl NC, USA
204.Jim Branaum TX, USA
205.speed20
206.Maverick47 CO, USA
207.patrnflyr TX, USA
208. Sean Curry FL, USA
209. K5054 Ottawa, ON Canada
210.XTRA230 Australia
211.Mpizpilot NY, USA
212.nayo
213.THEJADEGROUP IN, USA
214.Hawk131
215.karel47 Belgium
216.MarkJ59
217.ArmourGod
218.warbirdmustang KY, USA
219.nigeh-2013
220.Ram-bro NE, USA
221.DocYates AL, USA
222.Scratchie MN, USA
223.trisdisp57 NY, USA
224. TuskegeeCO, USA
225.Spadkun Japan
226.Scott Douglas United Kingdom
227.TerryW MI, USA
228.KittyKatjaz Australia
229.chandley43231 OH, USA
230.w1nd6urfa EllinikoAthens, Greece


If you would like to join the Spitfire Brotherhood please send me a PM here from RCU, or just make your request on this thread. I will track and assign you a number.

Never can tell when you may run into another Spitfire Brother some where, so join now.

sparky4lawndart

My Feedback: (10)

HAHA! thanks... I'm glad nobody thought to take a pic... I'm pretty sure I must have looked like someone trying to save their underwear from a an explosive event.

Lifer

My Feedback: (1)

That's where I was going with my comment. My rather clumsy attempt at humor, that nearly went awry. Thanks for your understanding!

WARBIRDRCER

My Feedback: (22)

sparky, how do I sign up? Not so scale, almost ready to fly, soon to be scrap, warbird brotherhood

DraganRi

I would like to join the Spitfire Brotherhood . My CARF Spitfire arrived last week.
The engine is King95RV , 95 ccm , two stroke gas engine.
Regards from Rijeka , Croatia
Dragan

sparky4lawndart

My Feedback: (10)

Congratulations... You're member #12... YAY!!!!

sparky4lawndart

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B E A Utiful plane, Dragan!!! lijepa aviona. Veselimo se vidjeti svoj napredak

paladin

My Feedback: (9)

this weekend i took the advice here with my H9 spit. i was having an attitude problem after flap deploy, so i used the flap system on my 9503 and with 14% down E that worked great! thanks guys!

next problem - the 3 position switch is inboard on the tx, i had a hard time finding it and had to take eyes off the plane to do so. how do you handle this? i,ve always used sliders, and back when we had a TX per plane i would remount the switch. there are a number of nice locations on the back of the TX. but i think i will try going back to the slider and adding down trim, 14% =aprox 8 clicks down.

what are your thoughts?

Joe

Duplicator41

My Feedback: (1)

Put some shrink tubing on the switch. You'll feel the difference.

Cheers

Lifer

My Feedback: (1)

A piece of fuel line works too.

paladin

My Feedback: (9)

interesting!

Joe

WARBIRDRCER

My Feedback: (22)

paladin, both ideas work great. I too have used fuel tubing as an identifier. Another thing to do is stand with your transmitter attached to a RX, servo, and battery. Now acting as if you are flying, practice with the switch until the memory is developed. This can make it a simple task in time. Right now you are trying to break old habits, but once you do the slider will become the odd one to operate. Another thing that may help if possible is to choose another switch. I always use the same switches for all my planes, and I always keep my gear and flaps on the left so not to require the right hand to leave or move the right stick feeling for switches.

paladin

My Feedback: (9)

i like where you are going with that. but i have to confess i am a mode 1 flyer (ya i know that makes me older than the hills), and like you i have always used the same set up for all my planes. i used to mount the retract switch on the back of the tx so i would place it between my index and long finger at the last knuckle. that allowed me to lift the gear at 3ft and pop them down effortlessly. all it took was about 6 inches of 28guage wire and a deans connector. that was on my stylus which gave me the ability to assign any switch to any function.

enter 2.4ghz... i bought the 9503 cause my stylus was 20+ years old and am amazed at the step back i took! i may not be reading it correctly but each switch can only be assigned to certain tasks and, well, I’m just not used to having to stay within the lines (if you will). so i set up flaps on left slider and retracts on the right outer most switch, ending the low , scale retracting of the gear.

now that i have laid the ground work if this was my stylus i would mix E to flap (slider) so that when the flaps come down the E does also. then set up a kill switch to turn this function off if i don't like it, or want it off for a dog fight where i will mix the flap to up E for extra turning power, etc..

so my goal is to figure out how to accomplish this on the 9503. because the flap system is just a dedicated mix.

i know some of you are wondering how i did not break that sole switch on the back of my TX while handling. it was quite simple i took a peace of 1/2 or 3/4 shelving wood and cut it to fit the back of my stylus with a hole for the switch, a little Velcro at the top and bottom and off we go. then always carry in a TX box so the only time it was unprotected was while i was flying or setting up the plane.

Joe

Paul0088

Here's my Carf Spitfire.
MVVS 80 with electric start
Zimmerman can,
24x10 Biela prop,
JR 12x, Powerbox with mag switch
Sierra retracts,
Warbirds colours paints from Fighteraces, Flightline graphics masks and dry transfers.
maiden next week.
still to do cockpit and pilot.
16kg dry so far.

radfordc

My Feedback: (14)

Did you choose the wrong TX? Mine will assign any function to any switch.

takiss

Hi.
I like to thank all of you for this thread. I am building a ESM 72 spitfire with DLE 35RA and found a lot of info here.
Thanks for helping
Takis Katsoris

Brad330l

My Feedback: (1)

Hi Prekin, as far as the different shaped rudders go on the Mk IX the change was a natural progression in the development of the Spitfire as the power from the engines increased and the aircraft were used differently IE.. at higher altitudes where the air is thinner thus needing more surface area for the same effect. The Mk IX was the second 'Stop Gap' variant of the Spitfire (read that as "GET SOMETHING IN THE AIR THAT GOES HIGHER FASTER FURTHER RIGHT NOW!!!!!") the first being the Mk V. So it was slapped together quickly and in itself was developed along the way. One of the changes was indeed the different rudder. You will note that the Mk VIII (Eight) only came out with the pointed rudder and this is because it was still being developed as a stand alone marque while the Mk IX was 'Slapped together' and put into service. The Mk VIII came into service way after the Mk IX.

So early Mk IX C and E round rudders, later Mk IX C and E pointy rudders.
Hope that helps clear a couple of things up.

paladin

My Feedback: (9)

whats your tx?

tuskegee

My Feedback: (1)

Okay... R u a sister....or an imposter as I call my wife. Smile. She has her AMA, but hard to get her out to the field now-a-days.
glade to have you onboard.

Prekin

My Feedback: (19)

So, can we see IX C and E with both of types rudders?
When we was taught about the development at my university, we talked about the Spitfire. The teacher said that pointed rudder on Spitfire was important because of the more powerful engine which was use in Spitfire IX. But I donīt think that IX c and IX e had different engines or props.

vasek

My Feedback: (4)

Hi Takis, can you post some pictures with the engine installed ? Thanks