Prekin

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Some shots of my Spitfire with F/O Emil Bocek, pilot SQN 310.

Prekin

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Couple of shots from open doors day at the airbase.

w1nd6urfa

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Cool shots!

hairy46

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Wonderful pictures, thanks for sharing!

mad web tv scientist

Thank you Spitfire Brotherhood. Pictures and comments are appreciated more than you might think. My Mk XIV Spit has been successfully modified to not only continue to look great and land normally under good conditions but now can be safely hand launched and belly landed on areas where landing gear will not work well. It works as well in the promotion of modeling as my smaller "park flyer fighters" do in smaller park size areas.

The vulnerable scoops are protected with carbon fiber reinforced thin aluminum skids that don't detract from the appearance of those huge radiators under the wing. The front scoop is carbon fiber reinforced with "Velcro" pads to allow easy and effective hand launching missions. My Spit will be a perfect partner with my also modified "Blondie P-51" that provides great "ultimate WWII dog fighter plane" history/science modeling promoting teaching aids.

Please keep up the good work of keeping the Spitfire alive.

So, aim high, fly, fight, win!

Out.


( Spitfire Brotherhood
all Spitfires Welcome) #64 - Post #408 - Battle of Britain & Winston Churchill relevancy to modeling - http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11007416 See why we fight - www.goodfight.com _ (may have to see the above copied on my other fighter threads.}

The following URL brings up the most concise, non-technical (with technical references) discussion about the revolutionary THORIUM PLASMA BATTERY technology I have found on the web. ENJOY! Oh what fun we are going to have in the future of flight! http://www.ecocarforum.com/ev-forums...t_a_recha.html

GOOGLE < https://www.google.com/ > " FIGHTERS - AVIATION'S ULTIMATE CALL TO GLORY, HONOR, AND IMMORTALITY (Rom. 2) " to show the close relationship between ULTIMATE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY and AVIATION'S ULTIMATE CALL TO GLORY.

PS http://www.rcuniverse.com/community/...g&memid=266748 (might help show a motive behind the destruction of my web sites and pictures)

.https://www.facebook.com/-richard.porter.167 brings up a sample of some of my latest web warfare that's keeping me pinned down a lot.

gary mark9

Good looking spitfire .I have three spitfires and I love the way the fly.

Lifer

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Gary,

Will there be an Ostmeyer Fly-In in 2017?

gary mark9

Yes but the dates have not been set yet .we have to see what dates are going to be open at our field

Lifer

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Count me in plus 3.

gary mark9

Thanks Lifer I will let you know when dates are set but it won)t be the same as last year.

rhouri

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Hi all,
I have purchased a Top RC Spitfire and have a problem locating the right spinner size for it. The manual says 4.25" so I ordered a spinner from Prekin, but that is too large by a few mm. Tower specs list 4" . Any one out there with this model can shed a light?
Thanks

radfordc

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w1nd6urfa

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This spinner fits perfectly, has low price and can be cut for 2-3 or 4 blades: https://www.lindinger.at/en/airplane....aluplatte-mbl

Very nice model btw, there is a thread with lots of info here: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-w...e-changer.html

rhouri

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Thanks, w1nd6urfa, but that spinner is 110mm (4.3") which is larger than what i currently have. did you mean this one? https://www.lindinger.at/en/airplanes/gasglow-powerplants/spinners/topmodel-spinner-100-119mm-gfk-m.aluplatte-mbl or maybe the 105mm?
Thanks.

Prekin

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Raphael, if you want some 105mm spiiner for the Spitfire I´m going to make this size for anoother guy who is flying Spitfire. Also will be available pre-cut for 2 and 3 blades prop.

AZThud

Here are a couple pictures of my TopFlite ARF Spit that after 227 or so flights, I brought in for some maintenance and glass, the Engine is giving me fits and will be getting another carb in the next day or two. Graphics are from Callie's Graphics. I got in a couple of flights since the paint and glass, this added a couple of pounds and I need to move the cg a tad further forward. The lesson I learned here is to balance the plane before you start work on it so you know exactly where to cg it once you are done.

Lifer

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Check out Airbourne Models in Livermore, CA. for their 4" spinners. Aluminum backplate and a nylon front. I had one bolted to a DLE 55 years ago so they are tough enough for your needs.

There's a guy on EBay selling a group of them as well.

jimboq8

Hi everyone. I'm currently building the comp arf spitfire, I have built about 20 comp arf planes and recently have built four planes from air world, so was glad to be building from composite arf again..... until I got to the wing, this is my third day on the wing now and am getting annoyed with the amount I have to carve away just to fit the retracts that were supplied from composite arf, firstly to get the retract body in the piston hits the wing block inside, once it's in and I have all the blind nuts fitted and the body sits lovely I can't get the leg to line up with the wheel well, the wheel well is so far out that eventually after cutting and carving I got the wheels to go in but if I were to put the covers, when the legs are out, they would be way to far fwd and would look stupid. The trouble is I have another spitfire build after this one.
Has anyone else had the same problem? And do I have to look fwd to the same crap on the next one?

dionysusbacchus

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Don't use blind nuts for the gear, just use sheet metal screws. That way if you have to add wood or change the angle it is much easier to do. First I would just use two screws per retract until you get them fitting right. If the holes are pre drilled I would fill them with dowel and epoxy. As far as that particular plane, sorry I have to built one. Pictures would be nice though.

Prekin

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Resin and painted gunsight for your Spitfires Mk IX.

FlyerInOKC

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I just founbd this thread thanks to Skylark's complete list of brotherhoods, Clubs, etc. on RCU. I have been toying with the idea of purchasing a Spitfire kit for some time. Since you guys are died in the wool Spitfire aficionados I thought I would ask a some what loaded question, what Spitfire kit in 1/7th would you recommend and why? I am open to a full kit as well as a short kit and plans.

Mike

ForcesR

Finally finished the assembly of my ESM 50cc Spitfire, only need to do the break-in of the DLE 55RA and it will be ready for the maiden. Total weight is exactly 29lbs before addition of fuel; the CG is set at 142mm compared with ESM recommendation of 153mm.

gary mark9

I have the same spitfire and you might be a bit to nose heave .I went with the 153mm and it worked out just fine .Have fun with you spitfire I love mine .

ForcesR

I used the 25% - 30% MAC rule to decide where to place the CG for the maiden. There were two visitor at our wardbird fun fly last summer each had the ESM 50cc Spitfire. The one that flew very nicely had the CG at 137mm, the one that flew erratically, very pitch sensitive was at ESM's recommended CG 153mm. I talked to the owner and he was not very happy with the way the Spitfire flew. I asked him if he checked the CG position using the MAC rule, his reply was, "what is MAC" ! On this ESM Spitfire, 127mm CG is at 25% MAC, while 153mm CG is at 30% MAC!

jtisch

Hoping for some help here as my sources vary. When did the Spitfire go from fabric covered ailerons to all-metal ailerons? If it was in the middle of the MK.I run, does anyone know when?

J