LDM

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W1, thanks for the tip its a pache airbrush bottom feed .
It was working fine then stopped I tried a quick clean but I think your correct I think i need to soak them in thinner then to a power on air blow out with thinner in the bottle.
Thanks for the tip

w1nd6urfa

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I do a lot of airbrushing with modellers acrylic paints that tend to dry up and clog the a/b nozzle

I use these essential accessories, and do a complete clean (take apart especially nozzle and needle) after every session

LDM

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thanks will try that on Thursday evening

Dash7ATP

I have been using a Pasche (SP?) double action airbrush for years with no problems, and I'm usually shooting epoxy paints. Once they set up, you may as well throiw away the whole thing, as thinner will not help. The only way is to do a through cleaning after each use prior to the paint setting up. I don't use a brush but the thinnest pipe cleaners I can find. I first put a little laquer thinner in the jar and shoot that through the brush, and then do a total breakdown. I usually don't remove the small wheel in front of the trigger button, as it doesn't have any contact with the paint. I do pull the needle, and front cone and nozzle and push the pipe cleaner soaked with thinner through the brush. After twenty years mine still looks and works like new.

WARBIRDRCER

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P-40 Brotherhood
Master Roster
Started 8-31-2012
Updated: 07-27-2015

Brotherhood Update, we now have 131 in our squadron.

Welcome to the P-40 Brotherhood

132. Eldher

If you would like to join the P-40 Brotherhood please make your request on this thread and I will assign you a number.

Never can tell when you may run into another P-40 Brother some where, so join now.

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132. Eldher

mRqS

Guys

Last weekend I went to the model shop with strong intention to buy a TF P51 .60 kit.
Because the P51's were gone, I've ended up having a box with P40 in my hands.
I'm thinking of building it (despite fact, that some inner voice is telling me: maybe you should swap it with someone for P51?).
What do you think? Should I start building and join the brotherhood?
I've flown couple of Spitfire's before (1.8m with 120FS and 1.2m electric one) - beside other models like Ultimate, Katana, Spacewalker, Decathlon etc (flying models since like 20-25 years).


Marek

radfordc

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I redid the colors and markings on my Skyshark P-40 recently.

Here is a link to a video of it flying at Warbirds over Tulsa: https://youtu.be/FqIcGxNLALY

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mRqS

Guys,

Not sure if anyone already checked the washout information with Top Flite.
Here's what I just got from them after I asked about modifying the washout in the kit to match this from ARF:

"The original P40 kit was designed before we started using the Selig airfoils. Also, the P40 kit is heavily loaded and doesn’t like to fly slow. The customer is correct with adding washout. However, comparing it to the ARF version wouldn’t be good as it uses different airfoils. I would build this with about 3~4 degrees of washout at the tips. The key will be keeping both sides exactly the same. He will have to know not to fly it too slow and pay strict attention to the elevator control specifications. Whatever he does, do not fly it tail heavy. It’s a good plane, but not as forgiving as our other warbirds."

Maybe this will be helpful for someone like it is for me.

WhiteRook

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theres many p-51 kits , arfs , many !!
The P-40 is an icon was arround the whole of ww2 , the only thing bad about the
40 is the narrow gear . the 51 is just more of a sleek sporty eye catcher , like the
gorgeous babe you see every once in a wile at the grocery store .

WhiteRook

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my opinion , if i was to build a 40 , i would be a 1/5 . the wing could be thinner on the
full scale 40 , than the 51 . the bigger scale would probly fly better.

US185Damiani

Remember in aerodynamics, Thinner airfoils = worse flight characteristics. Thicker airfoils = better flight characteristics.

hairy46

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I took my P40 up for the first time last week, dead stick, ended up coming in very hot with not enough runway, and tore one side of the gear out, fixed and ready to try again today, WEATHER PERMIT!

radfordc

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I have discovered after ripping the gear out of my Skyshark P-40 several times that it's best to belly land during any dead stick landing.

Unfortunately, circumstances ganged up on me on the last flight. I took off and immediately found that the gear wouldn't retract, then the engine quit when the plane was in a bad location to get back to the runway. Finally, I ended up gliding into a plowed field. The result was two gear ripped out and a broken cowl.

irishlisle

Anyone happen to have a Yellow P-40 that they would like to sell

JeffH

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There was one forsale here on RCU last week.

Charley

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Sign me up please. I have a FMS P-40B in AVG livery. My late stepfather flew the P-40E in India & China after the USAAF took over from the AVG.

CR

LDM

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That is a nice plane Charlie , FMS did the B some justice !

rtmusic

So I finally got around to assembling my Hangar 9 P-40 50 size warbird. It was obvious, early on, that this particular ARF was intended first to be electric, but I put an O.S. 55ax with a pitts style muffler. So consequently there are holes in the cowl for the sideways mounted engine, high speed needle, carb idle screw and muffler. But, that said, it looks ok!

Now to my question, I installed eflight retracts and CG has become an issue. CG is to be with retracts up and supposedly 67 to 79mm from the leading edge at the fuse. Is that anybody else's experience or knowledge if that is really correct? I'm way to tail heavy and the instructions say that it should be pretty dead on if you installed all the innards like in the manual which I did! Any help or comments appreciated!

w1nd6urfa

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P-40 is a tapered wing and needs some extra effort to measure the correct CG. Take the time to read this: http://hemfc.org.au/cg.php

Put the CG at 25% sharp for the maiden. Don't trust any manual, only your eyes and the CG machine. Move everything in the tank area and add weight if you have to.

P-40 have a notorious tip stall, trust me you don't want to be even slightly tail heavy

Lifer

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What does the assembly manual say as to the correct c/g?

WhiteRook

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warbirds all need nose weight . install the biggest engine that will fit, whats the span?
go with a 1.08 or 1.20

Lifer

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I have 2 of the Top Flite giant scale, one of the Top Flite .60-size and one of the Hangar 9 .60-size P-40's and NONE of them needed any weight in the nose. None have ever tip stalled, the youngest is 2 years old and the oldest is about 6. it's a great flying plane if you don't fly it like a trainer. It will not float in to a zero ground-speed landing. You have to fly it to the ground. All of mine have been balanced at the rear-most recommended point and fly on the low-rate settings .I only use high-rate elevator to taxi.

Send me a PM if you want any help.

LDM

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Lifer while I agree with most of your post comparing those planes in your thread is like apples to oranges without more details .
1) Two giant P40ties sure makes sense same plane if they are built the same with the same wing loading
2) the 60 size P40 --the Gold edition kit is a beast vs the gold edition ARF -different airfoil, different stall rates /snap tendencies
3) The Hanger 9 P40 is a trainer in P40 clothing , lightest wing loading just like the original H9 Corsair , sport planes in warbird attire.
4) I always fly at 25% of mac as a starting point, its just me but I dont make any assumptions on any P40 until I weigh it, balance it and fly it

91zulu

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All the H9 warbirds are like Tiger 2s. (Goldberg that is ) for those that has been flying more than 20 years. A Tiger 2 was the plane you get after your trainer got boring back in the 80s before getting a warbird. Back then a warbird took skill beyond a Tiger 2 to fly. The H9 P40 is no Red Box TF P40 nor Pica or Old Sig. No sir what you have is a low wing trainer dressed as a warbird. Even the first edition TF Gold kits you had to know how to fly well before flying one. Then they mod the airfoils to make them more friendly and such is the case with most ARFs today. Now thats not to say The H9 P40 would not go crazy on you but you would have to screw up really, really bad for that to happen unlike the older kits of the 80s where there were NO MERCY.
Have no fare just move things around or add weight untill you hit the CG spot they say then go fly and have fun.

LDM

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Post 1319 ---that diagram is priceless and has never ever failed me , its all I use !
Post 1324 -dead on 100% correct .
Great example I use to say --the Top Flight Red Box P40 is totally different then the original Gold Edition P40 and that is different then the Gold Edition ARF P40 .
Three planes all P40ties and all different in there behavior and wing loading.
Calculating CG on all three planes using Mac will give you the best results but that will not educate a person on what to expect as they are three different models.
Many guys would have both ailerons on the Gold Edition P40 Kit slightly up to help tame the wing incidence problems, a fix that was made and built into the gold edition P40 ARF.