planerc49

Good Morning,
I am building the KMP P51B model. I have a question about joining the wing halves? When building from kit or scratch, I have always reinforced the wing joint with a piece fo fiberglass and epoxy. How do you go about dong this on an ARF without ruining the finish on the underside of the wing? Or is it not necessay? Thought you needed it for extra strength.
Thanks for you help,
Bill

airfix

Bill,

If the P51B is similar to the FW190, there is a reasonably thick dihedral brace that slides into both wings. All that I did was to make sure that the brace fitted well into both wing halves, and that the wing halves butt closely together in all places, top and bottom.

On my FW190 I needed to rasp the top of the brace to get the wings to fit well together. It is also a good idea to check that the incidence at the wingtips is the same for both wings before glueing. Better that way than aligning the wingroots and having the tip incidences different. In my case the wings were true so the roots aligned OK anyway.

I used 30 minute epoxy to glue the parts together to give some "sliding" time by which I mean that I coated the wing brace slot as far in as I could, then coated one side of the brace, pushed it in and out of the slot to get the glue spread throughout. I did the same with the other wing slot before coating the wing roots then pushing the brace and wing halves together so that the epoxy was right up the the top of the wing skins. You can wipe off any excess with surgical spirit.

With the epoxy evenly spread over the joint as described, I don't believe that you need any additional strengthening.

Hope this helps,

Al

planerc49

Thank you for your help. Never puttogether an ARF before.
I used 20 inute epoxy ans everything seemed to line up very well.
Happy flying,
Bill

airfix

Hi,

At the risk of boring you all, here is another movie of my electric YT International FW 190, shot today. Less wind this time, so you can hear the sound of the motor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2PNtbgV83c

Enjoy,

Al

LDM

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Al , that is one sweet bird , dont stop the film , nice to see this baby flying looks like a trainer the way she lifted off so slowly !!!! [8D]

Flying Canuk

Was I seeing things or was one gear leg down for some of that? Looks like the right leg was down around the 2:30 mark.
Too cool at 5 min mark with the 100% engine in the back ground.
One beautiful flying and looking plane, well done.

airfix

Hi,

Yes I was having a few problems with the undercarriage, it didn't seem to want to lock up despite rolling inverted from time to time. It worked fine on the ground before and after flight and it was doing the same thing today. Maybe the airloads on the doors are the cause? Has anyone else had this issue?

Slight change of subject, but here's a movie of my FW190 and my mate Dave's P47 in the air at the same time shot on 19 April, which I had forgotten about . Both use the same electric power train.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHOtwJfNVaQ

Enjoy,

Al

Ompa

Is the P47 also a model from KMP?

airfix

Hi,

Yes, the P47 is also a KMP/YT International product. Here's the link to the KMP version:-

http://www.kmp.ca/product_info.php?c...30f398bbc84b84

Al

airfix

Hi,

Here's another movie shot today - I was trying more vertical manoeuvres (cuban 8's mainly) as well as more rolls and slow rolls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZsOC8WdmU8

Enjoy,

Al

pencon

Hey guys , I don't have a Kmp Fw190 but I do have a 1/6 scale Pica fw190d9. My question is ,does anyone know where I can find a replacement spinner ? Does Dave Platt still make them ? thanks

bigtim

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have you checked www.skysharkrc.com they have a couple of FW spinners that might work for you

pencon

Thanks Bigtim they look about right and a lot better in strength than the pica spinner which had about 9 screws around the rim of the back plate, which let go yesterday. half the spinner unraveled while the engine was revved out in flight . The cowl got chewed up pretty bad too.

phippsa3

Hi pencom.
I have used the skyshark spinner on mine and it looks pretty close to scale.
Be aware that you need to buy the d9 spinner and not the a8 one as its way to small for this 190.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2bTXc-ootY

Decent close up at the start of the video. Spirral works pretty well at idle also.
Good luck with your model.

mobyal

Hey Pencom
If you take a look at Post #604 on p25 you'll see my KMP 190 w/ the Shyshark D9 spinner before painting. (It's now the same flat yellow as the cowl ring) It may not be exact, but it's a lot closer than anyhting else you can buy off the shelf, so far as I know.

Al

at-6 texan

hi guy this is an next video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrCow...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiGXk...eature=related

mogley

Hello,

I'm now also the proud owner of a fw-190 from KMP. Does anyone have any information on the IMP cockpit kit, even maybe some pics?

I will be using an aerovate 26cc gas engine. Hope this engine will fly the focke with authority.

at-6 texan

one more video.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiGXk...e=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlmoH...eature=channel realy fine!!!!

airfix

Hi,

I got another couple of flights in today without any wind.

I have installed a modified tailwheel which looks a bit better than the last one.

The sky was very overcast but here they are anyway:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uMxEFwjC9U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA0OKcqxRT4



Al

phippsa3

Which retracts have you installed?
I have the blue early generation and they are shocking.

airfix

Hi,

They are the generation 5 retracts. They are OK but the adjusting eccentric tubes to reduce slop tend to move on landing - that's why the legs are not at the correct angle. If anyone has a good fix for this, I'd like to know.

Al

LDM

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Modified IMP scale interior kit , the gun sight was 100% scratch built

mogley

the imp and your work look awsome, were there any issues with the fit? I'm also thinking of installing "OTTO", an elite force WWII pilot. Will this work with the IMP Kit?

Any one flying this with a 26cc gas von KMP/Aerovate?

LDM

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mo , let me state a few factors , the kit in the pic for me is a CMP , while the span is 71" the fuse is actually 1/5 scale CMP is known for being off lol .
I think it would fit in the KMP Fw with out any problems at all , of course because its an interior kit , cutting and fitting is part of the job . The IMP kit is made for a 69" span Fw190 , so it should not be that off .
The pilot should work , I am useing one from the same company but I cut the body off , used the head , hands and feet and outfit and shed the guy from 7.3 oz down to 3.1 oz

F82FAN

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How would we know that the spinner is the same flat yellow as the cowl ring unless you POSTPICTURESFOR US????
Just axin!!!