kurrikan

i wish all the best for your maiden flight let us know

kurrikan

Hi you got reason,and i am thinking like you,first sensation on the ground test is very important wiht a new plane,you can see how it moves on the ground ,and how it respond,and my first sensation whit the blue nose it will be a great flier!!!!!

i am wait for a news about your blue nose

800mZero

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Knees shake no more boys!!!!

She flys, and may I add she flys like a thoroughbred shouldbeautifully and on rails!!!!!!

First lets add in my setup

Electric
Eflite-Power 110
ICE 100 amp ESC
2X 4s flightmax 4000 mah lipos
DS-821 servos around
JR 791 Servos on the retracts
Go-slo 3 on the flaps.
15.5 X 12 APC 4 blade in a truturn custom cut 4 1/4" spinner
6v 1600 mah reciever battery
4.8v 750 mah retract battery
Dx-7 Ar7000

Some add ons
Tony Howard Exhaust
Robart wheels, great planes tailwheel
Gear rebuilt with silver solder and robart 650 strut parts
5/8 oz wing tip weight to counteract snap.
Callie Graphic decals for my uncles plane.
AUW 12.1 lbs[X(]

Ok Guys well as said before today was the big daygot to the field and first put up my alfa mustang( see pic) to get the feel of my thumbs back and did some low level passes. Then it was time to make her sing.

I lined her up into the wind and slowly advanced the throttle she had a perfect roll out and I she basically took off on her own, i barely touched the elvator to have a good steady climb out. After a tad i fed in just a bit of left rudder and aileron starting my first turn and then sucked up the gear. First thing i noticed, like all mustangs I've flown, she wanted to climb big time under power-about 5 clicks of elevator trim was needed to get her to fly hands off.

Next thing was slow speed handling, i got her up three mstakes high and slowly bled off speed while dropping the flaps and holding back on the elevator. She just mushed on ahead a with nothing violent. i slowly ramped up the speed while bringing the flaps back upthe go slo prevented all forms of ballooning from the flaps.

Next I made a few higher speed passes and she flys amazing. Like a true warbird rudder is need to make turns look correct flat. She'll knife edge pass with great rudder autority and just steals the show doing so.

After 5 minutes i brought her around for approach. Dropped the gear on the pass in front of me and made the first turn and began to drop the flaps while coming into the turn for final. She slowed down beautifully and was very easy to control with rudder and throttle down to the deck. Now some pilot error here my landing was a slight bouncer causing her to come to reast on the tip of her nose after roll out-my swill improve with practice! Needless to say i am beyond happy and after a year of working on this project it was worth it in the end.

Some back history the plane is modeled after my Uncles airplane, he was shot down and killed 3 days before the end of the war. When I picked up RC i said i would make his plane when i got good enough to handle her. This model is my tribute and memorial to him and it only seemed fitting to maiden her today.

Happy Memorial Day Uncle Russel!

And a big thank you to all gents here for the help, and a happy Memorial day to your families.

Mike

jet22b

Mike;

A BIG congrat on your first flight!!! Looking at the last picture of you and your plane, the BIG smile said it all!!
I know the more you fly her the more you will love her!! Congrat again and thinks for the flight report!!
Have a great week my friend!!!

Sonny
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jet22b

800mZero

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Thanks Sonnywill be a couple of weeks before I can get her out againbusiness trip this weekend. and my sons christening the next so fathers day looks like my next opportunity! I appreciate the well wishes!

kurrikan

i am glad for your maiden flight,congratulations from spain!!!!!!!

800mZero

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thank you sir-your next!

800mZero

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ok video of take off and some 3/4 throttle passes for your spped jusdgement sorry bout the quailty I was keeping it high, and my camera man has an older digital point and shoot I just appreciate him doing it for me.

http://vimeo.com/12231464
http://vimeo.com/12231489

jet22b

Mike,

A beautiful day and a sweet first flight!!
Thanks for sharing the videos!!!
Again, great job!!!

Sonny
aka
jet22b

kurrikan

Hi everybody,after a ton of work again,i and checked and rechecked all the retracts ,i hope i will can fly netx saturday if god and weather
let me try again.


here last video before maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLHoJFUSX34

jet22b

I pray that your first flight will be just like Mike!!! I still love your gear setup!! Look like the real thing!!
Can not wait till mid June before they are back in stock!!
Here is a picture of my first Blue Nose before the crash on it first flight!! I pull it of the ground before it was ready to fly!!! Like Mike said, let her tell you when she is ready to fly!!
Again my friend, I wish you the best and my knees will not stop shaking until I hear the great news!! She Flew!!!!
You friend in the US!!

Sonny
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jet22b

kurrikan

Hi sonny,why you crahs your blue nose??? what happened????!!!!

jet22b

Hi kurrikan;

I did not take out the up elevator I was using during the taxi out to the runway. So when I add power for takeoff, I had max up elevator on the plane and she became airborne before it had enough speed. She snap hard left and then hard right and into the ground. In the picture you can see the outcome. The wings are still good, but the fuse is gone.
As you know, we crash and we rebuild!!! So when they come back in-stock I will have another one. One good thing, I have more plane to have fun with, so this weekend I will take out my Top Flite AT-6 Texan and have some fun!!! I need more warbirds!!! Do you have a Top Flite AT-6 Texan in your hangar?? They are a joy to fly!!!
I will stay tune for your flight report this weekend!!!
God speed my friend!!!

Sonny
aka
jet22b

panicosc

Hi guys.

I was wondering if anyone installed the engine side ways (not inverted). I got a Saito 125a ready to be installed but not sure if I will follow the H9 manual.

oldtimer4759

kurrican

all the best with the test flight, I like mine, they are very nice to fly, be gentle on the elevators, they don't like very much throw. I really like the extra work you have done on yours.

also congratulations to 800mZero, as you say, nice to fly, but I like to be able to hear them.

cheers, Oldtimer.

kurrikan

more terrible image that is a great loss, but surely the next super fly, NO, I have no top flite Texan of a plane but I'm excited, maybe buy it later.
the moment I am only thinking over and over again at the premiere of my plane next Saturday, and you would not believe as my legs are shaking

kurrikan

thanks a lot oldtimer,i hope to succeed[8D][8D]

800mZero

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your going to do fine kurrikan this is not your first warbird-you'll do fine.

kurrikan

thanks 800mzero but nerves sometimes betray you


not my first plane of war but I still get the same nerves that as a beginner, try to do a mental check of everything, and everything is correct, it's time to fly
the Mustang was born to fly and it will do ....(i hope)

Saillfish

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Adrian, Here are my landing gear mods. Last week I ran out of fuel on a high speed pass on a small field. I had to land on very rough ground and land fast cuz a fence was coming up. The minute I touched down the landing gear caught clumps of grass and flipped the acft. It was going so fast it broke the wheels, bent the gear and axles. But no damage at all to the wing or gear mounts. So I know if you do my mod to the wheel well you will not loose your wing due to the gear tearing out. Here is the pictures. I drilled the hole with a long bit and slid the carbon fiber rod into the well. I made the spar doublers and glued them to the spars supporting the gear mounts. I glued the square plywood as a sheer webbing and then I laid glass cloth

Pit-Viper 1

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Sonny, never like to see that sort of first time or anytime for that matter.

It seems this plane has in a sense been demonized. There's been a lot of hype all around about the way it flies and handles. I think after flying one myself that they are not any different to fly than my Corsair. Same short wheel stance due to the tail wheel location, requiring light touches on the stick during take off. I remedied this by moving the control linkage to the inner most hole on the servo and the outer most on the on the wheel. Neither plane seemed to require much rudder during flight. In the air both fly fast and responsive to input and require some speed upon landing.

I think nerves seem to get a hold of a lot people going to maiden this plane. Just be sure the CG is correct, batteries are charged and your flight surfaces all move in the right direction. After that give it a long run out and then treat it like your favorite plane once you get it airborne and trimmed. I was taught that you should be able to get it trimmed on the first lap. If not then it should be landed and mechanically adjusted so it can be. After the first lap take it up and treat it like it has 30 flights on it. Then at 5 minutes land, if you forgot to tighten something or anything else should be wrong this will allow just enough time for you to find it before disaster strike. Give it a thorough twice over with screwdriver and CA in hand and you should be golden.

This is the maiden of the Corsair flown as hard as I always fly. Result, 2 clicks down elev., loose LG causing it to flip (can be seen as it lies upside down) and loose exhaust.
[link]http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/Hangar-9-F4U-Corsair-Maiden-f[/link]

SHane

800mZero

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Yeah it would be nice to hear a little bit morebut I'll take the electric sound, and battery charge wait over the clean up, vibrations, leakage, constant tinkering, and ground equpipment any day.

CH Ignitions

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Thank You for the tip, i remember that some else did same thing , some where at begining of thid thread.
what size of drill and carbon fiber you used?
I will have to do real reinforcement since I install ...scale landing doors and I had to do sime...room. Now I have to think how to strenghten the wing and Landing support.

Thank you
Adrian

Pit-Viper 1

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Well the weak wing applies to the 1/5 H9 P-51 as well. This was a buddies P-51 with a new wing on an old plane. Coming out of a loop, the wing failed just as it was going flat and level. The Fuji64 didn't survive either. There quality seems to be really going down hill the last year or so. The old wing has over 100 flights on it and is just getting some minor TLC. Not sure I'll buy any more H9 products after seeing this. It was lack of glue and materials from the end of the wing joiner through the gear bay. Sound familiar anyone??..

800mZero

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umm thats not hanger 9 thats a top flite arf. Unless hes completely recovered and had custom decals and paint done.