Rebel Flyer

I just purchased another Yellow P-47 (4 now). It was listed as RTF. It needed alot to get it "RTF" I had been flow, but not many times. There is no weathering on it, and no hanger rash from the typical flying and dragging it out of the basement. It came with a G-62.

First thing I did was remove 1 pound of lead on the firewall. Next I removed the 3 servos behind the wing. Two of them were the 1/4 scale size servos that are quite heavy.
I left the throttle, air and kill switch servos in the front. Then I removed a 32 OZ fuel tank from the front section. There were two med size air tanks right in the middle of the open area of the fuse, so I removed those also.

I built a battery tray that screws to the front bulkhead. I used two 1700 SUB C 6 volt batteries, than can slide forward or back, depending on the CG.
Then I mounted the 32 OZ fuel tank on the CG on a removable tray with velcro.

I removed the entire air system and pre tested on the wing prior to reinstalling back in the fuse. The gear and doors work perfectly now. I also had to replace the B&D tailwheel that was busted. I also got the tailwheel doors to work great now. I used a large air tank mounted in the spine of the razorback, with the addition of an air indicator on the side of the fuse.

I intalled the three servos used for rudder, elevator. and tailwheel steering on a removable tray too. I used Hitec 5645's on the rudder and elevator and a Futaba S9201 for tailwheel steering. I ended up moving the three servos 10 inches ahead. I used a carbon fiber pushrod for the elevator and tailwheel steering.

I used a JR 1221 receiver with 3 remotes. I also used two switches with a Battery Bac'r. I did not try to hide anything behind a door or anything. I want to keep this as simple as possible.

The sevos in the wing were Hitec 645mg"s so I did not change them. I just had one ail servo broke loose from the hatch, so I repaired that one.

The gear doors and struts had a little corrosion on them. I cleaned everything up and loctited everything in the struts.

I still have to purchase wingtip light covers and a new canopy that has glue and scratches on it.

I also need to install a cockpit kit in it too, with a pilot. It weighs 24 pounds right now. I should not need to add any lead to get it to balance.

Here are a few pics. I forgot to do a before shot though.

Rebel

ZERO-322

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Looks good ! quite a bit of work for a bird you purchased RTF make sure you post some pic when your all done pretty her up

ZERO-322

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what do you think of the quality of yellow aircraft (product wise) ? hits ? misses ?

Rebel Flyer

Can't say enough good things about Yellow P-47's. If you must say anything negative about the plane, it's that it is too small. I have 4 of them at this time.

Rebel

yard-dart

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Love my Yellow. Here's a few shots of it in action. The one of it landing was before I got the gear covers on.