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Forum: Kit Building
06-18-2010, 09:41 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

George: what a story!! It is too bad your bird is not fixable with out a major overhaul. You do know you can order a wing kit from TF and get her back in the air. I have never had a fly away except...
Forum: Kit Building
05-16-2010, 10:33 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Great flight Aaron! It is amazing how much difference 1/8 to 1/4 inch adjustment to the CG will make on these birds. Do you have any expo dialed in yet? I found about 30% on the elevator and about...
Forum: Kit Building
05-07-2010, 09:53 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Aaron, good first flight it sounds like. My club pres. also is a 3d nut and he usually gets the maiden flights on my birds. Move that CG fwd, add some expo 30% maybe and you won't believe the...
Forum: Kit Building
05-07-2010, 06:28 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

4.0 Aaron!!! Best of luck on the maiden. Take a deep breath and take flight! You have a jewel!
Forum: Kit Building
05-04-2010, 12:11 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Great beginning. Getting the rpms up with the smaller prop will help. The larger prop will cause some windmill effect when you try to slow her down. Next flight or a couple in, get to 3 mistakes...
Forum: Kit Building
05-02-2010, 12:09 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Aaron, she is a little heavy at this weight, but if you balance it at 1/8" in front of the CG on the plans, it will still not be a handful. You do not want to run out of elevator at this weight, and...
Forum: Kit Building
04-29-2010, 09:39 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Aaron, let me add my well done! 4.0 my friend. I hope mine turns out half as nice. Be sure to get some video! She will fly at 10lbs. Just make sure to balance it about 1/8 in front of the CG called...
Forum: Kit Building
04-09-2010, 09:30 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

I will add my two cents to the discussion about batteries. I too have ditched the nicads and have gone to nimh cells. They hold a charge longer and take a fast charge better. I do not fast charge...
Forum: Kit Building
04-05-2010, 10:40 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Bipes, I also have a "B" model and it flies just fine. Just make sure the CG is correct. Balance it out about 1/8" forward of the CG called for on the plans and it flies great. I have a video of mine...
Forum: Kit Building
04-03-2010, 10:10 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

George, let me add my name to the list of those who are sorry for the loss. It is tough to loose a bird any time. It is especially hard when a lot of time and effort goes into "the one". I had a TF...
Forum: Kit Building
03-29-2010, 05:19 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

George, that looks pretty good!! With the exit opening around the exhaust pipes, it looks like you should get a pretty good flow over the head now. Just run her a little rich and you should have no...
Forum: Kit Building
03-29-2010, 09:03 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Sounds like you are on the right track about this. This is to me one of the great things about our hobby and this forum. We can pick each others brains for solutions and what has and has not worked...
Forum: Kit Building
03-28-2010, 08:36 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

George, you may try to open some of the "pipes" on your exhaust manifold. I plan to open all the tubes on mine forward of the firewall just to get a little more air flowing across the head. Baffles...
Forum: Kit Building
03-26-2010, 05:11 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

George, my "B" model is balanced at 3 and 3/4 from the notch and it is great in the air. I had to put the battery pack back aft to get it to balance it there, but that is what it needed. Yours sounds...
Forum: Kit Building
03-18-2010, 11:35 AM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Aaron, back in post 2414, page 97 you did the wing to fuse fillet. What type of tape did you use to make the rounded portion of the fillet? It looks like it has to be pretty pliable to make the...
Forum: Kit Building
01-29-2010, 05:33 PM
Replies: 3,645
Views: 707,777
Posted By scratchbuilder46

RE: Top Flite 1/7 P-51 Build

Ok guys late to this thread but have started a D model for the club pres. so I must press on. Question for all you builders. How did you drive the inner doors of the gear doors? My B model has a...
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