@Tom,
glad you like your Spit.
Thank you for the heads up on the throttle.
I am practicing with Phoenix -> crash on landing almost everytime.
Flying the Spit on Clearview -> lands like butter and floats in everytime.
I am sure itching. Why couldn't I have gotten it in May.
I might have to be prepared for the Frozen Fingers Fun Fly on Jan. 1.
I am concerned with the nose overs only on landing as about 90% of vids on youtube show that.
However, there is some really super landings as well but few and far in between. Hm...
There is only so much worrying to do. I'll have to go out and just do it.
Never had a nose over problem with my other tail dragger H9 PTS P51 (about 30 flights since July),
but that landing gear protrudes quite a bit forward of the leading edge.
Thanks for the warning on the Exhaust cutouts. Much appreciated.
As the saying goes: I cut it and I cut it, and it's still too short.
I have to be honest, I have checked out Canadian Tire for the machine gun barrels a.k.a. Brake tubing that
has flanges on both ends. I figure, that would look cool once it's cut and sunk into
the leading edge. I am just not sure what size of opening/diameter I should use.
What size of diameter are you using?
I can get the scale placement for them from pictures of real Spits, by measurement off the
holes and convert to my size of wing, but the diameter size is kind of hard to get.
I can see that I will have a lot of detailing left to do.
The Top-Flite Flat Lustercoat sounds about right. Will try that as well.
I sure hope it won't be like a build report on the forum where the poor fellow built his Spit for 2 years,
then Maidens it and has a Video of it. All but 11 sec. Ouch..... I felt so bad for him.
Andreas