Enjoyed a fun Spitfire fighter sweep last weekend. On my next aerial engagement using the same great looking PZ 109 three bladed prop used on the Spitter, and the same procedures to minimize the potentially destructive power of flying too long at the "war combat emergency power" setting (35 plus Amps), I hope my new F4U-1A Corsair can be made to fly my favorite test maneuvers (square loop with rolls on the flat sides & outside loop) as well as my Spit can. I probaby will not use these three bladed props for much more than taxiing, takeoff, touch and go/landing practice, and other mild maneuvering practice with these planes. I might check to see what kind of performance is possible with the three blader at 1-2 miles density altitude on my next trip over the Continental Divide. In the meantime high performance APC E props will normally be used for the usual banking & yanking fighter plane maneuvering.
The hot Spitfire burned through the rubber covering on the 40 Amp ESC (added after tests with the stock ESC) capacitors and on a spot on the other side that I didn't see until I removed the ESC. I ended up adding even more ventilation before the final test flight with the three bladed prop. Since I can't detect the visual difference between two and three blade props in the air where I intend to fly most of the time the two bladers are the winners on these ships. Not so for two (2) of my irresistible .25 powered PZ Messerschmitts. The extra power of the 25s easily allows the use of the three bladed props in any air fighting scenario.
Breaking off the attack now.
Out.
Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome) #64 - Post #407 - Battle of
Britain & Winston Churchill relevancy to modeling -
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11007416 PLEASE SEE POST 852
(Page # 35) on Spit thread for FANTASTIC INFO. See why we fight -
www.goodfight.com
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