ORIGINAL: -pkh-
So how does she hand-launch? Any torque roll after launch?
YES - NO.
I flew four batteries, ran home and managed to recharge two of them then went back to the field. The last flight was cut short when it started to rain hard... or I might still be there
It’s an overused cliché here on the boards, but she flies like she’s on rails.
hand-launching:
Once you go full throttle she just wants to fly. You can’t lift or move the plane after applying full power, so have her up and your arm cocked before you push the go-stick. Then just gently toss her pointing up at about 30-degrees. She'll continue like that until you turn around or you reach the next zip-code (your call).
However, it’s not as fast as I thought (hoped) it would be. Who’s going to be the first to [successfully] drop in a bigger motor? I just ordered two motor mount spacers from eBay that have been used on the T-28 and Corsair. The spacers are made simply enough and the bolt pattern on both the stock motor mounts and the back of the motors should line up.
[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140329519466&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%252014032951 9466%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D%2B140 329519466%26_naf%3D1%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1]Motor Mount Spacer[/link]
[link=http://s196.photobucket.com/albums/aa62/tkrahlin/RC_Plane/P-51/]Under the hood of my P-51[/link]