P47Pilot

Congratulations! Great inspiration to those of us who are further behind. But I'll be ready in April!

Incidentally, I am working on linking up the ailerons and flaps now. Ailerons are straightforward, but I am a bit confused about the flap-linkage. Will the screws not stick out between the underside of the wing and the top-surface of the flaps, and thus jam the flap-movement in the up-position?

ticketec

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Beat everyone to it then

Thanks guy's. It has been a bit of a slog to here it into the air but it's done and flying great as we all expected a Dora to be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubGtYwg7p0

Mud: CoG set as per the ESm instructions and to be honest, I didn't have a whole heap of time on both flight to really check it, but it couldn't have been to far out then either

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dave

flycatch

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Nice looking semiscale airframe if you like flying lead sleds.

Ramstein44

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We like!!!

ticketec

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Wow Flycatch,

Semiscale? it is an ARF, no one here is saying it's superscale, but I am now looking forward to you posting some of you SCALE model pictures here. And lead sled?? 82" and 25lbs? Also looking forward to you posting your highly detailed scale models that come in at well under that weight.

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dave

ticketec

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The head of the bolt and the big washer go inbetween the flap and the wing structure, but it clears it. plenty of room in there.

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dave

P47Pilot

OK, I understand, thanks.

Jeremy_D

Congrats Dave!!

great video - Loved the transport method!!!!

kwik

Congratulations Ticketec! Well done.

Hey Flycatch; lead sled? Strange you should call it that.

Look at the video at 3:44. Not much of a lead sled, if you ask me. More like a feather??

Some weight is in fact an advantage in a warbird. You are flying it, not the wind.

Quite astonishing what happens when the wingspan is greater than about 2 meters.

kwik

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WWIIP38

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Great job Ticketec!! Thanks for sharing with your fellow warbird lovers!!
Look out Allied fighters, I have a feeling there are going to be a lot more of these Doras in the air soon!!
XYZ 53 looks like an excellent choice for this plane.

n8622t

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we love this beauty....if you don't like it, just sand her a little and spray some paint on her. You know you want one

TA152

A very very nice model! Amazing how slow it was possible to land the Dora.

ticketec

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Yes The model will really slow down quite amazingly. On my first landing I wheel'd her on the mains with a bit more speed and it was a smoother arrival. For the second landing I tried to 3 point it a little more and as you can see she bounced in a little. either way, very docile at those speeds.

I have just ordered ty's cockpit kit from VQ models, but I think I will replace the instrument panel with the Inzpan one seeing as that is what is most seen.

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dave

aghost

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Like the plane and the flight. Congratulations!

thanks for the video.

Brian

glazier808

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I missed the "lead sled" did I watch the right vid?

Jeesh Flycatch....Decaf man! If that plane slowed down any more it would be standing still on that approach!


Casey

kwik

Or to put it another way;

Flycatch, if you want it to stand completely still in the air, maybe you should be looking for a helicopter?

Joespeeder

Hey ticketec,

Thanks for the video !! I have my own internal struggle going on for my winter project about which engine to use. With your success with the XYZ 53cc I may end up with an XYZ of my own yet.

I loved the steep approach and short field landing. Really nice.

Any plans to test a 3 blade set up?

I found this video running a 19x11x3.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAqZHg2w6WU[/youtube]


Thanks for posting your flight. Really Fun....


Joe

flycatch

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Any model with a wing loading above 40 is "hot and nasty".

oliveDrab

Real men fly electrics!!

flycatch

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Your joking, right.

n8622t

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Thanks for the 53cc run video Speed hair over 7000rpm on a 19X11 3 blade is pretty respectable...So you go to a 20X12 or 21X10 and you should be in the mid 6000 range, Sweet, that should blister the sky. The engine has some decent authority in power based on Tics video...My YZ 48cc twin with a 20X10 never pulled out of a climb like Tics FW did. This is a good engine guys

Jimmy

n8622t

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I just checked...Tower Hobbies sells a XOAR 21X10 for $23.99

n8622t

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YEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUck Nice one Kwik....LOL

ticketec

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you joking right?

As others have stated, and I have personally experienced by actually flying the model.. There is nothing hot and heavy about this model.

Wing loading is only 1 figure or bit of data that tells the story about how a model flies, there are many other important figures and information that will govern how a model performs.

Thanks

dave