jet22b

Brothers:
Here are some more updates on the ESM Spitfire build. As you can see, the cowling has been cut and in place. The spinner that is in the picture come from a H9 Blue Nose P-51. I was in the shop yesterday and was looking for a spinner in my spinner parts bin and saw the blue nose spinner. So out come the paint gun and you see the outcome!!! Any feed back will be welcome!!
Thanks guys!!!

Sonny
aka
jet22b

tevans55

Sonny-
Dave Brown 4" spinner works well on this plane. Looks like you are getting close to a maiden!
Tim

jet22b

Tim;
Thanks for the info!! I do have a Dave Brown 4" spinner in the bin!!! Maiden will not be done until spring. My finger don.t work so good in the cold!!! lol
Thanks again for the info!!!
Sonny
aka
jet22b

jet22b

Hi Brothers;
Here is another video I just watch on you-tube. A B-17 flying with six other war-birds, but one was lost on take-off
And yes, there was a Spitfire in the group!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oY8IFzi5Gg
Enjoy!!
Sonny
aka
jet22b

Prekin

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jet22b, what engine do you have in your ESM 72,5" Spitfire?

jet22b

Prekin;
Here is the engine in the link below.
http://www.troybuiltmodels.com/items/PTE36R.html
Have yet to run it, but, it was a nice fit in the Spit!!
Sonny
aka
jet22b

Prekin

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Thanks, it looks very small. In the first time I thought it is some 20 cc engine.

maddog 71

Hello everyone been awhile getting back to my 50cc spit anyone know what the link is for getting the cannon barrels I know its on here somewhere but cant seem to find it back. thanks

nayo

hi count me in too, i have had two h9s , still have a scratch built bt 83" that took me 3 years to build , one tn 60", and currently finishing a bt 69".

tevans55

Maddog-
Here is a plan from a fellow in Norway. Very easy to make on a lathe using dowel rod.

sparky4lawndart

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After 5 weeks of prepping the Clark Spitfire MarkIX and making sure everything was good yesterday was the maiden...

I had plenty of help from guys on my flightline and from John Clark (Clark Industries in Canada) himself. I got the engine to idle great at 1750RPM and WOT at 5850 (a little rich). Here's the video of my ill-fated maiden.

http://youtu.be/2krOzXMBd9c After pulling the cowl off I've found the motor mount/engine case had cracked and bent the prop shaft do to losing the prop. The prop hit the cowl and the hard landing beat up the cockpit kit in the fuse

sparky4lawndart

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here's some pics when I got home...

Lifer

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Sparky,

Very unfortunate series of events. I hope the next attempt works out a lot better.

WARBIRDRCER

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Brotherhood Update, we now have 212 in our squadron.

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WARBIRDRCER

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Sparky, Thanks for sharing the flight withus. You did a great job bringing her in following the failure, especially afteryour first take-off and before you had a chance to trim and/or make anypractice landing approaches.

It is hard to tell by looking at only thephotos, but it could be the blade failure caused an out of balance that mayhave let to the broken case. Just a guess, but it seems if the engine failure occurredfirst the forces would have also caused some movement of the remaining bladesalso.

Regardless of the cause, you did a great jobsaving the plane.

jet22b

Sparky;
Like #1 said, great job on the save!!! The person that was with you, did as great job of keeping you calm!! Get her back in the air as quick as you can . Again, great job on the save!!!
Sonny
aka
jet22b

jet22b

As you can see brothers, the landing gears are here!!!
After New Year, I will be back in the shop, putting these babies in!!
Sonny
aka
jet22b

facia

Hi Sonny,
I see you got the wingspan retracts. Let us know how they work.
So far, I am happy with my 100 deg rotating wingspan retracts, but time will
tell if they will hold up. I guess we'll know in June, should I get my f4u kit built by
then.
I'll have to talk to some of my club friends about giving my Spitfires FA100 Saito a tune up
come spring.
The push rods are clicking a bit. I hope that can be adjusted via the rockers.

Andreas

facia

Great save and bringing the aircraft back down in one piece. Hats off to you.
Oh man, that doesn't look good. Hope you are able to repair or get spare parts from Clark Industries.
Let us know how it goes.
Good luck with your repair.

Andreas
Happy building & flying.

triumphman49

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Great save is all I can say! Congratulations, & hope you get baack into the air with it real soon. Have a great new year

T-man49 in Al
Saito 723
Spitfire Bro 19

jet22b

Andreas;;
I did hook them up today and they work far better than the ones I got from Troy Built. Like you said, time will tell if they hold up!! So far it look like I may have a little mod to do to make them fit in the cut-out. I will keep everyone updated on the gears..
What I do on my four stroke engines, after every 15 hours of run time. I pull the rocker cover and check. A lot of the times you will find the nuts loose on the rocker arms!
Sonny
aka
jet22b

facia

Thanks Sonny,
This is my first 4 stroke, and it makes sense. I'll check with Saito on their site for specs and
see if I can do the rocker adjustments myself.

Andreas

P.S.
Found it. :-)
Just have to get a feeler guage from the local automotive store.
http://saito-engines.info/maintenance.html

Bluffman

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AWSOME save, the blade may have gone first then the out of balance bent the shaft, that plane floated in like a butterfly. Ian

OldScaleGuy

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Sparky, congratulations and condolences at the same time. Hopefully Clark Industries will take care of this for you.
Sonny, those are good looking landing gear.

WarbirdPilots

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Hey Guys,

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I am a huge spitfire fan (Brotherhood #98) and am in need of two (completed) Top Flite Giant Spitfire Fuselages for the WRAM Show and Weak Signals Show. I want to display my RAF Pilot in the plane at the shows. I have stands that hold just the fuselage for display purposes.

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I will need one for the WRAM show (New Jersey) (February 21,22,23) and one for the Weak Signals Show (Toledo Ohio) (April 4,5,6)

I want to focus on just the Top Flite Giant Spitfire for now. It is a very popular and new model on the market and is a great platform to showcase the Pilot.

Reply to this thread or feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] if you have what I am looking for. The owner can bring the fuselage to the event on Friday morning and pick it up on Sunday Afternoon.

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Adam Martin