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Old 12-14-2013, 07:47 PM
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I am presently building my third TF war bird kit.. The Thunderbolt is the best flying scale plane I ever flew.. There are a lot of parts in these gold kits but they sure make a good plane when you are done..
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Old 12-14-2013, 09:49 PM
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TF 1/5 scale Gold Kit, 5 yrs. in the making and well worth it. It's my hanger queen and is yet to fly, maybe next year.

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Old 12-15-2013, 07:27 AM
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Beautiful airplanes!!!
Old 12-15-2013, 10:00 AM
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My flying buddy and I fly our TF P51's in formation . DA 50's, Sierra retracts , stripped and fiber glassed .
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Old 12-15-2013, 05:47 PM
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That's so cool!
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60 size P-40 with saito 125 for power

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Old 12-17-2013, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by naval flight officer
60 size P-40 with saito 125 for power

Very nice P-40, Leroy
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Sorry for not posting since last spring,but have been very busy.bad year for family and friends.
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Old 12-22-2013, 02:40 PM
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More pics
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Old 12-23-2013, 09:39 AM
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Here are some pics of my TF Warbirds. Hope you all enjoy!

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Old 12-23-2013, 10:18 AM
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Ok...I don't like you anymore...

lol

Great looking group!

Casey

ps. Did you ever do anymore testing with your rimfire 65 motor? Have you found the optimum setup?
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Hi Casey,

I have done a little bit of testing but my initial set up I felt to still be the best. I was able to get a little more speed but lost vertical and even the ability to do loops and that was all based on prop changes. Honestly I am very happy with the set up that is in there as i can get an 8 min flight and it is basically bullet proof. I put that exact same set up in the Top Flite Spitire which has much less cooling then the FW190 and I have had zero issues with anything.

Hope that helps!
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dan: Nice squadron!!
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Originally Posted by danlandis
Here are some pics of my TF Warbirds. Hope you all enjoy!

Dan
Those are beautiful, I love your tarheel and corsair!! All you need is a mustang
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Thank you very much!!

I do have a friend that has the Mustang and I have gotten to fly it and it does fly great!!
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A video of my TopFlight giant P-47 with the ASP radial engine. Beautiful flying airplane. I can say there are no vices to this design. http://youtu.be/imFq5mZ5gsY
Old 12-24-2013, 09:49 AM
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They fly awesome! And I love your thunderbolt! With that radial holy Moses!
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Beautiful flying site and good flying skills, that radial sounds unbelievable..
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Thanks Lancair and Son. I love the sound of that engine. I just had to do it. The airfield is in Lehi, Utah. The county built it for us many years ago. I have been going there since 1988. My sons pretty much grew up out there
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Top Flite Sea Fury

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Top Flite P-51b

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Here is my P47 with a Wiley warbirds turtle deck to make it a razorback, all glassed and riveted
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P-47 and FW 190d-9
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Old 12-31-2013, 06:23 AM
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Modified TF GS Corsair w/G62
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My fleet.
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