Asanders

thanks! It is a Sportsman Aiviation plane I bought off of RCU awhile back. I love the way it flies. My son painted it with white auto primer. The original color scheme was a little lame. I dont remember the wingspan off hand, but it is a little smaller than yours. I originally used the mechanical retracts and a Magnum 61 4 stroke. Wasnt enough power, went to an old Saito 80 I had until the exhaust manifold cracked. I recently put my last 4 stroke I had sitting around, an OS 91. A little over powered now. But it flies real nice. I put Springairs in it to replace the weak mechanicals.

Right now she is hanging in my garage waiting for my return!

alqwad

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Well, I got my FW this Friday. Got it from Alex at AK Models. Shipping was only $19.00 and it arrived via FEDEX in perfect condition. I was tempted to go with the on sale version from Nitro Planes, but opted to go with AK since he stocked the CMPro version of this plane. For anyone who has their doubts about the appearance of this plane, don't be. The plane looks MUCH MUCH better in person. The pictures on the website don't do it justice. The quality of the fiberglass looks really good, the cowl opening is perfectly round and very smooth. The quality of the pain also looks very good, but the scheme is lacking a bit as we all know. I'm not sure if the non CMPro version comes like mine, but the canopy was very nice and it was painted as well. Overall, from a first impression standpoint, I'm pretty happy with it. I plan on going with a 26cc gasser. I'll keep y'all posted...

thebluemax

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No I didn't ask them even though I picked them up from them when I was in Louisville for a meeting. I went with them because someone else in this thread had used them and they did fit very well but there was some minor work.

Mine are still in the box waiting to go into the plane when I decide to start it. I have been very busy and have other projects that I have started that I want to finish before I start another one.

alqwad

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Still putting all of the items together for the build... What type of servos do I need in this bird? Are you guys using standard servos or something with a bit more torque? What should be minimum torque on a plane of this size? Thanks.

thebluemax

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I am using standard servos. The latest flight pack I bought has the JR DS537 digital servos. I did get a PCM receiver as our field has a rule about using a throttle safe on all planes with 80+ inch wing spans and weighing 10+ pounds. You don't need to have or use a fail safe on everything just a fail safe on the throttle to go down to idle just in case you loose the signal. Won't save your plane if it kicks in but it maybe the difference between maming someone or killing them. Not that either of those is a good thing.

With the PCM receiver I can do it through the radio instead of buying another part to insert between the receiver and servo. Even though the wing span is only 70 inches I will be using an Irvine 1.20 in the nose. This way it avoids the hassle of saying it isn't 80 inches everytime someone looks at it as this is a good size plane.

I purchased my spinner from Sky-Shark R/C and I got the bigger one for the 190-D9 as the one for the 190-A8 looked a little smal to me. i think I made the right choice as the one I got looks good on the front of that Irvine. I did buy the two blade because I did not think I could get a large enough three blade propeller without mortgaging the house. Although the three blade does look neat.

alqwad

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I agree with liking the look of the D9 spinner as well. Size wise, it's about one inch bigger in diameter, I think. You'd be hard pressed to find someone to call you out on the difference between the two spinner types. Thanks for the info on the servos.

sean sutherland

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Id like to say great forum guys, i got my FW190 today and i could not find any reviews at all then i found this forum very informative everything i thought about this model has come to light in this forum. I want to go gas with this bird, mainly for COG and Less Mess but its also much cheaper to run.Any opinions on the best 26 size gasser the new Zenoah or the peakmodel 26s or DZY or SPE 26[link]http://www.peakmodel.com[/link] or does any one have one for sale ? Heres a couple of before shots i was so happy to finally own a FW190, but you gotta laugh at that paint job looks like a fresian dairy cow [:'(]im also not sure what make but im asuming not CMP cause its got built up wings???

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sean- where did you get your model from? It looks looks well built. It would be interesting to see the differences between your model and the others posted here. Do you have any pics of the inside?

ticketec

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Here are some pic's of the Skyshark D9 spinner on my CMPro Fw-190, the shape is not exactly 100% for the A series of the Fw-190, but the kit is also a fair way off too as discussed earlier in this thread, so i think it does make the model look heaps better.

thebluemax

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Looks good. Nice paint job on the spinner. How did you do it?

ticketec

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Thanks thebluemax,

The spinner comes really nicely polished from Skyshark, so i rough up the surface with some scotchbrite. I then had it sprayed white (painters at work do a great job and it's 2-pak). i then masked off the spiral and they then sprayed it black. remove masking and there you have it (unless the mask had some bleed through, then cop a clip on the head from the painters!!)

I'm actually overseas with work, but when i get back,i will kibash the Fw-190 and address some of the shape issues.

thanks

k lupold

Well, its time to get her to flight!just finished up the winter bird all thanks to my buddy
Ralph AKA the warbird freak!.
iIhave been reading all the great info on the fw-190 so
wish me luck!!!! thank you for all the info

fly fast! ken lupold

thebluemax

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good luck....

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any pre-flight pictures to share?

taildragger21

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Hey guys ... I will be getting my nitro planes fw190 finished soon I hope.. I ended up with No flaps's Fw... He did an awesome job on the repaint! I have some air retracts for it, just wondered what gear struts would fit.. ??Do the robarts for the top flite fw-190 fit?? Or does century jet cary a set?? If you look earlier in the thread Sean had carved out the gear bays for longer more scale gear.. Thanks!

k lupold

Here's a pic of the bird did not fly her! do to 2300 st
did not run and had bad glow plug.

better luck this week !!

thanks k lupold

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Too bad you didn't get to fly it.. Better safe than sorry....

I am doing another sort of first flight this weekend. I just switched it over to my DX7..

k lupold

Well, i wish you the best! I am also buying a dx -7
this summer, tell me how it works.

thanks ken

k lupold

Ha Guys! Just to let you know the fw-190 flys like a dream!!!
I flew her off the grass at a new field today and a couple
of clicks of down trim and what a site!
Came in hot on first landing and used every bit of grass runway
sec, flight tryed the flaps set as the specs and no big rize
and a picture p landing

thanks for all info fw-190 rock!!! no bad habs

ken lupold

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Congrats...... Happy to hear that you had success!!!

Here's to many more flights with your 190......!!!

k lupold

Thank's bad weather this weekend ,keeping the bird in the hanger
please let me know how the new DX works!
keep me posted.

ken

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I almost forgot to post it here- But after I converted the 190 to the DX-7 I took it out for the first flight of the season and had a servo failure in one of the aileron servos.
Here is the thread with all of the details but the bottom line was a close call. After it was replaced the FW-190/DX-7 combo worked flawlessly.
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5612296/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm]http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5612296/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm[/link]

k lupold

Wow, that sounds wild, I had a slow servo on a aleron and got lucky
and changed it out on my jap 40 zero, I glad you saved the fw-190
I just got home it was a nice day here in Idaho, so i took her back to the field
and for the third flight, she was assome! tryed loop and roll I love it!!!!
she lands so nice with her flaps, got to say she is my fav warbird now

thanks ken p.s I just got a hanger 9 spitfire hope she is a goodone?

take care

k lupold

well, got some more air time in on the fw-190 and just lovin it!
going to try a three blade prop? had a 16/8 let ya know
how it goes

ken

rifraff

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same here, i upgrated mine by installing a new OS 120 four stroke with pump plus i whent down a prop size form a 16/7 three blade to a 15/8 three blade and boy does it move and also i got a new spinner from tru turn, check out the pics