n8622t

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Thanks Corsair, at least I got the first flight willies out of my system, now I can concentrate on a more precision landing on the subsequent flights.

Meschmidt

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Good job Jimmy. The flaps are very effective on this plane too. If the wind is 10 mph or greater, the flaps are not needed, or very little in your case. If less than 10 mph, I use about 25% flaps. Make sure the plane is retrimmed for the gear and flaps down at low throttle. It should only drop slightly. Use the throttle to control the descent and it will land nicely. Bomber Field event is Sept. 17th - 19th Hope to see ya'll there. Paul

n8622t

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Thanks Paul, yeah the flaps were a great help! The first approach was no flap, the second was half flap, and the 3 and final approach were both full flaps. I need to reduce my elevator controls, my low rates are just under the manual settings for high rates and the high rates are max throws the surface will allow, this bird needs a soft ele on landings. On take off after the gear were raised, it needed 5 clicks down, 2 clicks left rudder, and 4 clicks left aileron. After that she settled down for flying. I also found the high rates with max throw to be the best for flying, the landings being a different story. Im going to reduce the elevator by 20% for starters and expos around 35%, then go from there. That will be a major change from where it is now. I was very timid to slow the plane down too much because I wasnt sure whether it would snap at slow speed, so the next flight will be 3 mistakes high, full flaps, gear down, and throttle at high idle then milk the elevator until it stalls to see what its going to do. I really think the plane will behave better than what I am expect. I havent seen yours fly but I have seen others on youtube and they look fairly stable at slow speed. Let me know if im on the right track here cause this is all hopeful thinking right now.
Thanks again Paul, Jimmy

LDM

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hey you gotta love the effort and man do you have a tuff crowd in the background , next time buzz them lol , that will get them to stop laughting .
I thought (as an arm chair quaterback ) that your approach was too fast and too short , it appeared on 3 and 4 you were much further out as you started your decent , regardless ecah approach was not bad , and I admire your effort to get it perfact

n8622t

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Thanks LDM, I over psyched myself for this plane, that's the reason for the high speed approaches. I haven't been this nervous in years, but I think the plane is going to slow down just fine once I get over my own mind game. It was nice to look at the video, Ive never had one to look at for a maiden flight before. you can really get a lot of info that you wouldn't have without the video. From what I could see, the plane is going to be more stable than what I was giving it credit for otherwise, it would have snapped or tipped during that little hop off the ground at slow speed. I'm going to take some of the toe in out, since it tried to nose over on takeoff and landing both. How is yours with low rates for landing? Do you have a lot of throw for landing? Im thiinking less for landings and lots for flying...any of you skyshark guys out there, Let me know what you are using for landing rates. Thanks

Jimmy

Experten109/40

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very nice P-40N you have there, awesome job. even in the never used N.Africa scheme.
I might of missed it, but what was the reasoning for going that route?

n8622t

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Its all about the lookIts a Skyshark model and comes with the camo scheme but with British markings. I found the full scale with the checkerboard tail on the internet and the camo matched perfect, so i had the graphics made, painted the tail and cut the cockpit open for a full cockpit, now I need to get some time on it in the air. Appreciate the comments.

P51THUNDERBALL

PAINT THAT SPINNER AND SCREWS HOLDING THAT CANOPY AND COWL

n8622t

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OK, I guess its time for an updated picture Im going to get some better paint since latex only sticks to metal if you dont disturb it and I have taken the cowl off several times, Ill fix that

P51THUNDERBALL

MUCH BETTER HEY WORK ON YOUR APPROACHES TO LAND IT WILL SETTLE IN NICELY AS LONG AS WINGS ARE LEVEL DURING APPROACH AT SLOW SPEED SHE WILL NOT FALL OUT OF THE SKY AND CHECK THOSE WOODEN WING DOWELS I PLAYED IT SAFE AND USED CARBON FIBER RODS AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS BUT HAVE SEEN WINGS COME RIGHT OFF IN FLIGHT BUY USING THE WOOD DOWELS I CUT 2 SQUARES UNDER SIDE OF WING WICH EVENTUALY WAS COVERED WITH BELLY PAN AND SLID CARBON FIBER RODS THROUGH AND REINFORCED WITH BLOCKS AND GORILLA GLUE HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM AND SET YOUR EXPO TO 40% ON ELEVATOR REALLY SETTLES HER DOWN

n8622t

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Thanks for the advise Chloe, that video is the only flight, i have and air leak in one of the cylinders so it needs to go back to Darrell at Sierra[]

n8622t

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Chloe, are you using dual rates and if so how much throw? I set mine at max throw on high with 35% expo and manual recommended throw for low rates with 55% expo and she was pretty sensitive on the elevator. Should I reduce the throw on low rates, the manual only gives one rate and thats 3/4 inch on the elevator up and down.

Meschmidt

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Actually done some work on mine for a change. Filled and sanded the tail and gear pods in . Added panel lines with chart tape. Made simulated cockpit with picture. Paint soon! Paul

n8622t

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Its about time It looks great, are you going to clear coat with a Flatt finish? The panel lines look great. I saw Terry Farmer at the Warbirds over Tulsa flyin and he did a nice recording of my C47 in flight. We had a great time. My skyshark was grounded with a leaking main gear air cylinder. The bad part is that I sent the gear to Darrell at Sierra and found out that I sent the wrong main gear[>:] So, Im sending the malfunctioning gear tomorrow, shoot me in the head, one flight on this plane and Im going nutts to fly it again, and Im on vacation next week. The gear is going next day air. Post more pics of the Skyshark as you progress, looking forward to seeing more.

Meschmidt

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n8622, any other flights yet? Finished filling, priming, installed canopy, cut cowling holes, installed and filled in exhaust. Paint going on after some more sanding. Paul

n8622t

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Paul, thats beautiful!!! Looks like the G62 is going in? I got 7 great flights last saturday. the first two flights were very nice especially if you compare to the first flight, but the next five were perfect. I found the sweet spot with just enough up trim with full flaps and gear down with throttle a couple clicks above idle. She comes in and sets down on the mains then the tail sets down just as easy as you please then pull the throttle to idle. I love it. Thanks for the hot tips on the landings, they worked great. Keep the pics coming. Jimmy

Meschmidt

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Glad to see you got her figured out. I will be using the same BME 50 from the other plane. Like I said, I'm a slow builder and a lot more detailed over the years in this hobby. Experience I guess. Why hurry? I try to make ARFS not to look like ARFS to keep em' guessing. Then fly the crap out of them! Paul

n8622t

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Great game plan!!

tfarmer96

thats an under statement

Meschmidt

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Finally got the plane done with the "Pearl Harbor" color scheme. Made two flights last Sunday and it flew fine. Had to add 2 oz weight to the left wingtip to straighten aileron trim offset from neutral. Paul

n8622t

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looks gorgeous Paul! Maybe Ill see ya next summer at bomber field. Jimmy

tfarmer96

Its like putting on a old shoe just feels right......? Looks good Paul.

vallawyer

Can you still get this plane?

tfarmer96

http://www.skysharkrc.com/p40n.htm

vallawyer

Pretty nice, $400 for the plane and $430 for the ger.  Will a G-62 fit?