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ORIGINAL: AZThud Hi I am interesting in becoming a brother... There goes the neighborhood. Man, they will let anybody in here won't they? :D |
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Wassup fellas! So I was wondering if I could get some opinions regarding the new Top-Flite giant scale Spitfire. The only thing that bugs me about it is the way the cowl looks (and I know a lot of companies have difficulty with scale cowls in general) but that's really it. What d'ya guys think?
Thanks in advance -Spence http://www.top-flite.com/airplanes/topa0708.html |
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Well my friend it appears that they have!
Thanks guys, Cheers ORIGINAL: Chad Veich ORIGINAL: AZThud Hi I am interesting in becoming a brother... There goes the neighborhood. Man, they will let anybody in here won't they? :D |
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ORIGINAL: smaze17 Wassup fellas! So I was wondering if I could get some opinions regarding the new Top-Flite giant scale Spitfire. The only thing that bugs me about it is the way the cowl looks (and I know a lot of companies have difficulty with scale cowls in general) but that's really it. What d'ya guys think? Hi Spence, In the grand scheme of things only you can decide whether the TF Spit is to your satisfaction or not. I myself will have to pass as TF has taken too many liberties with the outline to suit me. For sure I'm in the minority though as one of those "purists". However I will say that, having owned and flown several similar size Spitfires, there is no reason why an accurately proportioned Spitfire model can't be made to fly very well. But I realize that TF is aiming more for the sport flyers than they are for guys like myself. Personally I would go for the 1/5 scale ESM model before I would buy this one. Here are a few of the things I see about the TF Spit that turn me off: 1. Dihedral has been reduced 2. Stab size has been increased (substantially I might add) 3. Nose has been lengthened 4. Cockpit a bit too far forward in relation to the wing (Done, I'm guessing, to make the longer nose less noticeable) 5. Landing gear are spaced wider than scale 6. Wing is substantially too "fat" at the tips 7. As you noted, the fit of the cowl is awful. 8. The color scheme is wrong for a Mk.IX |
RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome)
Brotherhood Update, we now have 188 in our squadron.
Welcome to the Spitfire Brotherhood #: 186. mpro326 187. oldtimer4759 188. AZThud Spitfire Brotherhood Start Date: 12-28-2011 Current Date: 5-30-2013 Roster 1.Warbirdrcer 1.5 Talimena Kidd 2.tfarmer96 3.KP 4.Helijet 5.Brad3301 6.MajorTomski 7.Daddysam 8.FireBee 9.denoferth 10.Landeck 11.jcpenney 12.jet22b 13.funfly-RCU 14.flyingpiggy 15.glazier808 16.Super Chief 17.verbails 18.jetjockey 3 19.triumphman49 20.Trent Smith 21.rtigg 22.saito18 23.warbirdguy 24.stephanmk1 25.Rotten40851 26.kenair 27.aerofalcon 28.DGUY 29.dasintex 30.Chad Veich 31.Asanders 32.hy flyr 33.dgiokas 34.Capt Easy 35.Meschmidt 36.Cal Branton 37.Pitts532M 38.dennymo 39.lovehydro 40.YellowAircraft 41.flyingchef 42.thrawn150 43.j-d 44.tevans55 45.H. Dale 46.bonemadderek 47.flyntruk 48.discusmike 49.HAM639 50.redtail 51.barron 52.Saramos 53.discusmike 54.tclocs 55.Vasek 56.Saburo Sakai 57.Nordicz 58.Orvis 59.Tony Iannucelli 60.Lifer 61.Crash Bandicoute 62.CRJDriver 63.fytrjok 64.mad web tv scientist 65.David Bathe 66.77chickenhawk 67.stimul8tor 68.hockeypilot 69.JoeSpitfire 70.Flakbait 71.SIX GUNS 72.spadsriver09 73.ForcesR 74.rogera 75.Hairy46 76.markhamregular 77.JL636 78.wpdunn3 79.Warbird 1 80.Moparmaniac 81.moto-x 82.baldeagle 83.2001az 84.schulze rocks 85.Skopik 86.Syd Byrne 87.albsurfer 88.KiwiKid 89.shanksow 90.JORDY200 91.mistermnkim 92.SuchIsLife 93.RCdude13 94.wphilb 95.hal_bert 96.prgonzalez 97.bogeyp38 98.TwinTurboZ 99.Jimmy Skids 100. SafetyWrench 101. Peter OZ 102. Old Navy Flyer 103. tahfiet 104. Pakcikjo 105. marquisvns 106. TheEdge 107. ahgoodman 108. F4u5 109. rcnats 110. John Taylor 111. Larry Kruse 112. Jim Reynolds 113. skysnake 114. Spitfire7856 115. Eds Trek 116. P51Tom 117. Wayne 118. Jimm 119. SteveD-RCU 120. jln1320 121. Moggy 122. 108buzz 123. Tobbe 124. blkangus 125. Mark Franke 126. Phat Reliant 127. flygono 128. Ford34tom 129. Seamus OLeprosy 130. facia 131. catboater 132. Chucksolo69 133. Hooton Park 134. perttime 135. spura 136. oo7fly4fun 137. RPRCBuilder 138. Scratchbuilder46 139. jchtr3a/John Harrigal 140. DLap 141. Klap 142. Capstan 143. N1EDM 144. OldScaleGuy 145. C.O. 146. Michel Gravelle 147. TTRotary 148. ARUP 149. rebranger 150. davidhand 151. InboundLZ 152. Prekin 153. A6TEXAN 154. oh44007 155. DougB1 156. sailormc 157. ccostant 158. Dweed7944 159. maddog 71 160. Jaoa68 160.5 Agent E 161. Bumble.bee78 162. ddemarco 163. dshorrock 164. Emil The Swede 165. smkrcflyer 166. f16man 167. peterduplessis 168. Morgax 169. goph 170. TimJ 171. paladin 172. Motoman326 173. Quikturn 174. kahloq 175. dinodigger II 176. eagledancer 177. tom sandiego 178. raaf 179. Spitfire 1a 180. mogman 181. salisbug 182. dcwwcp 183. nirtza79 184. LKruse 185. Flyfast1 186. mpro326 187. oldtimer4759 188. AZThud If you would like to join the Spitfire Brotherhood please send me a PM or e-mail right here from RCU, or just make your request on this thread. I will track and assign you a number. Never can tell when you may run into another Spitfire Brother somewhere, so join now. |
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186. mpro326
187. oldtimer4759 188. AZThud WELCOME to the "hood"!!! :) |
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ORIGINAL: albsurfer 186. mpro326 187. oldtimer4759 188. AZThud WELCOME to the ''hood''!!! :) |
RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome)
Here is a great build Thread we are doing on an electric Yellow P-38 with massive sound system. Also has videos of the benedini system on Corsair and P-40. SonicBoomRC.com is getting ready to launch the new Benedini systems in the US and they are doing it cheap. Less than half the cost of the AeroSoundRC prices.<div>http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_11512557/anchors_11528987/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#11528987</div><div>
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RE: Spitfire Brotherhood (All Spitfires Welcome)
Interesting Story I just received a link to:
SPITFIRE 944 - story (video) about a USAAF Spitfire reconnaissance pilot in WWII http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&sns=em |
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albsurfer;
What a great story!!! The look on the pilot face was priceless!!! I am glad theses guys took the time to find some of these people and let them see part of their pass. The best part to this story would be to find that plane and let him see it again. I know that would make his day, but just looking at him just looking at the move, you could see just how much love he had for that plane. Thanks again for the link. All brothers need to see this!!! Sonny aka jet22b |
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Sonny,
YEAH!!! It was definitely one of the best war reunites I've ever heard of. Some of the bomber pilots & crews get tears when they find their old plane in the boneyard at Davis Monthan, AZ. To live through a minimum of 25 missions at the beginning of the war with a life expectancy of only as little as 2 weeks... then you find out your plane, the one that saved your life, is still around. But.. in this case still able to fly... Towards the end of the war fighter & bomber crews were expected to do as many as 35 missions. British fighter pilots had a low life expectancy and greater chance of doing 35-50 missions because of losses and a lack of pilot source numbers. :) |
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Nice one Al, saw that too :)
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Steve,<div>
</div><div>I received my Spitfire Brotherhood cap yesterday. I love it.</div><div>Wore it at the field yesterday evening and flew my spit.</div><div>Thanks OldScaleGuy.</div><div>On the good news, I solved the nose over problem on take off by bending the tail gear up bringing the nose of the plane</div><div>up and applying more up elevator . Three take offs and no nose over tendencies.</div><div>On the bad, 3rd landing she ballooned up and tip stalled doing a cart wheel.</div><div>The right wing tip block cracked and the two wing fasteners tore out of the fuselage.</div><div>I am quite sure that I can repair it and call it sortie action damage. :D</div><div> </div><div>Andreas</div><div>Happy building & flying.</div><div> </div><div> </div> |
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Gentleman,
Many thanks for the welcome! What a great video and story awesome stuff. Cheers |
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Facia, glad you like the cap. Sorry about the damage. Hopefully you can have it fixed and flying again soon. That is a great video. Those young fella's went through a lot.
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Steve;
I receive my cap and I love it. We will have some very good weather this weekend and I will wear the cap and T-shirt to my club field. I know I will get looks. Great job on the caps, and I hope to run into some of the brothers in the up coming fun fly this year!! Thanks again, Steve!!! Sonny aka jet22b |
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Great news Sonny. You will be a hit at the field this weekend for sure. We have a scale contest in southern Indiana this weekend. All of the Brotherhood is welcome to attend.
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I wore my cap this last weekend and got a lot of compliments. Great job.
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I would like to join the brotherhood. I have built several and have several to build. More important to me is that my Dad passed away last year and he flew Spits during the Battle of Britian. The Spit is in a clsss all by its self. I just picked up a Top Flite Gold Edition Spit and I will build it in Dads honor. Thanks forbletting me join, Dave
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Dave,
Let me be the first to welcome you to The Brotherhood!!! #1 will be along to give you, your number. To have members in our brotherhood who had some who flew this plane is price-less!!! I see you are here in the state of Washington, so maybe some day we will run into each other. I would love to hear some of the story your Dad told you about flying this bird!!! Again, Welcome to the Brotherhood!!! BTW: There are a few brothers that is building the Top Flite Gold Edition Spit here . Lots of good build info too!!! Sonny aka jet22b |
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Welcome to the brotherhood Dave!
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I always wanted a GS Spitfire and I am a Top Flite fan so mine should arrive tomorrow. I guess you can sign me up to the Brotherhood. Thanks.
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Great Video and Story. I have a friend who passed away last year named Truman Smith who also flew 35 missions in B-17s.
If you ever get the chance to read "The Wrong Stuff", that is his book. |
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Here are some photos of Truman, his plane, and he and I.
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Brotherhood Update, we now have 190 in our squadron.
Welcome to the Spitfire Brotherhood #: 189. DavidAgar WA, USA 190. DavidAgar’s Dad (190 In Memory and Honor of) Spitfire Brotherhood Start Date: 12-28-2011 Current Date: 6-05-2013 Roster 1.Warbirdrcer 1.5 Talimena Kidd 2.tfarmer96 3.KP 4.Helijet 5.Brad3301 6.MajorTomski 7.Daddysam 8.FireBee 9.denoferth 10.Landeck 11.jcpenney 12.jet22b 13.funfly-RCU 14.flyingpiggy 15.glazier808 16.Super Chief 17.verbails 18.jetjockey 3 19.triumphman49 20.Trent Smith 21.rtigg 22.saito18 23.warbirdguy 24.stephanmk1 25.Rotten40851 26.kenair 27.aerofalcon 28.DGUY 29.dasintex 30.Chad Veich 31.Asanders 32.hy flyr 33.dgiokas 34.Capt Easy 35.Meschmidt 36.Cal Branton 37.Pitts532M 38.dennymo 39.lovehydro 40.YellowAircraft 41.flyingchef 42.thrawn150 43.j-d 44.tevans55 45.H. Dale 46.bonemadderek 47.flyntruk 48.discusmike 49.HAM639 50.redtail 51.barron 52.Saramos 53.discusmike 54.tclocs 55.Vasek 56.Saburo Sakai 57.Nordicz 58.Orvis 59.Tony Iannucelli 60.Lifer 61.Crash Bandicoute 62.CRJDriver 63.fytrjok 64.mad web tv scientist 65.David Bathe 66.77chickenhawk 67.stimul8tor 68.hockeypilot 69.JoeSpitfire 70.Flakbait 71.SIX GUNS 72.spadsriver09 73.ForcesR 74.rogera 75.Hairy46 76.markhamregular 77.JL636 78.wpdunn3 79.Warbird 1 80.Moparmaniac 81.moto-x 82.baldeagle 83.2001az 84.schulze rocks 85.Skopik 86.Syd Byrne 87.albsurfer 88.KiwiKid 89.shanksow 90.JORDY200 91.mistermnkim 92.SuchIsLife 93.RCdude13 94.wphilb 95.hal_bert 96.prgonzalez 97.bogeyp38 98.TwinTurboZ 99.Jimmy Skids 100. SafetyWrench 101. Peter OZ 102. Old Navy Flyer 103. tahfiet 104. Pakcikjo 105. marquisvns 106. TheEdge 107. ahgoodman 108. F4u5 109. rcnats 110. John Taylor 111. Larry Kruse 112. Jim Reynolds 113. skysnake 114. Spitfire7856 115. Eds Trek 116. P51Tom 117. Wayne 118. Jimm 119. SteveD-RCU 120. jln1320 121. Moggy 122. 108buzz 123. Tobbe 124. blkangus 125. Mark Franke 126. Phat Reliant 127. flygono 128. Ford34tom 129. Seamus OLeprosy 130. facia 131. catboater 132. Chucksolo69 133. Hooton Park 134. perttime 135. spura 136. oo7fly4fun 137. RPRCBuilder 138. Scratchbuilder46 139. jchtr3a/John Harrigal 140. DLap 141. Klap 142. Capstan 143. N1EDM 144. OldScaleGuy 145. C.O. 146. Michel Gravelle 147. TTRotary 148. ARUP 149. rebranger 150. davidhand 151. InboundLZ 152. Prekin 153. A6TEXAN 154. oh44007 155. DougB1 156. sailormc 157. ccostant 158. Dweed7944 159. maddog 71 160. Jaoa68 160.5 Agent E 161. Bumble.bee78 162. ddemarco 163. dshorrock 164. Emil The Swede 165. smkrcflyer 166. f16man 167. peterduplessis 168. Morgax 169. goph 170. TimJ 171. paladin 172. Motoman326 173. Quikturn 174. kahloq 175. dinodigger II 176. eagledancer 177. tom sandiego 178. raaf 179. Spitfire 1a 180. mogman 181. salisbug 182. dcwwcp 183. nirtza79 184. LKruse 185. Flyfast1 186. mpro326 187. oldtimer4759 188. AZThud 189. DavidAgar WA, USA 190. David’s Dad (190 In Memory and Honor of) If you would like to join the Spitfire Brotherhood please send me a PM or e-mail right here from RCU, or just make your request on this thread. I will track and assign you a number. Never can tell when you may run into another Spitfire Brother somewhere, so join now. |
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