Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

Hi, does anyone have any experience with this kit? It's very expensive, but also looks very detailed too.
Was wondering if anyone has built one, or knows someone who has, and what they have to say about it and the engine that comes with it.
Thanks!

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

I built and flew one...since sold it. Great kit. PM me

Jeff

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

We are flight testing one this week end so I will be able to give you a flight report.
Check this out for how forgiving the model is. Man I thought this Spittty was going in a couple of times but it just kept on flying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TT2y...j4Cd1XrIS4Epn5

I'll get back to you.

Brad

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

Thanks for the link, good stuff!
How was the build?
Looking forward to your report, good luck with it!

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

Yes, that is my Spitfire on that Youtube link. I found the engine/prop combination to be less than satisfactory. The 26x8 3 blade just didn;t have the umph to really haul it around. It is true it is more scale in appearnace, but I would prefer aX 2 blade for flying, or at least a 24x10 3 blade to get the RPM up. i never got over 5800 RPM on the groun, but with so little pitch, the plane would not get out of it's own way. The video does show the stability of a great model, however.

Jeff

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

The Spitfire belongs to a friend of mine, Keith. Here is his story so far.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_44...tm.htm#8117232
(just found out it will be next week end for test flight)

It will be worth waiting for.

Cheers,

Brad

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

Brad,
wish him the best with that test flight. Bazza sent me some pics of that bird a while back.

how are your builds going? Spit and the P51?

all my gear is in storage at the moment as we just sold and in process of going into temp rental for a bit - yuk! [:@]

cheers
Peter

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

Oh Man,,, not again??
Build of my Spitty is steady (to say the least). Time time time.

Cheers and good luck mate.

Brad

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

sorry mate [:o]

at least you can build, yeah tell me about time.

I just got back from the storage place to get my old R700 and NER-649 Rx which had just sold on ebay. At least I could get at the chest of drawers they were in!

cheers
Peter

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

Here guys,, there are two versions. One with appraisal and one just pure vid.
Enjoy, ,,,, or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HONqM...e=channel_page

Cheers,

Brad

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

This Spit just doesn't seem to have the correct amount of dihedral to me. Could be an optical illusion I guess.

Merlin65

RE: Clark 1/4 Spitfire
 

I agree about the dihedral, looks way under what it should be. I can't speak about Clark's pitch sensitivity but my Yellow Spit was never that pitch sensitive. I'd check the CG of the plane, that might help.