Bloody WWII Baby!
- Thread starter BossBluff
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danskis
Master member
@BossBluff - Well the P40 (above) flew on the first toss!!! I've only had 2 planes do that this year. Everyone at the field was amazed including me. And as you can see the skin looks great. 1806 motor, 800mah 2 cell and 2 nine gram servos and a way too big 20A ESC. I moved the firewall forward about 1/4" to get the CG right. Set up was about 5mm of travel on Ail and Elev and 50% expo (too much). Aileron was fine but I need more elevator so we'll dial that in for next time. It flew really well for a maiden and the only thing I was a little disappointed with was the speed. I've been flying my mini F22 with the same motor on 3s and I was hoping for something similar for this plane. Admittedly my builds are pretty heavy and I would advise anyone building this to consider taking all the paper off the inner foam, 5gram or less servos, and cutting the back half of the doublers off to make everything lighter. Thanks for a great looking and great flying plane!!
Any way to get a picture of the bottom of this to see how the landing gear is attached?
Javiester
Elite member
Thank you for the photo sir it is helpful. I wasn't sure how or where you had fastened the wheels on the booms.
synjin
Elite member
I just have to say, the 150% Bloody P-40 is FUN to fly. I’ve been flying the Storch and Spear for the last week, so throwing the Bloody P-40 up was kind of a shock. It’s fast, snappy, yet forgiving. It also slows right down and floats in for landing. Now I kind of wonder what a 200% one would fly like.
synjin
Elite member
Of course, the original Bloody P-40 is also quite fun to fly. I kitted mine out with an 1806 2400Kv motor, 6x4 3 bladed prop, 20a ESC, receiver, and two 3.7g servoes. I've bounced it off the ground several times and it keeps going.
I'm building the Bf-109 version next to see how that flies.
I'm building the Bf-109 version next to see how that flies.
synjin
Elite member
The ubiquitous and cheap 2212. It’s a 1400Kv with an 8 inch propeller. Lots of power.
Javiester
Elite member
This Saturday the Bloody lightning died due to a problem in the power supply of the servos and the receiver, it is the second time that it falls alone without being able to do anything, luckily I found the fault and it is solved
I have started the XF and I have detected an error
spar is not extended
I will publish the review
synjin
Elite member
So, I was flying my Bloody P-40 this evening when I was forced into combat! Being out of ammo, all I could do was evade. My opponent was fast, agile, and dangerous. After 8 or 10 passes he broke off and bugged out. My Bloody P-40 was fortunate to survive an encounter with a Peregrine Falcon! This is Alaska, but to date I've only had seagulls and ravens go after my planes.
"Corpse"
Legendary member
Wow! Did he score any hits? Where I fly we have the 596th swallow squadron currently in air superiority. @The Hangar and I have launched a few attacks, but alas we have not eliminated the threat. The war continues...
Remember you promised not to fly your quad into my carbon cub...
"Corpse"
Legendary member
Don't worry, I'm a halfway ok pilot!Remember you promised not to fly your quad into my carbon cub...
Javiester
Elite member
a little more and you turn it into a bloody A-10
