'SPIT' roasted FB

[Flightspeed]

Every workshop should have a fridge in it!!

Probably why my fuesalages always turn out crooked🤣(jk) the strongest it’s stocked with is Dr Pepper🤣 it’s mainly used for storing all those fresh eggs😁

 

[Flightspeed]

What!! It cut off 3/4 of my message!

 

[Monte.C]

Every workshop should have a fridge in it!!

And a love seat. I'm sorry - a little couch.

 

[DazDaMan]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever made an FT Spit from Depron? If so, what was the build like?

I have some Depron lurking around, and I'm tempted to do the Spitfire at some point.

 

[Flightspeed]

How do you make the hinges when using depron?

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Every workshop should have a fridge in it!!

i absolutely agree..... having the hunger shakes and trying to make sure that the fuse is straight.......... don't go together

 

[DazDaMan]

How do you make the hinges when using depron?

Using plastic hinges?

 

[Wildthing]

How do you make the hinges when using depron?

Cut the foam the same way you would fb (wing edge 90 degree cut and control surface edge 45 degree cut) and I use a full long strip of blenderm tape on the top side and short strips spaced and inch or two apart on the bottom side. Before that I also will do a small bead of UHU Por (Beacons Foam Tac) along the edge of the hinge line and let that get really tacky and then put the two pieces together, you should have a working control surface without the tape but do use tape and you can use really any tape that adheres good to foam.

 

[DazDaMan]

I have to go back and re-do a couple of areas of my Spit before getting her going, but the light is definitely at the end of the tunnel...!

 

[DazDaMan]

So, I finally got to breathe life into the Spitfire last night. Unfortunately, I need to sort an issue with the receiver but, apart from that, it's just about ready to go....!

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Well today I tried my hand at painting a plane.... Ft spitfire with a racer style scheme.... Red And hello with brown fb.,.and the underside is like so

 

[Matthewdupreez]

 

[Matthewdupreez]

sorry for the bad pics.... tablets don't have good cameras

 

[DazDaMan]

SHE FLEW!!!!!

Excuse the strong language in the clip, but we were both fretting a little about flying her!

 

[Flightspeed]

U like her😀 I need to fly mine again, been a week or two.

 

[DazDaMan]

Enjoy....!

 

[Ratcheeroo]

SHE FLEW!!!!!

Excuse the strong language in the clip, but we were both fretting a little about flying her!

niiiiiiice! but that seemed a little slow, how much throttlle? what size motor and battery?

 

[DazDaMan]

niiiiiiice! but that seemed a little slow, how much throttlle? what size motor and battery?

It's a 1000KV brushless job, with a 2200 battery. And that was full throttle!

I'm going to fit a bigger motor ASAP.

 

[Ratcheeroo]

It's a 1000KV brushless job, with a 2200 battery. And that was full throttle!

I'm going to fit a bigger motor ASAP.

get the 2200 kv version of that motor if its the one I think it is, you'll notice a difference

 

[The Fopster]

It's a 1000KV brushless job, with a 2200 battery. And that was full throttle!

I'm going to fit a bigger motor ASAP.

Before you give up on the motor, might be worth trying a prop with more pitch? Cheaper than changing the motor and might do the trick if you can find something suitable. Increasing pitch will have a similar effect to increasing motor kv. Good luck!