'SPIT' roasted FB
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degriz
Active member
Works very well, my coro builds have taken a beating still fly great.
ScratchBuildMast
Elite member
Starting my spit today
mayan
Legendary member
Good luck it’s an amazing easy to fly stable bird, by far one of my favorites
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basslord1124
Master member
Update...
Had a small setback with mine but nothing too major. While trying to find a good balance I had to add a few small weights PLUS shift the receiver and ESC forward. As a result, I still need to add an extension to one of my servo wires. Once that is done, I can charge up a battery and go!
Had a small setback with mine but nothing too major. While trying to find a good balance I had to add a few small weights PLUS shift the receiver and ESC forward. As a result, I still need to add an extension to one of my servo wires. Once that is done, I can charge up a battery and go!
ScratchBuildMast
Elite member
I wont be able to fly mine any time soon, cuz I think I killed the motor... :/
mayan
Legendary member
Let us know how it went I personally recommend this bird to anyone wanting to set up from a trainer.
Ouch!
Wildthing
Legendary member
That sucks
ScratchBuildMast
Elite member
Yeah, hope its under warranty... It was my Flite Test Radial, also a Christmas present..
Wildthing
Legendary member
On another post someone said the motor had a lifetime warranty through FT, now not sure which motors it would cover but send them an email.
Yeah, as long as it isn’t crash damage, (which I don’t think it was cause as far as I know, @ScratchBuildMast hasn’t flown since the ft-22 flight,) then it as a warranty.
FL_Engineer
Elite member
Been lurking on this thread for a while; now I can officially join on the fun. Spent 2 hours cutting templates for my first Spitfire! This is also my first scratch build (built the scout from the kit) so wish me luck.
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ScratchBuildMast
Elite member
Gl mate
mayan
Legendary member
Good luck buddy, you'll love the bird, promise.
Marty72
Elite member
Corona build underway. I cut out the templates and the plane is complete. I've got a few details I'd like to work and then to the paint. I am wondering about a a template for a canopy. Not the super simple canopy (straight line turtle deck to turtle deck) but something a little more realistic. Wildthing made one that looked good. Oh, and Caroline's plane is amazing, work of art!
Here's Wildthing's Template?
Here's my progress.......I'll be spending some time trying to get the paint right.
Here's Wildthing's Template?
Here's my progress.......I'll be spending some time trying to get the paint right.
FL_Engineer
Elite member
Here is my progress; I've since moved the motor back almost flush. Still need to clean it up and add servos at the rear and smooth things out.
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Wildthing
Legendary member
That looks really good.
Marty72
Elite member
More progress, I used plain old copy paper as a template, wasn't sure it would work but the approach was to go light on spraying the paper, and try and use it as an online only. To my surprise it worked, a few things I'm going to fix (pattern glitches) but I'm amazed it worked as well as it did and didn't take that much time. I've spent more time masking to put stripes on planes than this. BTW, this is my favorite part of any build, I just love the detail work. Now, it will be no where near the Caroline class of detail but enough for me (at this point).
I weighed the plane before minwax and paint, it was 460 grams w/ everything except the battery. It will be interesting to see my weight gain due after all the detail work. This is the same weight as the Simple Scout with paint. The Simple Scout with a C pack motor and a 9x6 was a rocket, flew way faster than it's suppose to. The Spit has a smaller profile than the P 40, is considerably lighter, so my guess it will fly faster with the C pack. If not, I'll super charge it with a Rimfire.
I weighed the plane before minwax and paint, it was 460 grams w/ everything except the battery. It will be interesting to see my weight gain due after all the detail work. This is the same weight as the Simple Scout with paint. The Simple Scout with a C pack motor and a 9x6 was a rocket, flew way faster than it's suppose to. The Spit has a smaller profile than the P 40, is considerably lighter, so my guess it will fly faster with the C pack. If not, I'll super charge it with a Rimfire.
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