BATTLEAXE
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You definitely have an eye for details CT, and you are going to do the weathering too, amazing!
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CarolineTyler
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Going to try!!!!
BATTLEAXE
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I wanna see how you do the guns on the P-40 as well. I gotta get up on the history of the P-40 like I did on the Spit
kilroy07
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Ssuuweeet! 😍
You know (of course) this is just going to make me revisit mine and update her, right?, 😉
Guns, or cannon. 😜
Wildthing
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CarolineTyler
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No landing gear on this bird. Cannons are guns, aren't they??? This will have cannons so needs the bulges in the wings since the mechanism was too big to fit in the standard Spitfire wing.
PoorManRC
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It's really a fascinating History! Considered Obsolete by the FIRST year of WWII, they served in the WHOLE War with Distinction.
The Pilots just rewrote the Operational Parameters for her, in a lower level, dive and shoot Tactic! She had a very strong Airframe, and could take much more damage than their adversaries.
Besides the Guns, I'm also doing the humps in front of the Landing Gear, Intercooler Duct, and the Wastegate exit behind the Cockpit. 😉
Wildthing
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Aren't you afraid of tearing off all your work belly landing it?
BATTLEAXE
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I think it will be cool to see you do a warbird with your airforce knowledge of the history in these planes. Like @CarolineTyler who is taking the details to precise historical accuracy like she worked at the Supermarine factory, it is fascinating
BATTLEAXE
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Did you see her maiden?! She landed that Spit like a feather on a breeze, if she was a real WW2 pilot she wouldn't need landing gear, just a pillow lol
CarolineTyler
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Wildthing
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Even on the pillow soft landing she even mentioned slight damage to the fuse (minor damage that a little packing tape will prevent) but with the oil coolers and such being the lowest point they will dig in.
Wildthing
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It will be fine....encourage me to do smooooooooth landings!
Make sure it is soft fluffy grass
BATTLEAXE
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He is just looking out for ya @CarolineTyler
CarolineTyler
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Foamboard planes never last that long. I was considering adding retracts but decided against it due to weight and complexity. I'm a lot better flyer than I used to be so hopefully I can gently put it down, our flying field is nice grass.
I'm not putting packing tape on the bottom but will be adding a protective coating to ensure no damp can get into the paper covering.
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BATTLEAXE
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My Baby Blender is the longest lasting plane I have had, over a month lol, I try to fly everyday. I fly over a tall grass and shrubbery, and belly land in it all the time. I took the landing gear off because the leverage of it grabbing bushes and tangled grass has abused the airframe some. In replacement of the landing gear to protect the aileron servo that hang out the bottom I fashioned a skid plate from a plastic ice cube tray, which is glued on no different from your intakes on the bottom of your Spit:
Over 30 belly landings and it's still there, solid. And I have yet to land as elegant as you did in your maiden.
You do you girl
Over 30 belly landings and it's still there, solid. And I have yet to land as elegant as you did in your maiden.
You do you girl
kilroy07
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😳😩....
😜🤣 alright, we’ll go with that. But just so you know, they’ll be no end of razing unless you hang a 3-4 blade prop off of it! 😛
I’m still leaning on an early version (something about the split black/white under belly just speaks to me.)
Turns out the A B camo wasn’t a mirror of each other, but just swapping the green and brown. Glad I found that before I shot color.
I’m glad we did this. It really does fly great (did anyone else have the CRAZY elevator authority I experienced?) I was able to turn her on a dime, I kept expecting a high speed stall but she took it all in stride.
Looking forward to the next round of maiden videos (yes @mayan im talking to you!) 😜
And what about you @FoamyDM have you started your build yet?
And a final invite out to @Sambot come join the fun! 👍
CarolineTyler
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My Spit will remain a bi-blade. Tri and quad blades are no good for belly landings.
But it will have a nice nose cone
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