*Unofficial* FT P-38 Lightning

[SP0NZ]

FT P-38 Lightning

Designed By: John Overstreet
Plans By: Dan Sponholz

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Description:
The Flite Test FT P-38 Lightning Electric Airplane Kit is one of the most advanced Speed Build Kits you can build. The finished model offers a level of scale detail that has never been seen before on a Flite Test aircraft. Once in the air, the P-38 carries graceful lines, tracks true, and is a walk in the park for intermediate to advanced pilots.

Speed Build Kit:
FT P-38 Lightning Speed Build Kit
Flite Test Crafty Kit

Power Pack Compatibility:
Power Pack C Twin "Radial Edition"

Specs:

Free Plans: FT P-38 Lightning Free Plans (coming soon)
Printing Instructions
DIY Templates

Videos:
Build Video

Review Video

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[SP0NZ]

Plans should be ready to go tomorrow. December 7, 2019. Thanks for your patience.

 

[Grifflyer]

Awesome, can't wait for the plans!
How come you put *Unofficial* in front of the name of the plane?

 

[SP0NZ]

Awesome, can't wait for the plans!
How come you put *Unofficial* in front of the name of the plane?

Flite Test used to post in the forums for each design they released. They stopped doing that a while I go, so I took it upon myself to make the *Unofficial*, official forum post.

 

[mach1 rc]

This is such an AWESOME plane. Can't wait for the free plans. We should totally do a group build.

 

[sprzout]

Thanks, Dan. Looks like my wife is going to be hating me as I build ANOTHER plane in the living room) and end up borrowing her car to get it to the field.

 

[Jeepsterjc]

Thank you 😊

 

[zhyc]

非常漂亮

 

[newguy2012]

Very excited! Thank you for getting the plans out!

 

[AIRFORGE]

It's FT P-38 MS Build Season!
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?resources/ft-p-38-lightning.97/
You da man, Dan!!!

 

[dutchmonkey]

thank you Dan

 

[whackflyer]

Loving this plane and digging your new avatar @SP0NZ but I see a slight problem...🤣 Edit- @SP0NZ fixed it.

 

[SP0NZ]

Loving this plane and digging your new avatar @SP0NZ but I see a slight problem...🤣

Fixed, thanks!

 

[The Hangar]

This is such an AWESOME plane. Can't wait for the free plans. We should totally do a group build.

I’m in man!

 

[mach1 rc]

I’m in man!

I have a lot of projects to catch up on so I don't when I'll start

 

[AIRFORGE]

Dan, on part 5, there are 2 green alignment marks that are very close to each other. Should this only be one mark, and if so, which one? One is below the black line, and one is above it.
EDIT: There are also 2 marks on part 4. I assume these are copied/mirrored parts.
EDIT 2: There is no front mark on these parts, for the tail boom alignment.

 

[SP0NZ]

Dan, on part 5, there are 2 green alignment marks that are very close to each other. Should this only be one mark, and if so, which one? One is below the black line, and one is above it.
EDIT: There are also 2 marks on part 4. I assume these are copied/mirrored parts.
EDIT 2: There is no front mark on these parts, for the tail boom alignment.
View attachment 150323

They were there in the original laser files I got from Flite Test, so I left them in. I did not see any reference or mention of them in the build video. Perhaps @Splinter189 can tell us what they're for.

 

[Splinter189]

Could you zoom out so I can see the part in question? I should be able to help out

 

[AIRFORGE]

Could you zoom out so I can see the part in question? I should be able to help out

Part #'s 4 and 5. Upper wings.

 

[AIRFORGE]

Tail boom alignment marks in the build video: