Re: Guillows Spitfire park flyer FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!

nitroairplane Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:13 pm

I see you went rudder and elevator in the end.
I hope works out.

**Cribbs74** Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:16 pm

nitroairplane wrote:I see you went rudder and elevator in the end.
I hope works out.

LOL, that doesn"t sound real positive.......... The real one had em, it's to scale right? Laughing

John Goddard Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:20 pm

Loving the fact you guys love your Spits, I think over here now there's a similar love of the P51.

Very Happy

BTW cracking bit of Kit Ron.

nitroairplane Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:34 pm

Ron but the then the real one had loads of things:)
John I love the mustangs.

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:11 pm

I like the Cox .049 Bananas in the background! lol!

Ivanhoe Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:12 pm

nitroairplane wrote:Ron but the then the real one had loads of things:)
John I love the mustangs.

Ah, but the P51 only came good when fitted with the same engine as the Spitfire!

nitroairplane Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:18 pm

True but I would fit it with a .010 Smile

**Cribbs74** Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:01 pm

Ivanhoe wrote:I like the Cox .049 Bananas in the background!

Yep, looks like they were bought and forgotten. Kitchen has the best light in the house. Time for some banana bread!

nitroairplane Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:32 pm

Actually cox used make a banana .049 lol

Kim Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:34 pm

cribbs74 wrote:
nitroairplane wrote:I see you went rudder and elevator in the end.
I hope works out.

LOL, that doesn"t sound real positive.......... The real one had em, it's to scale right?

Another last...LAST thing to do...CG is important, but make sure the Spit balances left wing-to-right wing also !

**Cribbs74** Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:10 pm

Kim wrote:
cribbs74 wrote:
nitroairplane wrote:I see you went rudder and elevator in the end.
I hope works out.

LOL, that doesn"t sound real positive.......... The real one had em, it's to scale right?

Another last...LAST thing to do...CG is important, but make sure the Spit balances left wing-to-right wing also !

Well it is tail heavy, going with the 1/3 of the wing chord as my CG point. With the addition of the receiver which should mount up front I think I can correct that. Now how does one check the balance from left wing to right wing?

SuperDave Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:18 am

Ron:

Raise the plane from the prop and the tip if the vertical stabilzer then observe if the wing stays horizontal.

**Cribbs74** Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:17 pm

SuperDave wrote:Ron:

Raise the plane from the prop and the tip if the vertical stabilzer then observe if the wing stays horizontal.

Sounds simple enough.....Thanks SuperDave. Much appreciated.

**Cribbs74** Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:42 am

I sprayed down the Spit last night to seal the decals and paint. I used dull Ultrakote, it looks ok except it turned all the edges of the Decals into a crinkly mess. So be forwarned. It doesn't look real bad but, it wasn't what I was going for......

SuperDave Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:31 am

Ron:

I've used Model Masters Enamel Topcoat over decals with excellent success. BTW, it's fuel-proof too. Very Happy

**Cribbs74** Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:28 am

SuperDave wrote:Ron:

I've used Model Masters Enamel Topcoat over decals with excellent success. BTW, it's fuel-proof too.

Thanks SD,

Good to know, wish I had known sooner!

**Cribbs74** Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:22 pm

Ok!

Done, Time to maiden..........

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microflitedude Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:10 pm

Looks great! What is the AUW?

**Cribbs74** Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:56 pm

AUW? Not familiar with that acronym. All up weight? Maybe?

4oz exactly. With no gas in tank.

Mark Boesen Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:39 pm

Nice plane! That .010 looks right at home!

**Cribbs74** Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:55 pm

Thanks Mark,

It's been close to 20 years since I built a model. Made some minor mistakes and learned a lot in the process. Mostly from folks here on this forum. I hope it flies well and if not those pics are saved on my PC. lol!

I had a lot of fun building and my cox engine collection has increased during the process. Onward and upward!

microflitedude Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:59 pm

cribbs74 wrote:AUW? Not familiar with that acronym. All up weight? Maybe?

4oz exactly. With no gas in tank.

Yep.

nitroairplane Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:33 am

Great!
Cannot wait for the Maiden report!

Kim Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:23 am

Looks Great !!!!! Ready for it's first Scramble !!!!!

John Goddard Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:40 am

Looking GOOD Ron
Based on my yesterday Exploits 1 small snippet of advice.
Small rudder throw.
I neglected to mention in my Rainbow reveiw (I'm like that Very Happy

) but as it climbed
I gave it a handful of rudder and the resulting full power spiral dive had me
me thankful for modern laundry..That was with a high wing, high dihedral and I
JUST got away with it. The Spit was designed to be unstable.
Give it as much height as you can before attempting to turn it and make it very gentle.
If you can, put a nice bit of expo on the TX.

We're all rootin for Ya

Very Happy

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