RE: KMP
jd ............. the LADO elecrtic retract conversion kit is available only at MAGNUMRC.com......... far as I know at this time. I think they can be applied to other late issue KMP planes too. They are advertised on their website or you can call GUS at KMP , he can hook you up. Your going to love the Mustang . GOod luck!
Posted on: 7/10/2009 8:35 AM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: KMP
My upcomming ESM project is the P-51 Mustang "B" model . I'm absolutely thrilled since opening the box. The paint and craftmanship is flawless on it. My best looking ESM model yet. I think every generation they become more refined. Thought people might be interested in seeing the new MagnumRC LADO/ESM-KMP retract conversion kit..... Plus robart alum wheels , just completed this weekend for the new Mustang . They are tested & ready to drop in the wing. So cool. I also will hang this 4.5" Aluminum 4 blade spinner on the BALD EAGLES nose. And a Zinger 18" Four blade prop to top it off.[;)]
Posted on: 7/9/2009 6:30 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: KMP
Hi flytaildragger , Oh yes!!! matter of fact ......I have already got the magnum RC lado/ESM retract conversion kit. This new retract system will go in my Mustang -51 "B" this fall. I also got some better aluminum scale wheels and a bit of help form Darrell at Sierra. I'm very excited about building the Mustang. I also have a Aluminum 4 blade spinner and 18 " prop to put on the front of the Bald Eagle II. I may do the conversion this weekend........while I lay low & HIDE out from the tourist.... FYI ...... OH...I do have a work vise. Its in my FORD VAN. I guess I could paint in there [:)]
Posted on: 7/1/2009 2:54 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: KMP
, Freddie
Posted on: 7/1/2009 2:39 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: KMP
Evil Merlin, the 3-blade all aluminum spinner was an option once offered by KMP for the earlier Bf109's . Don't see 'em to often it seems. I remember razzing KMP (AL) a bit to get me one.. But...... eventually they came though as promised[;)] Freddie
Posted on: 7/1/2009 12:25 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: KMP
and a few assembly issues, but in big scheme they are small. Cheers , Freddie
Posted on: 7/1/2009 12:01 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: KMP
[quote]ORIGINAL: Johnnie Red Dear All I don't care who is building or designing the models as long as they look right, they are built right and they fly right. I realy don't give a flighing f@ck about it. To my experience the KMP/YT models have all the above. I have quite a bunch of them; I fly them regularely (every weekend) and I find them realy scale looking when they are flying and on the ground. IMHO they are airplanes for people that do respect the prototype. They are built in order to fit in the familly of the experienced weekend scale fliers and with a little building effort they are very rewarding in appearance. I am very satisfied that KMP/YT or ESM are in this business cause each time they produce something they give me the chance to fly something; that 20 years ago would have taken a great deal of time and effort to make it look like and fly like that. Welldone! I realy don't care even if they were coming from the dark side of the moon! J.R. PS Here are some photos of some KMP/YT models that I fly and I am proud of having. [/quote] Nice Collection of Planes J.RED and I agree with your commnets whole hearted. I find the KMP /ESM/YT line a perfect choice for me too. SOmeone who doesn't build from boxes of wood , but enjoys a nicely done 120 size airplane ,a step above from the average dime a dozen cheapy 60 size planes and cmp offerings. I too hope to see the larger line , in the SAME QUALITY PAINT and FG of the smaller line.
Posted on: 6/29/2009 12:26 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
Yes , the SPINNER is a big part of the Bf109 whole look . I'm sure is cause of the lack ARF kits of this model. I once read the Bf109 was THE most modeled plastic-kit airplane , even more than a Spitfire or Mustang. You should contact Darrell at Sierra Giant scale and encourage him to make a spinner. He has the dimensions, and has made 109 spinners in another size before. He indicated to me he was going to turn some Alum CMP 109 spinners. But, I'm sure he wants to have many requests before proceeding ...So I think he maybe the best hope for an ALUM CMP109 spinner in any volume. He made up the KMP and CMP retracts for the 109.
Posted on: 4/10/2009 8:13 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
Hello everybody. Its been months since I lasted checked in. WOW! alot of reading to catch up. Poor Snappa ....... bloody rotten luck it was.... end to a grand effort he put forth too I'llsay. Chin up !! Alot of good advise gathered here as well as the RCgroups thread . Newbies to this plane would be welladvised to READ EVERY page BEFORE building. Yes .!! I did fly mine as well. An elecrtic conversion with a Eflite 160 outrunner. I maiden in on a very gusty day . ILL ADVISED. The manors once in the air were impeccable , ROCK SOLID .......it didn't offer to stall that I could tell. My plane was 15LB AUW . I had a bit of a scary landing , a gust caught it as it touched and lifted it up about 10 inchs and then stopped. The extra lumber under the rails prevented a cracked rail. But, I wasn't without an issue ..... my is/was vibration , really bad , I traced it to the spinner. So, my flying the CMP109 has been grounded till I either fixed the CMP spinner of got another . The glow chaps at the field thought it natural for my plane to be nosiey and vibrate and jump up and down. [:D] They rather enjoyed it and thought it proper. I almost didn't maiden it that day. The shakening backed out many screws . I've tried to rebalance and improve the mounting on the shaft. I think I got it going on now. FOr the price its a whale of a deal . But, maybe not a great first warbird or for someone only used to assembling H9 airplanes. HOTROD TODD .I read you built a KMP 109 ..have you flown it yet ???????? Here are a couple pics of maiden day. These are post flight. If you look close , you can see the back of the spinner looks "FRAYED" .........well it is ........the spinner shook so violent it shreaded the backplate as it hit the firewall and the pilot turned around in his seat .....I had screw falling out all over.. [X(] Personally , I find the spinner to be the weakest link in this kit. As scalecraft said, the spinner being so big and complex is probally what keeps this plane from being modeled by other companies more as 109's are very popular aircraft.. Hopefully someone will come to the rescue with an aftermarket replacment.
Posted on: 4/9/2009 6:25 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
[quote]ORIGINAL: SCALECRAFT RCU times me out on 2 pics. Steve [/quote]Nice job scalecraft on the backplate. Might be somebody can turn out copies of that oneday.
Posted on: 1/9/2009 8:09 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
Scalecraft .... ......you got me worried about my plane sitting in the sun now .....[;)] I'm used to my KMPs been out in the sun and I see little if any change. I guess I need to keep it in the shade when not flying ?
Posted on: 12/16/2008 6:10 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
Yep , my KMP 109 gear is more scale located and the strut I believe is exactly 1 " longer on the KMP and it used the 4 1/2 wheels with gobs of room to spare . Manfred , I had already recived my set of Giant Serria for the CMP ( special order) , he made these just for the CMP model.......but , if I make another model , I WOULD move the rails toward the fuse about 1 ich and then you can order the KMP "E" retracts from Giant Sierra. The wheels sits out from the LE more , the plane sits higher for a scale prop and does look better than modified CMP setup, but the guys at the filed will never tell.......most of them can't tell a ZERO from a Edge 540. . I pealed back the covering and did the least movement I could get away with , but at the same time relaized that the longer KMP struts would have been the way to go. The CMP struts have a slight rake angle comming out of the retract and Giant Sierra takes this into account and its a nice fitting retract and I just decided to go ahead and take the easy way out. Yes .... "STILL" CMP stands an inch short with 4 1/2 wheels......but.. I'm still pleased overall , it is better than NO F-G model at all and I can live it it fine like it comes out of the box. Here is pic of the KMP E, with more scale struts...... it also cost 200.00 more per kit ......and isn't a "F" model. Cheers .........Oh I learned to day my scale wheels are "IN THE MAIL" [;)] Also I included a pics of actually 109 gear .......the tires early on were ballon ish and very skinny.... The later FATer tired ME 's had a bulge on the top of the wing. Attached is an updated pic of the KMP109 with new glennis wheels. I want to add latter wheels to the CMP , but more work.
Posted on: 12/15/2008 3:57 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
slow on the reply on this thread. my build is on rc groups and is electric. I have slight spacing mod.....tore out the original rails and replaced them with very thick 1 inch marine ply and 4-40 bolts and blind nuts. Wheels are at the moment 4 3/8 , narrow yes , but no much off scale comparing looking at my scale refer books head on drawings. I'm going to try and fit an even more scale 4 1/2 inch 3/4 wide wheel in a few weeks. I have a 4 1/2 inch wheel /tire now that DOES FIT , but scrapes slightly ......so maybe a 1/16 inch addtl trim might yield a useable result and still hid the wheels. But then, I'll have to cut out new wood wheel covers and waurp the wood all over and fit them ... ah heck !!!HAA !!, so I'm in no rush about anything on this plane. It will fly this spring I hope.......I really like this plane . Fiberglass fuse and detail is whale of deal. Cheers!!!
Posted on: 12/12/2008 2:14 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
[quote]ORIGINAL: MANFRED I've seen your Tony before and it is awesome! One of my all time favorite Japanese army aircraft. Do you think it would be possible to enlarge the wheel wells on the 109 to fit a bigger wheel setup? [/quote] I beg to differ with the previous answer , Larger wheels are possible Not flown yet.....but, I have built this CMP 109 using 4 3/8 wheels...... It required a bit of trimming but it will work and it actually functions good adding precious scale height and improved taxi stability on a grass field. I have a set of 4 1/2 scale wheels on order.......... I hope to Squeeze another 1/8 inch out of the well. If not , maybe on another set of wings.
Posted on: 11/27/2008 5:15 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
HRT, HAve you flown your plane yet?
Posted on: 11/14/2008 1:08 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
Hi everybodies ........I noted the discussion few posts back about trying to get around using TWO channels on the two flap set ups on this plane. I used reversed servos JR821R kept the servos in the normal postion and used y-harness to tie the pairs together. FF
Posted on: 10/29/2008 8:36 AM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF109F BUILDING THREAD
Hot Rod Todd, I was looking at your 109 tailwheel rig few pages back. Where does the contol rod off of the tailwheel arm terminate, like stock ? Did you connect it to the rudder /hinge or did you run a seperate conrol rod to the servo? Thanks, Freddie
Posted on: 10/22/2008 3:52 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Cermark Spitfire
Here is mine.[;)]
Posted on: 7/31/2008 2:51 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: CMP BF 109 -FOR THOSE INTERESTED
Kahloq, .......... 85-95 " ME 109 sound good to me........keep our fingers crossed.
Posted on: 7/19/2008 4:59 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Top Flite Cessna 310 posted
Timmy , is your plane too weak underdesigned to fly off a grass field or,what ? Lets see waht you've done?? I do not understand your flight report ........ What is it you are you doing?
Posted on: 8/8/2007 3:17 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: Top Flite Cessna 310 posted
Has anyone flown their TOP FLIGHT 310 off grass field yet? FEARLESS FRED
Posted on: 8/7/2007 5:50 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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RE: What's going on here?
I'm relatively new to RC and the WHOLE deal as far as kits and parts goes is really strange about how suppliers treat their customers . The public seems to ask for abuse ...like sell me crap ...I"LL BUY it all day long and love it !!! All the above comments are extremely interesting and insightful to someone just entering the hobby so to speak. I KNOW the situation only from a persective of 2 years history. I have been told there was a time when things were alot worst for people building ARFs or infact there were none. So to people who have been around a while they seem to accept LOW quality as just "THE WAY THINGS ARE" , sort of like how the old AUTO industry treated Americans in the 70's . We should just be thankful we have planes reguardless how poor they are, sort of backwards thinking of the 50-70s era I thinkl. My first thought as a newbee in the hobby was when they said ARF it MEANT ARF. It was a shock to see how much included parts were useless, poor quality ( not airworthy ) , warped , unglued , ect . Having to buy new landing gear and hardware as most is useless or poor quality in practiacally ever kit. But , as somestated , the public buys it regardless and seems thankful to be "HAD" . Hanger 9 have come the nearest to meeting my expectations as a newbee and as what ALMOST READY TO FLY means. Reengineering the plane is NOT an ARF or even something I want to do at all and get NO enjoyment out of hours of working out problems to sucessfully make a flying plane .........I PAID THEM to do this at the counter.. If I use what is in the box , shouldn't I expect it to be flyable more than one time? I have found that H9 will in fact fly with the parts included. And yes beefing up seems a good idea. Also why any manufacture doesn't consider LANDING the plane a n important issue. You would think that money on the wood and landing gear would be PRIME importance. I read mag articles and 40 size planes and above are almost never built with the stock components. Why is landing gear or retracts even included I don't know , if nobody ever uses them ? Seems a waste of material , time and effort to pack the stuff. I have found H9 to be acceptable with the addition of alittle epoxy to the railings and they include better wheels than most. Recently I bought a KMP , and frankly that is the worst quality I've seen for the price. It does look scale , but almost everything hardware wise is trash and will have to be replaced. I've waited four months for a part so I can start the building. It is a nightmare and I'm almost to the point of thowing it in the dumpster. Horrible kit. Worth maybe 150.00 not 500.00 BOught the new Cermark Spitfire and it was a much better experience .. ......... No major parts to buy or stuff that didn't fit or work. I used everything they gave me Only issue was the retract railings , which seems to be accepted by our hobby that we should be ok with buying planes that we must fix to fly new out of the box. It seems the companies that provide a fiberglass fuselages feel like thats enought( they've done us a favor) and eveything else in the kit is allowed to be inferior quality or pure junk that has to be replaced. I don't care how scale it looks , it is still JUNK if the thing doesn't have the rest of the kit that is worth the effort to build and requires 50 hours of addition labor to reengineer and 500.00 in addtion replacement part to get it off the ground. The Cermark was the first to sort of break this feeling with me , they provided me with scale fuselage and enought stuff to actual build the plane like on the box cover. Even with the poor ply retract railings , and lack of hardwood in that area the new Cermark Spit was not bad to build ( easy) compared to someothers I've opened up lately is a baby step in the the right direction. HOpefully people will vote with their wallet and not encourage the NOWHERE NEAR RTF airplane kits.
Posted on: 7/31/2007 9:04 AM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Best 60 size P47 Thunderbolt
Hanger nine has tech help,, plenty of spare part , good flight habits, the gear is aceptable if you land correctly , it goers together fast and the detail is semiscale and good. With nitro planes you learn to fix everything , as there is no spare parts and no help , you simple pay for what you get , the nitro planes also look rather FLAT sided to me. They save money ot time with less atention to scale lines. But they do fly ok as I have built several . But fot he money and extra attention H9 is the way to go. If you break a Nitro fuselage .you have to buy a whole new kit. If you feel that you will never need parts and can fix anything , mold your ownparts build from scratch go for it. I've bought H9 with decfective parts and it is simple as a phone call and they have the part in your hands in a few days. I could never get any body to even answer the phone about spare parts at nitro. They are all aobout selling cheap planes. If you buy A nitro kit buy two or three so you'll have extra stuff. So, in the long run you are cutting your throat to save a buck. My 2 cents.
Posted on: 7/21/2007 9:24 AM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Hangar 9 P-51D Mustang 150 Review/Conversion
Al and Greg , We all worked hard and I think even with all the BS we threw in[8D] it was a great little thread . We had different opinions and ideas at times but the bottom line is we went 3 for 3 with our planes.......... thats hard to argue with suscess like that. We all must have done something right....... CHEERS TO ALL !!!! Al & I ........ still have more fat to chew with the VQ 38 and KMP 109 builds .....lots of FUN and excitment and entertainment to come HEE HEE HEE !!!
Posted on: 5/10/2007 10:29 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Glow to Electric Conversions"
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RE: Hangar 9 P-51D Mustang 150 Review/Conversion
Maiden Day !!!! The epoxy was still drying on the battery tray of the H9 150 Scale P-51 Mustang as I turned into the flying field parking lot. I was here to fly my little H9 Cub and if others were available, maybe assemble the new P-51, do taxi tests and check the CG . It was a bit windy 10-15 and I flew the Cub about 30 mintues and sat it over on a table. [8|] Yes, then as once before ......the Cub blew off the flight table ( just like the I let it happen on H9 Spitfire maiden day) again while we were working on the Mustang and broke the crap out of it [&o] UGH!!!....will I ever learn ??????????????????????????[8|] Several people were available to help with the Mustang assembly. So we hooked it all up and sat it on the ground for taxi checks. At somepoint during the taxi test the right aileron cessed functioning. [X(] We took the wing off and discovered a extention connection had come apart ..........of course this would been disaster in the air. So, we spend about hour and tie-strapped EVERY connection in theplane together...this is alot of tie strips .[;)] Important lesson learned almost the hard way. Oh ........AL & GREG ......the CG WAS PERFECT .......dead on at 6 3/8 . It is worth telling just how dead on this is..........we took two AA batteries , marked the cg spots on the wing laid the batteries on their side on the FUEL STAND test station shoulders , sat the planes wings across the batteries . The four of us slowly took our hands off the plane ........and it just sat there ....perfectly balanced on those two 'AA" batteries. [:D] You could have knocked us all over with a feather ........ what are the chances of that .......????? My batteries... 4500mah of 10S balanced EXACTLY FLUSH with the cowling wall. It could have not got any better . I just guessed from what AL and Greg locations were. We rechecked all the control surfaces, make some final trim tweaks and all agreed it all looked really swell. Over this 1-2 hour period the wind change from a nasty cross wind gusty ( front moved though) to a straight down the runway 5-10 mph . Power ???? yep 1/2 throttle pulled the holder over on his face [:D] The prop wash blew the gaint foam cooler 30 ft back like a feather. No watt meter but , I'm guessing 2500watts is conservative and thats not pushing it. Greg actually may not be to far off .......with 3300 watts at 100amps. This thing is scary powerful . It was too much suspense to bare[:D][8|] .......everybody just grinning and waiting , perfect wind, blue skys peaking out all around , few low clouds. I had a moment to reflect ........well ok She sat there at the end of the runway prop idling slowly .....like saying come on FREDDY !!!! lets go !!! SO .....BAM!!! I LET HER EAT !!!!!!! In less than 4-5 sec it was up and tearing into the sky. It is good thing it is big , because in a heartbeat it had climbed ..way up and was disappearing FAST .....way futher and faster than any plane I have flown so far. Yes... ..heck....... I was nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. It took about 2 LEFT CLICKS AND 3 UP clicks and she would fly straight as an arrow at 1/2 throttle. The plane WILL fly on less power .......but all my helpers keep reminding me to keep speed up . I flew for about 10 mintues at mostly 1/3 to 1/2 power. In a climb ....I goosed it to 3/4 and it just wanted to disappear ........whoa . Landing was not bad , we are grass field , it had a 150 ft strip X 40 ft that was just mowed before I got there......not a big patch for me, just a portion of the field.......but the part I really should try and land in. I used NO FLAPS and sat the plane down in that strip near the center into a 5-10 mph wind. It got REALLY slow .....I thought I might be stalling it 5 ft aboue the ground , but she sat on down pretty ..........WHEW .........I had to have adult beveridge to calm my nerves. GOOD NEWS !!!!!! really showed no tendency to nose over on taxi or landing on GRASS !!!! Retracts worked flawlessly. Maybe one day I can figure out how to do videos . Thanks again GREG , for the info and support you gave all of us . Your thread was a TON OF HELP !!! Fred
Posted on: 5/10/2007 10:22 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Glow to Electric Conversions"
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RE: Hangar 9 P-51D Mustang 150 Review/Conversion
NORM ........HEE HEE HEE .......too funny!!! Thanks, Freddie
Posted on: 5/10/2007 9:56 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Glow to Electric Conversions"
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RE: Hangar 9 P-51D Mustang 150 Review/Conversion
Greg, Congratulations !!!! That was a very cool video . Your plane flys fantastic. It even sounds good , just the electric motor part in the air. It looks like it s making good speed . I 'd like to know how fast the FAST PASS WAS ???? That was exciting to watch. I've almost finished mine. The battery came in today as matter of fact. I need to make up a battery tray and do the CG for the plane and test it out before I maiden . Hey Greg ..........WAS THE CG RIGHT the way you had it ???????????????????? Battery placement about right? Once again ........GOOD JOB AND NICE FLYING!!!!!!! Fred
Posted on: 5/9/2007 10:40 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Glow to Electric Conversions"
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RE: Hangar 9 P-51D Mustang 150 Review/Conversion
Norm ...... AMEN FRed Al..........anything can happen in the land of OZ [:D] ......... Yep.............. I got a Ford Pinto that will do 5sec 1/4 mile too [8|]
Posted on: 5/5/2007 9:12 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Glow to Electric Conversions"
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RE: Hangar 9 P-51D Mustang 150 Review/Conversion
Greg, Good luck on the maiden . 100 amps is alot , I thought the motor was only rated at like 55-60 continuous power . If you fly it at 100 amps you better have more than your fingers crossed. I hope the super glue holds. [;)] A more helpful reading would have been power at 35-65 amps ......... this is where most of my use will be at. I'm just hoping for 1800 -2000 watts at maybe 55 amps . Cruise at 50mph would be nice. Make sure you get a radar on it at 100AMPS .........LOL Fred FYI .the Eflite has burst rating of less than 80 amps , running it at 100 is sort irresponisble for mature flyers. Hope no one gets hurt.
Posted on: 5/5/2007 9:07 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Glow to Electric Conversions"
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RE: Hangar 9 P-51D Mustang 150 Review/Conversion
I know this is the P-51 Hanger 9 Mustang build. Well........... I did get the Hamiliton STD prop decals today and put them on . Gave it a nice finished look. ........I at least STARTED the KMP 109 today. It will be MANY MANY months before it is done. It is NOT A EASY CONVERSION .......it is 20 times harder than any conversion I tried before. It wouldn't be a hard GLOW ARF to do , but the kit doesn't really lend itself at all to electric conversion. , not like the Hanger 9 stuff. Greg , you need to do some of the KMP kits as conversions. The Bf 109 is beautiful and so is the Spitfire and Stuka, Hurrican. I think they all would be worthy project for your conversion hanger. As conversions though these kits barely qualify as ARF's though. I'll build something easy to fly while I'm working on the KMP for the next year. [:o] Norm ......please stay out of trouble. AL is a bad influence.
Posted on: 5/4/2007 7:14 PM by Author "Fearless Freddie" in the forum "Glow to Electric Conversions"
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