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Obby's Spitfire

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08 May 2014 12:47 #91 by obollox

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Spinner needs to be attacked with the scotchbrite to dull it down a bit. Hard to find spinners that are not pointy, especially the ones with aluminum back plates. Also choosing the paint by a sticker on the tin is hit and miss. I am pleased with the green now, it looks right, I can live with it.

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11 May 2014 10:40 #92 by obollox

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She had her first flights today!!!
Only a couple of clicks of down and one of right and she was in the groove. No vices, just the amp being out of any airflow was a bit hot. It was a hot day here too, 26deg.
Glad to bring her home in one piece. Sorry no flying pics yet.

Thanks: Phil Wood, Eric, Flytilbroke, Quorneng, THE BLACKBIRD, blue123, Sarah-Jane Smith, old fart

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11 May 2014 10:55 #93 by alan cantwell

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i hope you are proud of your efforts, you duly should be, superb

i have 2 sides
no you dont,
yes i do,

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11 May 2014 11:02 #94 by obollox

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Cheers! Must say I'm feeling a bit chuffed! Didn't need any Pb
CG was about 3mm in front of the plan. Flies much nicer than the Hurricace.

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11 May 2014 11:03 #95 by obollox

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Thanks: Quorneng, THE BLACKBIRD, Sarah-Jane Smith, old fart

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11 May 2014 11:15 - 11 May 2014 11:16 #96 by Garry Pollard

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Well done mate, I am so pleased for you. You put a lot of effort into this , and have reaped your just rewards. The smile will remain on your face for a long time I guess. She looks great in the pics, but she is on the deck. Any chance of flying pics next time ?? Well chuffed for you

Garry

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19 May 2014 04:45 #97 by obollox

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Got some pics yesterday. Conditions were very gusty with nasty cross winds. Had a hard landing on the 2nd flight and ripped of a gear door, one canon and snapped the plastic on one of the retracts. Nice to have Monday morning off work to fix Sunday's mishaps.

Thanks: Eric, blue123, Sarah-Jane Smith, old fart

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19 May 2014 08:47 #98 by Garry Pollard

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Great pics Obby, shame about the heavy landing mate

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19 May 2014 09:09 #99 by Ex-Member

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looks real in the pictures young man.
lovely job.
defo a shame about the heavy landing, but its fixable.

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19 May 2014 10:04 #100 by Eric

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I suspect that everyone out flying yesterday was plagued by significant turbulence. Lovely Spit.

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!

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19 May 2014 10:13 #101 by obollox

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Cheers!
As I mentioned on the maiden the esc was getting hot. Too hot to touch! I've added a 5v fan from a PC on top of the battery. The bec has two outputs, so one runs the fan. Esc was barely warm. Should have some more flight pics from the other cameraman soon.

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19 May 2014 15:34 #102 by Quorneng

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Now if you could find a way of mounting the ESC in one of the radiator ducts...........

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31 May 2014 08:47 #103 by obollox

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I thought of feeding air in one rad and out of the other. Maybe on the next one.
The first pic was from a print out that was given to me today but he forgot to bring his USB stick.