Kyosho spitfire 50

Opened the box got all the electrics to gether



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Hi Blue.

Yes as I expected, same as mine. Dont want you to think I am trying to teach your gran to suck eggs, but the flaps , etc are NOT glued in at the factory. Mine was so tight I thought they had done it for me, They HADNT !!!

If you are using the supplied retracts, put a small kink in the operating rod where it joins to the retract servo. I think they suggest this in the instructions

Take your time. It is an ARTF kit, but will not be done in a couple of evenings. There is a fair amount of work to do, but it is well worth it

Garry

Left wing all done

Left wing all done?????? Not having retracts then

Garry

Well spotted Eric, must say I missed that completly , but must agree. It is in comletly the wrong place. Be lucky if he gets any up movement at all

Puts a new slant on differential

Garry

Take no notice Blue, they are nit picking. If it flys it flys if it don't they have a point.

Dont think the remark ref "nitpicking" is justified Whis.

We are just trying to make sure it DOES fly. With the price of the kit, and the good looks of the model, it would be a shame if it didnt fly, because someone saw a slight error, and couldnt be bothered to mention it.

We try to help each other on here, and rightly or wrongly we will continue to do that, until the model owner asks us to stop.

Garry

Sorry Gary, you have point that's what were are here for to point out any errors, but sometimes can be overwheming.

Sorry if that is the way it is coming over, and certainly wasnt meant to be. If you can point me in the direction I am being overwhelming , I have the powers to delete or alter any post on the forum

Garry

I think Blue may like to comment at this stage. He may have had his reasons for putting the control horn where he did, but he is not happy that Eric just seems to keep putting things down all the time and finding minor faults. Sorry Eric but could be a little more diplomatic. Over to you Blue.

Before this gets out of hand may I jump in here.
Eric will nit pick & be pedantic but that's just his way & he means no harm... He has a go at me all the time but it makes for a fun existence. .... but I'm sure he can defend himself.
It's also a good thing that we question everything because none of us know just how experienced the other member is ... let's strike a happy medium here please guys & get to know each other better.

I have to say "I don't like bibles" ... one in particular that I can think of has me damned to the fires of Hell with no chance of parole...... unless I gave the priest my arse because he's ran out of choirboys.
In engineering terms, the position of that horn is ok, you can move the control surface horn to any point long the pivotal axis so long as the controlling arm (Pushrod or snake) can cope with the sideways movement.
It is true that most modellers will position the horns as close as possible to the pivot point (Hinge) ... but this is not a rule of engineering.
Imagine that you had a wide aileron that was very thin ... it may be better to position the control horn further out to avoid any twisting of that surface...... It's complex leverage/ torsion/ force calculations.
This model looks like it has flexible snakes & could probably cope with the sideways flexibility ... I'm not convinced that the amount of exposed inner snake isn't going to give concerns about reliability?
There have been some ill feelings about this thread & I don't want to see them continue, please stop them now! ... those concerned know what I mean & if you have any questions about this then please PM them to me.

I'd now like to invite Blue 123 to continue his thread please.

Polyphilla.