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| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 09-Mar-09 23:21 |  | | Views : 1995 | | All put back together and ready to fly again. AUW is 9.3 ounces and the CG is right where it should be with no need to shove the battery way up into the nose. The ESC was getting a little warm from just doing a little taxiing about the floor so I may cut open some holes for airflow. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 09-Mar-09 01:22 |  | | Views : 1909 | | It's been longer than I would have liked, but with the motor and ESC issues sorted out I'm working on the repairs. A few more hours and I should be ready to fly again. With the old motor I had to add nose weight which drove the weight to 9 oz, with the new motor AUW is about 9.3 ounces, but no nose weight is required and I don't think I'll have any troubles with a heavy tail. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 24-Dec-08 19:20 |  | | Views : 1848 | | The repaired ESC arrived today with a note saying to contact CC as they think my setup is causing the overheating problems. Sure enough, an identical, known to be good ESC gets hot when used with this motor. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Parked | 18-Nov-08 20:02 |  | | Views : 2362 | | Bristol Bullet (WW-7) is also two single sided sheets and $7.20 after discount. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 18-Nov-08 20:01 |  | | Views : 2032 | | Pfalz D.3 Scout (WW-11) is two single sided sheets and was also $7.20 after discount. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 18-Nov-08 19:59 |  | | Views : 1986 | | AMA prints include card stock and decals, though the decal part borders on useless. There were three single sided sheets for the mosquito for a cost of $7.20 (AMA members get a 10% discount). |
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| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 18-Nov-08 19:53 |  | | Views : 2709 | | From time to time there is a discussion of how to get plans for discontinued Guillow's kits. I finally decided to try it out and placed an order with the AMA plans service, 7 days after dropping the form into the mail the plans arrived at my door. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Flying | 14-Nov-08 14:49 |  | | Views : 1854 | | I was operating well within the limits of a quality brand ESC so I was a little disappointed that it failed. My first thought was that I had overloaded the BEC, but it looks to me like at least one of these motor FETs got very hot. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Flying | 14-Nov-08 14:46 |  | | Views : 1120 | | This is what an ESC failure looks like. I had finally got it trimmed out pretty well and was getting a good feel for the controls and was thinking it was time for pictures when the motor shut off and the controls went dead. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Flying | 14-Nov-08 14:44 |  | | Views : 853 | | "Crazy Eddie" was there this morning, perhaps I could talk him into taking a few pictures of the P-51 in flight... |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Flying | 14-Nov-08 14:43 |  | | Views : 814 | | Crisp, clear, calm, fall morning, it just doesn't get much better. Today I only brought the P-51 and Aero Star to the field as my focus was on the P-51. |
| SteveM | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 01-Nov-08 02:34 |  | | Views : 1081 | | The other photo for the "G challenge", this is the cleanest my desk has been all year. |
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