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| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 22:30 |
| Which of the 2 from HOB do you have? 1/12 stand off or the .20 stand off? Mine is the 1/12th stand off. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 19:02 |
| thanks xanadu, are the two planes similiar in specs? |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 18:30 |
| The answer I received from the tech support at HOB is:
Use a Scorpion 2205-36 motor, APC 6-4E prop, 15 amp controller and a 3 cell 1000 MA LIPO battery pack |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 18:14 |
| i don't think they make the motors for the hob p-51 any more, do you have any advice? |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 16:12 |
| Nice, I have the HOB BF-109 I still have not finished yet either. Needs covering and rc gear. Nice build, lots of shaping, sanding, etc required. Kinda things like "take this block and make a cowling out of it like the picture". |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 15:06 |
| i've got a house of balsa p-51 i'm going to build after i finish my guillows p-38. |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22656 | 11 May 11 08:14 |
| Top Flite has also entered into the ARF market, so its only a matter of time before they start thinning the herd as well I fear. Building is not for everyone, be it time constraints, skills, or patience. The availability of ARFS have most certainly increased sales, and popularity of flying. |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 08:09 |
| Needless to say, I will be quite nervous for the maiden flight later this summer. One serious mistake and it could end up as a pile of firewood. This version is known to be a good flier, so we will see.
The manual for this says "quick and easy build"....NOT....I put countless hours in this, and there was few things on it that I had never done before, so made it more complicated for me and time consuming. The mechanical retracts and wheel wells were a real pain being my first time, but at least for later ones I know what to do. |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 08:06 |
| I do have some ARFS as well, and still have 5 more kits. A Top Flite P-40, and a Adrian Page GeeBee to build yet, along with a Guillow's P-38 and B-17, and a foam GWS P-38 that is 1/2 done.
I will be spending most of the summer flying though, but will always have something on the build bench.
I also build some scratch built ones from foam, and fly them. David saw one of them in Bismark, his words were "Gawd ugly"......but it fly's fantastic! Quick to build, cheap, and fun to fly in between things during builds. |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 08:02 |
| To me, I enjoy building as I find it quite relaxing and leaves the stress of my day behind.
You get to make sure its built properly, good glue joints, etc, and the satisfaction of building it. This one still required quite a bit of carving, shaping, etc.
But you have to trade off with time investment. You have a devastating crash and you lost countless hours, etc. Where as an ARF, very little time was involved as most can fly within a 2-5 hours of assembly. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 22655 | 11 May 11 06:20 |
| what's the positive and negative aspects to building a kit as apposed to just getting an arf, xandadu, besides making how you want it? |
| scigs30, Comment for image # 22656 | 10 May 11 23:36 |
| It is a bummer that Great Planes only makes this kit and the Corsair, wish they had more options for the WWII Birds. Top Flight has more but they no longer make the P39 or FW190 and they are also larger and much heavier. RC kits are getting harder and harder to find since the ARFs made an appearance. |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22656 | 10 May 11 22:12 |
| It is covered with Coverite "Black Baron" film. First time I used it, and its very nice to work with. I used Monokote other times, but like this better. The Monokote does seem thicker. |
| scigs30, Comment for image # 22656 | 10 May 11 22:03 |
| I found it, thought it was Top Flite. |
| scigs30, Comment for image # 22656 | 10 May 11 22:00 |
| Looks awsome, what Great Planes Mustang is this? Does not look like the Gold Edition. What did you cover her with? |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 22656 | 10 May 11 19:04 |
| Yup. .40 size I converted over to electric. |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 22656 | 10 May 11 18:34 |
| This is Great Planes? |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 22654 | 10 May 11 18:09 |
| nice looking mustang! |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 22645 | 10 May 11 17:37 |
| This is a "slicker than snot" idea....tanks! I have been using a phalange! |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 22654 | 10 May 11 17:29 |
| Indeed! |
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