I still owed Nick Grace a pint when he passed. He saved an aerial event I was putting together way back in 1987. Great guy. Caroline is amazing too. Great tribute. Thank you for sharing
Nice Model! Great flying and a great landing to boot! Spit Fires are narrow geared and can be a challenge...I'm shocked that the DA150 flew it with that much authority. Good thing you fly it with a two blade...Most viewers don't understand the power loss with a scale 4 blade! You did a great job and thanks for posting!
Thanks for the feedback. Not my model obviously but I agree with what you are saying. I was surprised the DA150 pulled it around so well. No need for a 4 blade. You can't tell when the prop is spinning anyways. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
yeah he can get something better, you can get scale multiple position engines that will give you a more realistic sound. this one sounded like a weed eater lol.
If the gear is pneumatic then its just a case of fitting timer valves each side of the solenoid. Then you can adjust the rate at which they raise and lower independently.
They are just flying expensive toys!! While I wish to do the same, there is a lot of people that only know how to criticize vids. I love this vids. For some of us this is the only way to enjoy this kind of aeromodelling. Thanks for an awesome work!!
Thats an incredible looking Model. I had the pleasure of flying ML407, The Grace spitfire last year. It looked just like you Plane. Thanks for sharing .
Yeah...scratch built as well. There are still some very clever aero-modellers around thankfully. Hoping to film some new large scale aircraft at a Large Model Association Show this weekend. Only a 4 hour drive to get there !
Did anyone else get nervous after the engine started and he stood between the wing and the spinning prop? One step backwards and he have no right buttock.
I've read a lot of the "why a 2-bladed prop?" comments and it's really got me curious as to why a 2-blade is more efficient. On full size aircraft, the number of prop blades increased as the technology advanced, so there's got to be a good reason for more blades on the big planes that doesn't translate to scale model aircraft... I've got some reading to do! A four-stroke inline 3 or 4 cylinder would be an awesome upgrade and would naturally sound beautiful, but many people don't realise how bloody expensive they are! If you want you go out and fly your plane and be able to relax and enjoy yourself, an affordable, reliable, less exotic engine makes a great deal of sense. It's a beautiful model, really huge, and looks great in flight. I think the choice of the 2-seater is actually really cool. Happy and safe flying, everyone!
Hi all I keep getting asked about the propeller. you have to find a prop that will give you the best performance. 2 blade is better than 4. you could put a gearbox on the engine to sing a scale prop but you run in to other problems one is to get it to fit in the cowl and the other you really need to make it variable pitch to keep the performance though out the flight envelope as well as making it reliable. its best to keep it simple which is what it is and very reliable. 10 + years old and still going well. landing is a little hot to try to keep some air flow over the aileron to cope with the cross wind. Thanks Richard
Couldn’t it afford to be slightly less efficient? Am I right in noting that the diameter is less too? I can understand your reasons for a twin bladed prop. But from an aesthetic point of view, it really needs four blades and the correct diameter. Gorgeous aircraft. Thank you for sharing
The landing was excellent, the bouncing looked like the real thing. Im not kidding. The landing was the best part for me. Just watched a vid of a sea fury w 5 bladed SCALE SIZE prop and gearbox and it was worth whatever effort was put in. I personally wouldn’t go to all the trouble and expense unless the prop was scale. I know it’s hard bc I’ve only seen two in my life, but I think worth the effort.
Great model The real ML407 OUV was delivered to our village RAF Selsey ALG in April 1944 she was over us September 15th 2015 Battle of Britain Day we kind of adopted her flown by Johnny Houlton of New Zealand 485 Squadron based at our Alg 1944 preparing for D-Day shot down the first German Aircraft D-DAY A Ju88 .
So many people criticise the choice of propeller, if you new anything about modelling you would know a two blade is much more efficient than a three or four blade! I don't think some people realise the cost involved in building something like this. You could buy a small family car for what this cost to build!
I think the majority don't understand that and would prefer the look of a 4 blade prop on the ground over the way it flies. This is an amazing model. Only wish I could catch it flying on a decent sunny day ! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Hello, I would like to start a project of this plane. I really like it, it was my first demo. Can you help me find information for my project? Thank you
This is an exceptional aircraft, sadly let down by the engine choice - it should have a Kolm inline 3 -or 4 - cylinder. Being a 4-stroke it would sound miles better, and it would allow an even more scale prop. Other than that, beautifully flown, a stunning sight, congrats.
Show and Event organisers NEVER hire videographers in my experience. They just rely on enthusiastic amateurs like me to do it for them...for free incidentally. My new cam does HD at 120 FPS so I will do some specific video using that feature when I think it's worth it. Generally with RC planes I think it's only worthwhile when you've got smoke pouring out of an exhaust or 2 planes in close formation. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Hi Dom. You´re right, it can be expensive to hire. But not always, sometimes television stations want to train their students. An event like that could be a good way to gain some experience for someone(I did it....for free i might ad several times) Nevertheless, It´s amazing to watch these vids, thank you!!
A 2 bladed prop is allways more efficient than a 3 blade. Which makes the plane perform much better in the air, Which produces more fun and gratification for the pilot flying the bird. And when you have a high dollar airplane invesment its a piece of mind to have the throttle pulling response when you need it. And you can not see the a 3 bladed prop when you taxi out or when the plane is air ? So why don't people get this. So when I taxi back my giant bird back to the pits I take my 2 bladed prop off and put on my 3 blade for a scale look. And yes now you can see the 3 blades it's not spinning !
good morning, i am lookng for a RC sptfire to do a promotional afternoon at Castle Bromwich Bham UK in October of this year. The Spitfire was built on site here at CB back in the 40`s and since the end of the war Jaguar LandRover have built their models on the same site. would you know of anyone who would be able to help or put me in touch with someone? many thanks Neil
I see this so many times, especially with Spits. A beautiful model ruined by a stupid two blade prop and a pip squeak engine. I know about efficiency and drag, etc but how much better to have the right prop and, say, a Klom engine.
Think this has a DA150 or similar in it Adrian. Hear what you are saying. I think a Kolm is outside the budget of most RC modellers even when they put this model together. Would be a perfect motor for it though. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Do NOT spoil the ship for a little more than a halfpenny worth of tare and you have the ultimate Spitfire. Somebody with that extra bit of lolly ..... PLEASE
Apparently wouldn't get the same performance from the engine. Doesn't really matter when it's flying. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
3 blades are not scale on a Mk9.....the real one had a 4 blade prop. The “small” engines used for modelling turn almost 3 times the RPM of a merlin. They are direct drive and produce power at very high rpm....hence the small prop. The 27 litre merlin had more power, but at a much, much lower rpm. Even it had to have a reduction gear box to swing that 10’ 4 blade prop. The size, weight and complexity of a reduction gearbox is not really practical on models. There are some, but very rare.
I've never seen a model version of a twin cockpit variant and aeromodellers typically like to build and fly something unique. An amazing model if you ask me. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Of all the vidios i have seen, they always fly the model at full throttle the whole time! The real one would vary the throttle throughout the flight. I like to see a low pass at LOW throttle. Mick
A twin engined OV-10 Bronco. It was flying the same slot but I focussed on the Spitfire because I've filmed the Bronco several times before. For example here, th-cam.com/video/TNPcmtSKTZE/w-d-xo.html Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Just abit of advice for the younger generation. This is not a safe way to start large model plane engines. An experienced model plane flier would use a glove to protect his fingers?.
ALXROGUE RAF training aircraft, tricky bastard to get the hang of, at the time the 'predictable stall' wing design was unheard of and would have taken hurricane pilots by surprise. A lot of spits got pranged by first time pilots slamming opening their throttles late in panic as the end of the field approached as they were still on the ground. Landing and takeoff are very different to spits, hurris take off by themselves in comparrisson, neutral stick 78mph and next thing you know the rumbling's gone, damn sight easier to land too, hurris glide beautifully line up, at 65-70 cutting the throttle, and you're on the ground.
That almost flew to scale as well, it didn't flit around like a model it was simply stunning. Nice job.
I agree. This plane looks better flown scale.
before CGI they used this in movies.
Wow! Not an enthusiast just ended up here somehow but that was impressive, these guys really know what they are doing!
wish my grandmother was alive to see this
I still owed Nick Grace a pint when he passed. He saved an aerial event I was putting together way back in 1987. Great guy. Caroline is amazing too. Great tribute. Thank you for sharing
Carolyn.
@@stevebroughton4787 Well done. It only took two years for someone to spot my mistake. Thank you.
The world's most beautiful plane...this model is incredible
Nice Model! Great flying and a great landing to boot! Spit Fires are narrow geared and can be a challenge...I'm shocked that the DA150 flew it with that much authority. Good thing you fly it with a two blade...Most viewers don't understand the power loss with a scale 4 blade! You did a great job and thanks for posting!
Thanks for the feedback. Not my model obviously but I agree with what you are saying. I was surprised the DA150 pulled it around so well. No need for a 4 blade. You can't tell when the prop is spinning anyways. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
If it wasn't for the engine sound, you'd swear that was the real thing ! An excellent model. Wonderful.
yeah he can get something better, you can get scale multiple position engines that will give you a more realistic sound. this one sounded like a weed eater lol.
Kudos to the camera operator! Lots of really good shots of that beautiful model.
Absolutely love it !!!
Thanks for sharing 🏁
no matter a Airfix...Rc ...or the real thing the Iconic SPITFIRE....
for the life of me I cannot understand why they build these gorgeous scale model aircraft then put a funky 2 blade prop on them?
I think they tend to use the most efficient prop for the engine Gerilynn. If they could use a scale prop they would. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Gerilynn, you are totally right. and additionally landing gears are to fast to deploy and for retraction :)
If the gear is pneumatic then its just a case of fitting timer valves each side of the solenoid. Then you can adjust the rate at which they raise and lower independently.
It’s what works best in scale. We invest large sums of money and don’t want crumbs on the ground to show for it.
Idk it sounds and flys great 👍
Looks like it was built very light based on the performance. Good job
Amazing! Such a Great historical weapon the Spitfire is too!.. Good choice my friend good choice.
They are just flying expensive toys!!
While I wish to do the same, there is a lot of people that only know how to criticize vids. I love this vids. For some of us this is the only way to enjoy this kind of aeromodelling.
Thanks for an awesome work!!
Thanks. Appreciate the support and feedback! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
expensive Models, not Toys. toys are for kids.
Thats an incredible looking Model. I had the pleasure of flying ML407, The Grace spitfire last year. It looked just like you Plane. Thanks for sharing .
That is one mental model. In the air it looks like the real thing.
Lovely, lovely plane ... Great video too! Thanks!
What a gorgeous aircraft.
Yeah...scratch built as well. There are still some very clever aero-modellers around thankfully. Hoping to film some new large scale aircraft at a Large Model Association Show this weekend. Only a 4 hour drive to get there !
Did anyone else get nervous after the engine started and he stood between the wing and the spinning prop? One step backwards and he have no right buttock.
Well it’s actually not spinning like a real one bc if it was the prop will suck him up and slice him into pieces
Too close for comfort for me
Der German Shrimp no, it would chop him up. learn how propellers work
Yes it was a buttock clenching moment for me.....A trip backwards and it would have been hospital food for a month....
it's ok => only 15 pounds of fat would have been chopped of of him ;-D
The most beautiful plane in the world
Amazing really enjoyed this thanks
Our pleasure!
wow , that is one gorgeous spitfire.
Aces High!! Bombastic Best!!!
I've read a lot of the "why a 2-bladed prop?" comments and it's really got me curious as to why a 2-blade is more efficient. On full size aircraft, the number of prop blades increased as the technology advanced, so there's got to be a good reason for more blades on the big planes that doesn't translate to scale model aircraft... I've got some reading to do!
A four-stroke inline 3 or 4 cylinder would be an awesome upgrade and would naturally sound beautiful, but many people don't realise how bloody expensive they are! If you want you go out and fly your plane and be able to relax and enjoy yourself, an affordable, reliable, less exotic engine makes a great deal of sense.
It's a beautiful model, really huge, and looks great in flight. I think the choice of the 2-seater is actually really cool.
Happy and safe flying, everyone!
That is one beautiful spitfire
A beautiful plane with a ridiculous propeller!
Splendens
Splendens Regan yes, prop could of been better
Hi all I keep getting asked about the propeller. you have to find a prop that will give you the best performance. 2 blade is better than 4. you could put a gearbox on the engine to sing a scale prop but you run in to other problems one is to get it to fit in the cowl and the other you really need to make it variable pitch to keep the performance though out the flight envelope as well as making it reliable. its best to keep it simple which is what it is and very reliable. 10 + years old and still going well. landing is a little hot to try to keep some air flow over the aileron to cope with the cross wind. Thanks Richard
Appreciate the explanation and information Richard. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Couldn’t it afford to be slightly less efficient? Am I right in noting that the diameter is less too?
I can understand your reasons for a twin bladed prop. But from an aesthetic point of view, it really needs four blades and the correct diameter.
Gorgeous aircraft. Thank you for sharing
The landing was excellent, the bouncing looked like the real thing. Im not kidding. The landing was the best part for me. Just watched a vid of a sea fury w 5 bladed SCALE SIZE prop and gearbox and it was worth whatever effort was put in. I personally wouldn’t go to all the trouble and expense unless the prop was scale. I know it’s hard bc I’ve only seen two in my life, but I think worth the effort.
OUV, the grace Spitfire brilliant.
Beautiful!
Spitfire Mk. T9 two seater Grace. Very gracious.
Nice Spitfire.
Awesome spitfire, landing iffy
Absolutely 💯 Awesome ❤️ 🎉🎉🎉
beautiful ! just beautiful !
Even sounds similar it's like a real spitfire just with a higher pitched engine sound
When it's far it looks like a real plane
Mr. bzyguy01 said it all and I join the congrats for a choise of two-blades and to a successful demonstration flight.
Nice landing
Very cool man.
Great model The real ML407 OUV was delivered to our village RAF Selsey ALG in April 1944 she was over us September 15th 2015 Battle of Britain Day we kind of adopted her flown by Johnny Houlton of New Zealand 485 Squadron based at our Alg 1944 preparing for D-Day shot down the first German Aircraft D-DAY A Ju88 .
its beautiful
Beautiful bird there!
Looks very interesting model
I remember this as it was being built.....before the paint went on.
So many people criticise the choice of propeller, if you new anything about modelling you would know a two blade is much more efficient than a three or four blade! I don't think some people realise the cost involved in building something like this. You could buy a small family car for what this cost to build!
I think the majority don't understand that and would prefer the look of a 4 blade prop on the ground over the way it flies. This is an amazing model. Only wish I could catch it flying on a decent sunny day ! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Beautiful 😍
Beautiful! I would NEVER stand that close to the prop....oops ....slipped.....get behind the bird please! Cheers
thats soooooo!!!!!!!! cool
Beautiful
Hello, I would like to start a project of this plane. I really like it, it was my first demo. Can you help me find information for my project? Thank you
This is an exceptional aircraft, sadly let down by the engine choice - it should have a Kolm inline 3 -or 4 - cylinder. Being a 4-stroke it would sound miles better, and it would allow an even more scale prop. Other than that, beautifully flown, a stunning sight, congrats.
id love to get the plans to this so i could build it
Awsome 👍🏻
Well, i know it cost money, but i´d wish the organizers just for one day would hire somebody with some real slow-motion equipment. Just once...
Show and Event organisers NEVER hire videographers in my experience. They just rely on enthusiastic amateurs like me to do it for them...for free incidentally. My new cam does HD at 120 FPS so I will do some specific video using that feature when I think it's worth it. Generally with RC planes I think it's only worthwhile when you've got smoke pouring out of an exhaust or 2 planes in close formation. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Hi Dom. You´re right, it can be expensive to hire. But not always, sometimes television stations want to train their students. An event like that could be a good way to gain some experience for someone(I did it....for free i might ad several times) Nevertheless, It´s amazing to watch these vids, thank you!!
ma dove si puo comprare un modello simile? quanto costa ?
0:40 the way she stood there seems quite dangerous xD
Couldn't the plane easily make her fall on the ground if he accidentally turns off the brakes?
No! She is restraining the Spitfire while it is being started. This is done to ensure it is safe and does not move.
whew almost caught wing tip and cartwheeled
who's the maker of this model ?
A 2 bladed prop is allways more efficient than a 3 blade. Which makes the plane perform much better in the air, Which produces more fun and gratification for the pilot flying the bird. And when you have a high dollar airplane invesment its a piece of mind to have the throttle pulling response when you need it. And you can not see the a 3 bladed prop when you taxi out or when the plane is air ? So why don't people get this. So when I taxi back my giant bird back to the pits I take my 2 bladed prop off and put on my 3 blade for a scale look. And yes now you can see the 3 blades it's not spinning !
good morning, i am lookng for a RC sptfire to do a promotional afternoon at Castle Bromwich Bham UK in October of this year. The Spitfire was built on site here at CB back in the 40`s and since the end of the war Jaguar LandRover have built their models on the same site. would you know of anyone who would be able to help or put me in touch with someone?
many thanks Neil
I don’t personally. Recommend you contact the BMFA or LMA.
I see this so many times, especially with Spits. A beautiful model ruined by a stupid two blade prop and a pip squeak engine. I know about efficiency and drag, etc but how much better to have the right prop and, say, a Klom engine.
Think this has a DA150 or similar in it Adrian. Hear what you are saying. I think a Kolm is outside the budget of most RC modellers even when they put this model together. Would be a perfect motor for it though. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Do NOT spoil the ship for a little more than a halfpenny worth of tare and you have the ultimate Spitfire. Somebody with that extra bit of lolly ..... PLEASE
muy bien me encanta
Why don't you put three scale blades on it instead of the two small ones?
Apparently wouldn't get the same performance from the engine. Doesn't really matter when it's flying. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
3 blades are not scale on a Mk9.....the real one had a 4 blade prop. The “small” engines used for modelling turn almost 3 times the RPM of a merlin. They are direct drive and produce power at very high rpm....hence the small prop. The 27 litre merlin had more power, but at a much, much lower rpm. Even it had to have a reduction gear box to swing that 10’ 4 blade prop. The size, weight and complexity of a reduction gearbox is not really practical on models. There are some, but very rare.
The twin seat trainer spitfire if I’m right?
YES !!! I flew in the FULL SIZE original ML407 for 30 Minutes in 1995 !!!!
Of all the spitfire variants he could have made he chose the twin cockpit variant?
I've never seen a model version of a twin cockpit variant and aeromodellers typically like to build and fly something unique. An amazing model if you ask me. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
its a stuning model but i would never have the twin
What Spitfire model is that?
Looks like a Mark IX (2-seater).
boy that landing almost ended badly!
Of all the vidios i have seen, they always fly the model at full throttle the whole time!
The real one would vary the throttle throughout the flight. I like to see a low pass at LOW throttle.
Mick
Everyone bitching about the propeller when it's doing it's job as it's in the air looking beautiful you can't tell. Talk about jealousy.
Yup. Makes no odds when it's spinning and pulling it along. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Didnt Spitfires have three propellor blades ?
Some had 3, some had 4, the last ones had 5.
what is that thing that appears at 2:18?
A twin engined OV-10 Bronco. It was flying the same slot but I focussed on the Spitfire because I've filmed the Bronco several times before. For example here, th-cam.com/video/TNPcmtSKTZE/w-d-xo.html Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
The propeller is a little too short, also later models had a 5-blade propeller
Great scale Spit, but why the second cockpit? its sucks on the real bird, ruins airframe.
did you see how close he was to those propeller blades ouch
this scale best...
If only it had a 27 litre rolls Royce
So big😱
Bigger is better for RC planes. Definitely. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
why on earth did they build this butt but a small ass two blade propeller on it spitfires have three huge ass propellers
Just abit of advice for the younger generation. This is not a safe way to start large model plane engines. An experienced model plane flier would use a glove to protect his fingers?.
i thought the spitfire was color brown
imagine if it had 4 airsoft machineguns.
Harith Azmi great idea but we need to modified it too
8*
That is very much possible,but highly illegal
If only they could generate the sound of the Merlin engine..
why land in grass when there's a runway right there
Its closer to the paying audience who want to see the action
He is standing way to damn close the that prop
Ha ha traffic at the end of the runway driving really slow to watch
We could fit a baby there
2 seats in spitfire? srsly? o.O
there actually were two seaters... look it up, they're pretty cool
ALXROGUE RAF training aircraft, tricky bastard to get the hang of, at the time the 'predictable stall' wing design was unheard of and would have taken hurricane pilots by surprise. A lot of spits got pranged by first time pilots slamming opening their throttles late in panic as the end of the field approached as they were still on the ground. Landing and takeoff are very different to spits, hurris take off by themselves in comparrisson, neutral stick 78mph and next thing you know the rumbling's gone, damn sight easier to land too, hurris glide beautifully line up, at 65-70 cutting the throttle, and you're on the ground.
Its a support
Was it just me or at the beginning did I hear someone say fuck off
Think he needs a bit of health and safety training stood that close to propeller
wow not one roll Loop cubanate nothing
a spitfire has 5 propellers.. or 6
3
Why is there always a jobs worth with a microphone ?
Paid commentators but yeah, sometimes a little too much.
praise the lord....i wouldnt like to be german, polsko iindepance day
The fw 190 was an outstanding competitor to the spitfire, so it was the be 109...
Aye, he’s going to get a bloody arse. Standing too close to the business end of the bird.
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Money opp
........fuka fuka fuka plane
sounds like a bee in a jar :(
Ahhhh no. Why did you make it one of those horrible twin seat mutant spitfires? It spoils the aesthetic of the whole plane. In real life and RC.