A Fantastic Spitfire with electric start

Rc spitfire

[@chilarai1]

Amazing model excellently flown. 👍

[@cheungsabrina470]

Beautiful RC Spitfire! Good control in departing & landing!

[@daykin17]

Beautiful Spit....Beautiful scale take off....Beautiful scale flight...Beautiful scale landing....boom

[@JJ-jt4ji]

I saw a documentary on the spitfire. The designer encouraged the pilots to make 3 point Landings.

[@zbigniewwozniak6172]

He has a badge of Polish Air force on the front 👍

[@stephenburgess5109]

Yes the Poles also flew Spitfires as well as Hurricanes in the RAF

[@Statek63]

@@stephenburgess5109 Thank you, we did not know that 😂

[@riazhassan6570]

Wow! An amazing piece of modelling

[@bernardw4842]

That's a beautiful model and the on-board starter is cool

[@martysheets6882]

What a Pilot, Love the Skills.

[@lucifer0001]

Electric start! Now that's really something. Very nice plane. It should have a primer bulb for quicker starts to save on the battery power.

[@bernardw4842]

Just saw another video of a Saito FG57T (twin) on the bench with a home made electric starter, he built in a remote choke on its own servo and channel so he could prime the engine with a few turns under the starter. Then it just started right up every time after that. Was pretty good.

[@Vexillifer04]

With retractable gear! Remarkable!

[@marktubridy1593]

Absolutely beautiful aircraft.

[@rc-fannl7364]

Looks amazing. With a moving tail wheel and 4 blade prop, it would have been very hard to tell apart from a real one, when taxiing over that runway. Nice flight, and nice landing.

[@Statek63]

If it had a free moving tail wheel then it would need differential wheel brakes to be controllable on the ground...

[@rc-fannl7364]

@@Statek63 Could that not be overcome by making the tail wheel move along with the rudder? That is how it is on my Mustang RC plane and it has no wheel brakes at all

[@derek-press]

0:56 now that was pretty damn cool :) beautiful model !

[@paolopancrazio9571]

Bravo. Atterraggio perfetto

[@edwardcase]

Nice Spitfire! if I had to fly with the throttle on the right-hand stick...IDK...mode 2 flyer here. Best of Luck!

[@josephwolf1]

Best I have ever seen realistic landing.

[@zoomzoom3345]

306 Torunski Polish Squadron

[@10bkpm]

Beautiful!! Squadron 306 Polish

[@milescoleman910]

I can’t wait for full VR avatar flying of these.

[@skyhigh315]

Which kit? Scratch? Engine? Thanks for mentioning it's a Spit, but details are nice, too.

[@danishjeans]

It looks to me like the top rc 35cc spitfire, but Im not sure.

[@leonardoballoussier5997]

Meu amigo, depois que o bicho entra e começa a latejar ja era! É simplesmente imparável e eu só tiro depois que o leite saiu todo!

[@AmpAbuser]

Should have waited till that jet was done flying distracted from the engine sound, real bummer beauty of a plane build well done!

[@georgevprochazka5316]

Would be nice to know what engine and what Spit it is!

[@scotabot7826]

Was this a Taylor or Reeves design from plans? I sure would love to know how that engine is muffled. Just Beautiful!!

[@JRRJ]

Beautiful landing

[@johnp1657]

Good effort, one guy in front of a spinning propeller and then taxying out behind two guys flying jets, well done guys, ffs

[@bobbysfolly]

Terrific video !!!!!!!!!!!

[@F3HDemonDriver1]

Simply smashing Alan!

[@user-er5sy5yp4l]

Why not to install a camera in it and enjoy the flight as a pilot?

[@Warbird-Aviation]

what a nice plane

[@vanlitespeed693]

I'm not so sure I would touch thr propeller with a electric start when the power is hooked up to it. I've seen some nasty finger/hand injuries from props!

[@Statek63]

Possibly the pilot switched the ignition off ?

[@Oldvelocette]

Great! What engine did you use?

[@theganymedehypothesis4057]

Is there any way to make something like that with an electric motor and some sort of electronic thing to make 1941 engine noises??

[@DepakoteMeister]

Yes, there is a TH-cam video of one.

[@nicholasforman1195]

Why the two blades prop?

[@yurycz8933]

👍

[@petermoran3041]

Fantastic!!

[@stephenang499]

Why couldn't they have used a 3 bladed prop?

[@user-rz7cg8eb7w]

Двигатель наверное стоит от герань 2...😁

[@MegaControltv]

hermoso avión felicitaciones!!!! muy muy buen nivel de detalle y realismo!

[@M5guitar1]

The controls looked too high rate and the throttle could have been backed off a bit. Too bad for the crash. I crashed 2 spitfires due to a stall in a turn.

[@pufango4059]

Get back to building LEGO toys you wanker

[@robcrawford9657]

excellent which paints did you use?

[@thebritishpanda6545]

Why does the spitfire have two propellers im pretty sure it has three not two

[@lucifer0001]

Aren't they supposed to have 4 prop. blades?

[@thebritishpanda6545]

no its three

[@NeoAndersonn]

3 and 4 blades version. on RC, the 2 blade works better.

[@bernardw4842]

2 bladed props are the most common in RC planes, cheapest to buy and easiest to balance. Balancing is very important or the vibrations can be a big problem. Different versions of the original plane had from 2 to 5 blades over the years but this is most likely for convenience. Plus more blades equals heavier, sometimes you need to find small weight savings either at nose or tail and a heavy prop replaced with a different type is a good method. They don't always go for perfect scale on these models, often it's more about flying them while still being good enough scale to show.

[@falconeaterf15]

Spit mk9 had 4 blades.
RC piston engines use two blade as two are more efficient than 3 or 4 for aerodynamic reasons. RC planes can break a lot of props in a season so cost I’m sure is part of it too.
Electric motors use 3 and four blades routinely on scale models. So there may be more the story than your getting here. I imagine smooth running electric motors allow for use of softer plastic props whereas piston engines produce a nasty shock when piston fires, requiring harder materials.

[@mickcarson8504]

And where can you buy that? 🤔

[@KMSKielce]

Great one.

[@stonegallimore1163]

No dead sticks for this guy unless he out of fuel of course

[@mikimiki4015]

Motor brushless kv?
Propellers pol.?
battery lipo 5s?
thank you!!!

[@danieldavies4561]

its petrol engine

[@bernardw4842]

They fly great but if you're into nice machines electrics are simply a power source, not part of the fun in their own right. Personally I find them boring and I'll probably quit RC when they're the only option left. I tried them, they're more expensive and less reliable than people tell you by the time you're ready to fly. The MOTOR's reliable, the whole system's no better than an average engine. Both depend more on the operator anyway. I like tuning and using model engines for the same reason I like modifying cars, it's a hobby in itself. Which not everyone's into, some ppl just want to fly them not tinker. Others enjoy the build just as much and love quality engines. I'm not into 2-strokes much but they suit many people.

[@mxcollin95]

If you sold that electric start setup in kit form you’d make a ton of money.

[@lasersbee]

Those Electric Starter kits are and have been for sale for a bit now.

[@mxcollin95]

@@lasersbee I’ll have to look into that. Seems like a long time coming... Thanks for letting me know.

[@DerredmaxTRIAX]

Awesome!

[@boldlionpro2814]

Noice!

[@JetFire9]

So much attention to scale detail, but didn't bother to make the exhaust come out of the exhaust manifolds.

[@gman2060]

Why is that so important?

[@JetFire9]

@@gman2060 That's a really good question, if you are stupid. Does the word scale mean anything to you? Duh.

[@gman2060]

@@JetFire9 maybe you should check to see if he's put scale wheel nuts on aswell! seen you expect people to do every little detail as if he has built a real spitty. These are toys and everyone will build their planes the way they are happy to fly with. So pull your head in and keep flying your CUB and leave the warbirds to the men.

[@dentidens7834]

great

[@didiresmana5261]

5

[@poseidonam]

Like a kid again!

[@carolynpotvin9797]

Aren’t spitfires british war plaines

[@DepakoteMeister]

Yes, they were. But different countries used them, and we had foreign squadrons (two Polish & one Czechoslovak) flying them during the Battle of Britain.

[@januszstaron2811]

6h6 to

[@stonerman15]

I’d crash it

[@wildgoobsid5]

The guys already holding the plane. No need to stand right in front of him and fart!

[@MrSM1957]

Lovely model, a shame the starting safety procedures does not match it....with a spectator and photographer wandering around in front of and to one side of the prop arc during the start and taxi to take off. Prop blades can shear and they are only going in one direction!?!

[@gman2060]

Oh please, just enjoy watching it fly!

[@johnnyg1555]

What a damn shame to have such a nice looking and flying spitfire with a goofy shitty sounding 2 cycle weedeater engine attached. This bird DESERVES to stand apart from the rest...and It would if it were powered with AT LEAST a KOLM IL-100 and even better the IL-155.
Having (had) to say that,, I will add that it was a GREAT flight! Very realistic looking.

[@ripmax333]

an electric motor with a sound system would be even better, totally reliable and a realistic sound best of both worlds.

[@bernardw4842]

They still just sound like a small speaker to me, I do sound systems for a living and what it doesn't do is make me think there's an engine in it. They often get out of sync with what the plane's doing, like playing the cough-splutter start up sample when you're already in the air. Electric *motors* are very reliable but with wiring, battery, ESC faults etc they're often more trouble than any cheap engine. A good engine with someone who knows what they're doing can have every bit as much up-time, most of the problems are the operator. Still I agree the 2-stroke sound doesn't match the great model. I prefer 4-strokes, much better to fly, and I'm into engines anyway so they're a part of the hobby for me. Electric just isn't as fun or interesting to me but I'm not trying to say it's wrong for anyone else, it's just preference. Some of us enjoy the build and the equipment as much as flying it, each to their own.

[@bernardw4842]

They're also bloody expensive, looks like he's already spent a bit on it. Sounds like a DW or other engine from 3D flyers. Plenty of power and cheap. Who knows, maybe the owner doesn't place a big priority on sound, or maybe that's what he had or could afford that would do the job. They don't build them just to please YT viewers after all. If it were me I'd prefer a 4-stroke multi too but it's not mine. I've seen the video I think you're thinking of with the KOLM IL170 Spit, it's awesome but a lot of what you hear is prop noise anyway.

[@andysolution62]

not so good....