Thanks mate, I wasn't sure how it would turn out when I started, but I am well pleased with the result. Amazing what a change in wing profile does to an aircraft! I just hope it'll fly well. No chance to maiden still, weather in UK is atrocious.🤐
jawohl Mein kommandant. Thanks! I was wondering if I'd hear from you, I saw there have floods in Queensland, but I think further south from you Cobber.
@@bobflyman Yep mate. The drought has certainly broken down in the South and East of Oz. Not up here of course though it's been an excellent year for the local cow-cockies with plenty of grass now when things are usually brown. I've been meaning to have a search as to just where all that water down South has reached. With the very shallow fall from Queensland to South Australia it can take weeks/months for floods to dissipate. Fresh produce will be expensive in the local grub store for quite a while! Still a better prospect than when I did a run out around the Dinosaur Country (Winton, Longreach, Hughenden) a few years back. The stock were eating the only thing left - rocks! 😞 Looking forward to seeing some more flights of your LIDL Squadron. Love our twins and had a good day yesterday with mine doing streamer battle with 4 other Flying Fishes etc.
This looks very promising. We have them in Kmart for $ 10.. The Spitfire was beautiful. One of the most memorable planes I got to see when I was a kid was a Vulcan bomber with an Olympus engine bolted underneath. It was done as a demonstration of Concordes motor's. Farnborough Air Show.
I was there at Farnborough for that too! Saw the Vulcan with Concorde engine! I'm 76, I guess I was about 16 then. Went to the Farnborough air show a couple of times. What an amazing coincidence! And yes, those cheap gliders are great for messing about with. That one flies well.
@bobflyman Hi, I must have been 5 or 6 at the time . A couple of years ago, my brother in law had the opportunity to fly to the UK with the RAAF as guest fire and rescue for the air show. Just thought I ask, do you know the story about Harvey House . We came back in 1979 booked in, and then went to Queens mead for something to eat. We met someone and they told us not to stay there .
Don't know Harvey house or Queens mead I'm afraid! After the Hunter crash on the A27 near Southampton 2015 that killed several people, they tightened up on displays. Shows are nowhere near as good as they used to be. The pilot was pulling a loop with that vintage jet, but didn't have enough height. He ejected but the plane went into the nearby highway. @chuckmaddison2924 😧
Now that's an idea! EDF's draw a lot of current though and I wonder if you'd get a big enough one in to the small Lidl fusi? Like the idea though. Try it mate! And let's see the video 😉
Hello! May I ask you some questions. Do you use an inrunner brushless or an outrunner brushless motor. I am currently trying to design my second Lidl flier. Unfortunately, the nose of the plane has become so narrow from the manufacturer that I can no longer get an outrunner in it. So I have two options: 1. to use an inrunner, or to widen and lengthen the nose. Not an easy construction, because the center of gravity changes naturally. Would you please give me a tip if you use an inrunner or an outrunner.
Hi mate, I used this DXW D1806 1806 2280KV 2-3S Brushless Motor .And 3 blade 4045 propeller www.banggood.com/custlink/GvDr80kDgh Works great with that, but don't make the model too heavy with lots of carbon! www.banggood.com/custlink/3mGJ802DOu
I hollow out the fusilage right into the wing with a hot wire so that the battery is right back close to the CoG. If it is in the nose it's too mauch weight iin front. Make the hole in the fusi go further back. And what size Lipo? Says here in the video battery is right back th-cam.com/video/N-z45QNjyZ8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Oe1XsHn9z3xTVvVM&t=2459
Lidl supermarkets sell these once a year in Spring for £10, but if you search Playtive glider you will find them. Like on this link. www.air-rc.com/aircraft/Lidl_Playtive-XL_1064
Don't miss the maiden! th-cam.com/video/vF6aqbfk6d0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CfbdgluPD2yobVWj
Great name for the model Bob and great instructions, you are the Master of the Lidl conversions 👍
Well thank you , praise coming from a real master builder! 😉
very informative and one of the nicest looking 'full' lidl gliderconversions I have seen to date, the vid isnt too long either 😀👍
Thanks mate, I wasn't sure how it would turn out when I started, but I am well pleased with the result. Amazing what a change in wing profile does to an aircraft! I just hope it'll fly well. No chance to maiden still, weather in UK is atrocious.🤐
@@bobflyman yeah UK weather is pants at the moment mate might get chance Wednesday if your lucky
The tip of that wing looks more like a Hurricane than a Spitfire to me. Very nice conversion
Probably is! Nut it was kind of Spitfire ish!
Ah come on Bob "Mitchell" stop dithering around. That knocking on your door is the Luftwaffe arriving! 😜😉
Another top-notcher, mate! 👍👍😊
We add a rudder to ours. If you're going to have to add rear weight it might as well be doing something. 😉
jawohl Mein kommandant. Thanks! I was wondering if I'd hear from you, I saw there have floods in Queensland, but I think further south from you Cobber.
@@bobflyman Yep mate. The drought has certainly broken down in the South and East of Oz. Not up here of course though it's been an excellent year for the local cow-cockies with plenty of grass now when things are usually brown. I've been meaning to have a search as to just where all that water down South has reached. With the very shallow fall from Queensland to South Australia it can take weeks/months for floods to dissipate. Fresh produce will be expensive in the local grub store for quite a while! Still a better prospect than when I did a run out around the Dinosaur Country (Winton, Longreach, Hughenden) a few years back. The stock were eating the only thing left - rocks! 😞
Looking forward to seeing some more flights of your LIDL Squadron. Love our twins and had a good day yesterday with mine doing streamer battle with 4 other Flying Fishes etc.
This looks very promising. We have them in Kmart for $ 10..
The Spitfire was beautiful.
One of the most memorable planes I got to see when I was a kid was a Vulcan bomber with an Olympus engine bolted underneath.
It was done as a demonstration of Concordes motor's.
Farnborough Air Show.
I was there at Farnborough for that too! Saw the Vulcan with Concorde engine! I'm 76, I guess I was about 16 then. Went to the Farnborough air show a couple of times. What an amazing coincidence!
And yes, those cheap gliders are great for messing about with. That one flies well.
@bobflyman Hi, I must have been 5 or 6 at the time . A couple of years ago, my brother in law had the opportunity to fly to the UK with the RAAF as guest fire and rescue for the air show.
Just thought I ask, do you know the story about Harvey House . We came back in 1979 booked in, and then went to Queens mead for something to eat. We met someone and they told us not to stay there .
Don't know Harvey house or Queens mead I'm afraid! After the Hunter crash on the A27 near Southampton 2015 that killed several people, they tightened up on displays. Shows are nowhere near as good as they used to be. The pilot was pulling a loop with that vintage jet, but didn't have enough height. He ejected but the plane went into the nearby highway. @chuckmaddison2924 😧
Always entertaining to watch🎉
Thanks mate!
Foe some reason I'd be tempted to use the mini body big glider wing and do a stubby EDF
Now that's an idea! EDF's draw a lot of current though and I wonder if you'd get a big enough one in to the small Lidl fusi?
Like the idea though. Try it mate! And let's see the video 😉
very nice great vids
Thanks mate! Let's hope it flies as well as it looks!
A good video
Thanks mate! Hope you checked out the maiden, she flies really well too! th-cam.com/video/Pr2EZT_-ib8/w-d-xo.html&pp=gAQBiAQB
Have you thought about making a lowing plane out of a LIDL glider? That’s the idea 💡 I’m on the fence with right now
I guess with a big enough motor no reason why it shouldn't work, though I've never done any towing or had a model towed!
@@bobflyman I’m sorry I didn’t proof read my text. Should have said low wing plane. Kinda like the racing planes. horizon hobby V-900 style plane.
Hello! May I ask you some questions. Do you use an inrunner brushless or an outrunner brushless motor. I am currently trying to design my second Lidl flier. Unfortunately, the nose of the plane has become so narrow from the manufacturer that I can no longer get an outrunner in it. So I have two options: 1. to use an inrunner, or to widen and lengthen the nose. Not an easy construction, because the center of gravity changes naturally. Would you please give me a tip if you use an inrunner or an outrunner.
Hi mate, I used this DXW D1806 1806 2280KV 2-3S Brushless Motor .And
3 blade 4045 propeller www.banggood.com/custlink/GvDr80kDgh
Works great with that, but don't make the model too heavy with lots of carbon! www.banggood.com/custlink/3mGJ802DOu
@@bobflyman Oh thank you very much for this useful information!
I made the same rc plane but when I put the battery in the cockpit it’s nose heavy even with weight at the tail. could you plz tell me the reason
I hollow out the fusilage right into the wing with a hot wire so that the battery is right back close to the CoG. If it is in the nose it's too mauch weight iin front. Make the hole in the fusi go further back. And what size Lipo? Says here in the video battery is right back th-cam.com/video/N-z45QNjyZ8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Oe1XsHn9z3xTVvVM&t=2459
I’m using a 3s 1000mah and a 2212 motor
Battery 2s/3s mah
1000mA 2s was fine. 800mA 3s very fast!
Where to buy these? Wingspan(?)
Lidl supermarkets sell these once a year in Spring for £10, but if you search Playtive glider you will find them. Like on this link. www.air-rc.com/aircraft/Lidl_Playtive-XL_1064
wingspan 83 cms
A good video
Thanks mate!