Top RC 1/5 scale P-51D Electric 80cc 2nd hand restoration and maiden.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- Having sold my 1/4 full composite CARF Spitfire as I didn't have the space, I reasoned a slightly smaller 1/5 scale warbird would be just the ticket. Happily a friend of mine had a well used full composite Top RC P-51D for sale and so the story begins....
Details of whats in the model below, you can also use the chapters to skip to the bits of interest.Its fair to say she's a keeper ;) Enjoy and thank you for stopping by.
Spec/set-up:
Turnigy RotoMax 80cc electric motor, YEP 180amp ESC, 12S (2 x6s) Turnigy 5000mah Heavy Duty lipo's, Aerostar 24x12 electric wooden prop, Jeti Ubec/switch, mix of blue bird and hitec servo's, FR-Sky radio system. AUW RTF 11.5kg, span 2.25m (89"), flight times 7-8mins. Note I've had to set my throttle max end point down to 75%. 100% at full throttle was just too much power!
Chapters:
Intro and overview of the work that has/had been done for the restoration. 00:00
Set-up at the field for maiden and more details of the work done on the model. 05:39
Maiden flight. 11:35
Short flight a week after the maiden once I'd got use to her more, made some positive changes and generally fallen in love with the model. 16:23 - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Really impressed with the sound on an electric set up
WOW - Very cool! Love the sound, and well flown! Thanks for sharing this project!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great piece of kit, looks and sounds awesome 👍👍👍
what a stunning aircraft, so beautiful in the air and I love that sound at full throttle!!
That prop sound was amazing, what an improvement in performance!
It is the perfect P51 for the rc industry👍👍👍
Amazing model! Great updates with the carbon bits and fiber glass reinforcement. Amazing sound! Flies beautifully.
Great video. Impressive power from the Rotomax motor. Keep up the great work.
She’s great Stuart, not sure about letting the Spit go, but hey. She sounded great, what a difference a different prop makes. Look forward to the new paint scheme. Have a great week 👍🏻
very very nice nice model, supper nice flying there fairplay.
Stuart, fantastic video, beautiful P51 as well, if my Hangar 9 P51 flies and sound anything like yours I would be a happy man.
She's a sweetheart! That sound is impressive too! KEEPER!!
The sound is the best part for sure.
How nice! Even with the bigger prop it sounds so cool! Love this plane! Very nice flying too! Congrats on the P51!
thank you.
Enjoyed the flights, Thanks for sharing
Love your videos man! Beautiful aircraft.
I really enjoyed your flight.
Awesome flight Stuart 🥰🤩 and what a perfect landing 🍾 and that souuuuund is just insane
Oh.. that was very impressive. You did a great job on both the restoration and flight. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the feedback and kind comments.
Very nice…..sounds great……Spitfire was gorgeous…..
Stunning model great flight.
Neeeeeooooooowwwww ! Fantastic. Sounded so good Stuart. Congrats. That's a keeper.
That's the sound! Thanks Dom.
Looks nice , sounds good and looks like it flies nice
What a amazing plane and the sound is just so amazing as well! I love your videos you do on your channel and hobby king as well!
Thanks Mike, nice of you to say.
Beautiful mustang. Love the sound. Flys really nice 👍👍😎✌👊
Very nice model Stuart!
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
I'd be in heaven with a grass field like you fly on. Great flying Mustang. I think the RAF color scheme would be beautiful.
Hi, yes we are very lucky members at the HLC club, its a great field.
Great work Stuart!!! Love it!!!! You ROCK!!!!!!
Nicely done Stuart! Gotta be happy with that mate! 👍🏼
Yeah, very much so. Thanks
That was awesome, like an old fashioned VLOG... the way all videos should be. More please!
Thanks
This sound from the prop is amazing 👍👍👍…cheers from Munich
Excellent work Stuart!!!! Love this airplane and the sound as well, especially for an electric model, your a fantastic builder as well, love the ingenuity, who doesn’t love a Mustang, thanks for sharing 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
Thanks Jeff, she is a sweet flying, but I’m just the guy that houses a great set-up in a great airframe 😉
Gorgeous flight and plane!
Very nice job! Congrats.
Beautiful landings.
Awesome stuart flew great solid in the air and the sound fantastic 👍
Thanks
it sounds absolutely brilliant well done on your resto work on it
Glad you agree, yeah I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Thanks
Great job Stuart, and great pilot skills . Great to see you with your own channel. Blessing to you and your family from NZ. Cheers Karl
Hi Karl thank you and thank you for stopping by. She is actually a very easy model to fly, which is perfect for me ;)
@@stuartwarnerc one thing I have always loved about this hobby, in the 20 so year’s I’ve been an addict, is the great people you meet, and the great experiences you share. Thank you 🙏 for taking the time to reply. Blessings to you. Karl
What a great plane Stuart, well done the job... love the Rotomax engines, keeps the hobby affordable...was nice to see her flying last saturday... such a slow turns possible for such a big bird very nice
Hey man thanks, yeah I think you loved it as much as I did :D
That was a nice video. Like to see how you fix from start to end . Nice plane and flight 😊
thanks man.
Beautiful flight! I'm tempted to do an electric warbird now. Nice work.
You should, this set-up works well and makes it so easy.
This hobby is so cool . Very good .
WOW STUART IT LOOKS AND SOUNDS AMAZING. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD SIR. GREAT JOB.✌️🕊️
Thank Mike, yes I was surprised just how good she is.
Aweome sound Stuart and I loved the landings! Keep these vids coming please 👍🏻 Greetings from Belgium
Hey man, thank you. Hope we can meet at an event next year.
@@stuartwarnerc You bet! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Really like these type of videos, keep up the good work 🤩👍
Great flight 👍🏼
Gotta love a Mustang.... Esp this one, nice job Stuart! 👍
Hey Matt, thank you. Actually I wasn't too hot for Mustangs, but then this was really my first serious one its now a firm favorite.
Flies really well, Great job, Awsome
Thanks 👍
That's a beauty Stuart! Very nice :)
Awesome job Stuart! Beautiful bird!!
Hey John, thanks, yes she certainly is.
woah! that sound is so nice!
nice landings! ;)
Oh this plane looks and sounds awsome!!!! God job there..
Blaz thank you sir.
God ! that sounds awesome 👌
The sound of the aircraft was remarkably different with the Gas verses the Electric Prop! The engine is Electric, but sounds like a Radial Engine with the Gas Prop! I love it!😎
Best of both worlds 😉
Awesome! Sounds amazing!!
Wow! Awesome sound. I am now motivated to clean the dust off that big P-51 I never fly and rip that gas engine out of there.
I'd say do it.
Great job Stuart this was what I was asking about on Jeffs custom RC about when I asked about restoration you had coming up on his live stream Loved the sound beautiful Plane
take care
Hey Robert, yeah I saw that and thanks for the appreciation.
Awesome Mustang. It looked like it flew on rails.
Thanks, yes you hear that term used a lot but it really is the case with this one.
Greetings Stuart!
Nice restoration job and it seems to perform well now. The carbon spar is a great way to reduce weight without sacrificing any strength. It all seems fairly solid now. I have two much smaller P-51 D’s and they both fly well and look great, but they don’t sound like yours. There are sound modules that can be used to replicate a variety of sounds for various engines, however, they do add some additional weight and draw some power too.
Personally, I like to fly them around sunrise 🌅 or sunset 🌅 when the silver paint reflects the colors in.the sky.
Anyhow, I just wanted to congratulate you for the fine restoration and maiden flight.
Thank you for posting this video!
Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️
P.S. Happy Flying to you and your friends! ✈️
Beautiful P-51Mustang dude.
Thank you, it’s about to get a lot nicer too, it’s getting a new paint job this month.
@@stuartwarnerc I've been looking at Top RC models of late. They seem to adhere to a true scale outline more than other brands. Be sure and post something with the new color scheme.
The last landing was one of the best landings I've ever seen perfect I wouldn't change a thing except for a four bladed prop a two blade just doesn't look right on a mustang other than that fantastic job !
Thanks. Trouble is if I change the prop I loose that sound. Can’t count the blades in flight anyway 😉
Awesome Stuart.
Well Done Laddie
Super plane !! Nice sound 😏
More current when you spool up than when you’re at full power! Of course, because the rotor tries to catch up with the rotating field, the higher the “slippage” the higher is the current drawn, max current is when you firewall the throttle from standing still, that’s why they have a soft start feature. Try this, lock you prop and open full throttle, your speed regulator will burn out without a current limitation. BTW I noticed you’re a mode 2 flyer, me too 🤗 happy landings.
Nice Mustang and very powerfull setup! Love the prop noise . .
Hey Bart, thanks man. Hope you are enjoying the new workshop already 😉
@@stuartwarnerc Yeah, enjoying it . . . but it is temporary in use a woodworkers shop till the home improvement is ready.Hope to resume the Brewster project this winter.
Real nice indeed, we have the hanger9 p51😎
You're a wonderful presenter/creator Stuart, hopefully not so long between videos next time!
That's very kind of you to say, though I can make no promises on the video, this channel is just for fun really.
Nice job, Stuart! I like the engine and the price very much. I think, with the new components and the conversion to electric drive, it has less weight than before, despite the repairs. I would leave the paintwork so bad - after all, this is an old model and has a natural "weathering" similar to a real airplane. I once saw a German Tronado close enough to touch. It had some bumps, not to mention scratches in the paint!
But I would use or try a 4 blade propeller. Then it gets a little slower, but increases better, which fits better and, above all, the sound and the optics become more realistic!
Greetings from Germany.
Hi Armin. Yes the rotormax and YEP are a great combo, bags of power and they stay cool too and perform faultlessly. I do like the worn look of the model for sure, but I really want to carry that RAF scheme, which I can weather too of course. However I'm sticking with the prop that I've got. Really happy with it and it keeps things nice and simple too. I will paint it black however.
Nice job
Great stuff Stu. Those power lines would scare me silly though !
They are a lot further away then they look 😉
😍 dam that thing sounds and looks good as it flybys
thank you sir it does indeed.
Absolutely brilliant Stu!!! I really enjoyed this, and the fact that you traded one of your most beloved aircraft (a Spitty) for this, speaks volumes about your realization that perhaps the Spit was just too big for your current hangar space and transpo. I too am befuddled by lack of storage and transpo for larger models, hence the lack of any of those in my hangar. That said, she really flew great and BOY, those landings were spectacular! I agree with you, she doesn't seem to have a lot of top-end (but the prop-tips seem to be breaking the sound barrier based on the noise she's making), but MAN does she have some grunt over the top of that loop you ripped on the second flight! Cheers to you my friend and all the best from your friend in the Mojave Desert!
Hey man thanks for stopping by and your comments, they are spot on.
Wow, it flies incredibly nice. Immediately had to watch this, as I'm considering giving my 1:5 Top Flite Mustang the electric treatment as well. It hasn't flown for 15 years and was always underpowered, so it never flew much. Very interesting that you can get away with 12S 5000mah and still get good flight times, I thought bigger batteries would be needed.
Hey Thomas, thanks! Yeah I was really please and impressed with the turnout of the set-up, good flight times, but if I wanted I could try 6000mah for a little more. But honestly, I mostly fly it at half throttle, full is just too much, so often come down at 7mins with a good 30% in the packs. I would say definitely give your TF P-51 the electric treatment. And can't say enough about the Rotomax 80cc motor, power and quality for a amazing price, and the Aerostar props, that's what's given it 'that' sound ;)
@@stuartwarnerc thanks, and with the additional labour day discount this became irresistible, amazing value. Just put in an order for your exact setup with motor, ESC and prop. Now I just need to figure out the engine mount.
Playing with the idea of a four bladed prop too. You know, just knowing there's a four blader on the nose... Curious if over-propping a bit might work with a careful throttle hand and a current sensor / amp alarm. If nothing else, a fun experiment, and I can switch back to the two blade for performance (or if it doesn't work at all).
Thomas Berg hey thank you so much, I hope your as happy with your set-up as I am. Don’t forget you’ll have to program the ESC though with the card, I believe it comes set for heli by default. Thing is about 4 blade they may look more scale, but they are less efficient and typically expensive too, plus it would not be a scale diameter prop on the model. I’d rather keep it simple with a two blade that’s more efficient, cheaper and looks close to scale diameter when flying anyway.
Hey There:)
Very nice Model, and a very nice Vdeo with sunnshine in the evening.. i love it..:) Also the nice P51 and nice Electric sound.. but its a Elektric sound .. no GAs blub blub blub how an star mortor you knwo.. but a very nice model:) My Target is to Fly such a nice war Model.. But i have to leran and fly more befor i get so havy models:) I fly since Nov last year with Easy Glieder 4. In spring 2021, i bought the funcub xl and have flew it since without crashing. The whole thing with a heavy setup of 4 kilos total weight and full expansion. Nice Greetings from lake constance:)
Nice plane, flew well and it'll be nice to see the new colour scheme. On the downside with me being a brit I'm not sure I'd have let that beautiful Spit go.
Don't remind me, it still pains me, but this P-51 helps ease that pain. There will be other spits ;)
Sweet... Plane!!!
Sweet plane, great job on restoring her. I wish the camera had zoom for some close ups.
What a beautiful lady with a beautiful sound. 😍😍😍
Very nice footage from Abbenes
Best club in NL ;)
Very nice
love the wheeler landing - thats the way!
looking forward to the paint scheme - cellulose or 2pack ?
I love the prop noise
Its the best :D
Very cool.
The man with far too few subscribers. TH-cam must be broken. Love your work, Stu.
Lol, strangely this video saw a bump in subs.
amazing
Sounds great, and looks like it flys awesome. You just need to turn down those sneakers. Lol 😆
Actually these are getting a bit old, started to fade, time for some new ones ;)
Awesome.
Dang. What a beaut.
Loved it
thanks
Amazing plane and setup! About the receivers. What upu use and why ise two? For redundancy or nedds for more channel's?
Stuart...Very nice model. Glad to see that you adopted this P-51 Mustang and kept it electric. I do like gasser models but the electric is a lot more convenient and much quicker getting her into the air. Sounds great too. Looks like you are progressing very well getting her tuned to your liking. Wish you luck and would like to see a follow up video on which livery you choose. Thanks for sharing.. From a fan in the USA. 🇺🇸 P.S. You always welcome to come back to Triple Tree Aero. 👍☺️
Hey, yeah it is a lot more convenient, I think especially so for these inline birds. I have a P-47 the same size, now with its big round nose the gas engine it has in there is staying. I don't mind gas, but its got to be a good running and sounding engine with little complications in terms of pumping access and maintenance.
@@stuartwarnerc I know what you mean. I see so many folks working on their gassers out in the heat can be brutal. Love the JUG to. Sounds like you got it going with the warbirds. 👊😊
@@payitfwdrcl6171 its a travesty to spend any time or even say you own a model of this size and magnitude and you willingly cut its nuts off with an electric motor.
Convenience is for the mentally inept.
Tuning a motor is simple and only necessary twice a year.
"Fiddling" is just gassing up.
I can keep my birds in the air almost as long as you charge your battery. Yet electric is good for what? 5 minutes flight?
At $160 per battery?
Thats a joke.
@@krotchlickmeugh627 Well, all opinions are welcome, even wrong ones LOL. I think you can see that my Mustang is anything but lacking in the nuts department, in fact at a warbirds event this weekend at the club it by far out paced the gasers. That being said, I love gas engines, but for me I prefer them in big cowls.
@@stuartwarnerc it could hit mach 1.
Still a sin.
beauty ✔️✔️✔️✔️
them awsome shoes make it go fast
Top RC new branded Top Flite brand?
Really cool P-51. Just got into RC aircraft last year, loving every second of it. I really want to get into giant scale (Gas & Electric) aircraft and warbirds.
Welcome to the greatest hobby in the world! No TopRC is in no way related to the now defunct top flite brand.
@@stuartwarnerc Got ya, thank you. I’ve been flying a bunch of big scale electric planes. Have the Carbon Z 2.2m Cub, Cessna 152, the Hobby King Yak-11 and new variant of the Carbon Z T-28. Also have the EDF Freewing T-33 which absolutely rocks.
All of these aircraft are a blast, but I really have to get into big, gas powered airplanes. Is that a big jump in complexity when it comes to operating and maintaining gas engines?
Looking forward to a P-51 like this and many other aircraft.
@@CJR505 it’s not that there is so much a jump in complexity, rather some additional steps and procedures that need to be understood. Electric is great, but in my mind too easy, you just plug in a battery and pretty much it always works. Gas you need to invest a little more time and thought to get it running but that process brings a better sense of satisfaction and achievement in my mind. As long as you have someone at the club that can talk you through it initially you’re golden.
@@stuartwarnerc Right on, thanks for the info. Figured I’d start with electric before making the jump to gas.
I think there’s a club in my area, (Northern California) but it looks to be inactive. Kind of bummer being so far north of Sacramento, all the clubs are a few hours away.
@@CJR505 well good luck finding a club, I’d advise that you only fly gas at one.
What a beautiful Warbird😍.
very nice
Hi Stuart, just wondering if you can help.
I have a 40 size trainer kit that is now complete, however I have no idea on what electric motor and ESC to buy. It will be running on a 3s, if you could possibly help me, it would be much appreciated.
Many thanks Ashley
It sounds great, just like the real thing lol.