That would be SUPER easy with this model. Plenty of room for a cockpit camera, and weight wouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the future video idea!! That would be amazing.
That DJI just had the look of total defeat lol, arms all slumped down and mopey looking lol. Awesome build though. Thinking a new version with the assembly issues addressed would be an amazing bird.
Taking down drones just like it took down V-1's in the War! (Well... A little bit more headon this time haha) Awesome video! Wonderful flying and love the paint scheme! 😊
Absolutely stunning, fantastic build and superb video. My dad used to fix these and Hurricanes around the pyramids in Egypt in1942 -1944, yours matches some of the many photo's i have very well. Kind Rgds.
I have a few tail draggers with torque roll issues. I've mixed a little rudder with the ailerons so when I panic and forget to use the rudder in favor of the ailerons, at least I am getting some rudder in there. Really tames the plane down nicely, esp tail draggers.
@@stevec7596 I 100% agree. I couldn't believe it didn't have a carbon spar when I was printing it. I was pretty certain the wing wouldn't be strong enough but it held up even through some high G maneuvers.
@@J.T.Engineering I think that's part of why the wings are 2 piece. I printed their Piper Paine and as a smaller plane than spit. It also was a 2 piece wing. I think the mid interlocking section and glue are what's used as the spar. could email the owner as I think he was an aeronautical Engineer. Fist time airbrushing still came out looking good.
Awesome! Love the paint job. Callie is great, no? I like how you did the slow mo and frame shot. That was a really nice touch of editing. Subscribing for that reason alone. Man did you luck out. Losing the wingtip that holds the aileron in place and the AND the torque roll near miss!
Awesome video. What type of PLA did you use. Just regular old PLA? Ive been dying to print a plane myself but usually the files ask for light weight PLA.
This was Polymaker Pro Army Green PLA. There are quite a few planes that can be printed in standard PLA. I have another video on my channel where I 3D printed a plane I found on Thingiverse that used normal PLA. I think it's an excellent build for a first time 3D printed airplane.
Good to know. I assumed they had a takeoff position around 10 degrees. I noticed while I was editing the video that the landing gear on real Spitfires don't retract at the same time either, so ill definitely be tweaking some things in my transmitter next time I fly. Thanks for the info!
It's funny the whole time throughout the video, I couldn't stop asking why you wouldn't put a carbon spar thru the wing.. Eventually, I decide to check the comments to say if anyone else had the same thoughts, and sure enough, the first commentS were having the same line of thought.
3DLabPrint didn't design a spot for a carbon spar to be installed. I really wish they would have, I think it would have made for a way better wing design. I wanted to fly and test the plane exactly as they had designed it for anyone out there that may be considering building one.
I printed and build a spitfire very similar to the one in this video. I was thinking about mixing up some epoxy and watering it down with witch hazel and painting a thin coating on the finished model. Thoughts???
I would be a little concerned about the weight. Epoxy isn't heavy, but it isn't light either. If you coated the whole plane it would add up I think. You could always print it in LWPla to offset the epoxy weight, but I'm like 90% sure these files aren't optimized to be printed in case mode so printing in LWPla may not work well. Honestly I think the wing is plenty strong as it is. It hasn't folded yet anyway, and I haven't heard of anyone having issues with it.
@@en2oh In the 3DLabprint assembly videos, they use a CA glue and activator. That way you can orient the parts how you want them and then activate the glue. I haven't tried this kind of glue. Regular CA cures pretty quick.
I agree with you! I'm a C tier model airplane pilot at best lol. But each time I go out I build a bit more muscle memory and skill. I learn and have fun each time I fly and that's why I keep doing these videos. This is the largest propeller model I have, and it took WAY more rudder than any of my other planes. Next time I fly it and I'm not so focused on shooting a video Ill spend some time learning the proper rudder applications.
I end up using epoxy often for 3D prints, because CA glue rarely seems bond well enough for me. Which is odd because CA glue is often recommended. I think I figured out the problem. I'm in the In Utah desert and where the humidity stays about 20% I found out CA glue reacts with humidity in the air. I wonder if CA glue just sucks in dry places.
I also live in Utah, and haven't had any issues even during the hottest and driest months of the summer. I use ZapAGap Medium CA and occasionally the Gel Loctite CA for all my builds, and I have yet to have a plane fall apart from glue failure. They usually fall apart from operator error! I also use WAY more than I probably should.
@kspplayerheffele I was trying to find at least a 4 blade, but the 4 blade propellers were substantially more expensive than the 2 blades. I wasn't entirely sure how the maiden was going to go, so I bought the cheaper ones thinking it wasn't going to fly very long. Now that I've flown it, I'll definitely put a different prop on it because the 2 blade doesn't look great.
Ah I was wondering if someone was going to catch that. It was a time lapse and it caught a plane leaving contrails behind. I thought it was a neat shot!
@@growbro365 I might actually do that. I've been wanting to try out an Eclipson model. I have been considering their Pitts for quite a while, but the 3D looks just as awesome
fyi a main wing is supposed to have a load-bearing and fuselage-spanning main spar, located at THRTY percent of chord.!!! any wing design that does not include such a main spar is DEFECTIVE. there is seldom a valid reason to put flaps on a model aircraft.! there is absolutely no reason to put split flaps on a model aircraft.! 1240 you are talking about p-factor. and your explanation is WRONG. specifically, p-factor is the feedback torque from a prop that is turning clockwise, and it is present all the time. but its affects are most extreme when there is little to no stabilization, coming from a main wing that is moving through the air at a nominal speed.
Just to let you know those Invasion stripes were painted on all allied aircraft so other allied aircraft and ground forces could easily identify friendly forces. Can I ask how long did it take to print the whole Aeroplane ?? great job BTW but I think a bit more sanding and maybe Aero filler to smooth out the Fuselage would make it look better mate
It was a pretty long print. It took probably 2 weeks to print all the parts. Maybe a little longer. I considered doing more sanding and using filler, but I actually kind liked being able to see the seems a little bit. I thought it simulated the panel lines better than i could have with an airbrush. If you do print one and clean it up more id love to see it!
You should handpaint a little dji mavic3 kill marking on the side
The model spitfire is MASSIVE. It does not fly very LOW, its performance does not TAPER, and it will never FADE from history!
sorry guys!!!!
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Are we deaduzz brochaco💔
You genius.
@MSMFurcorn22 lmao
Nicely done video editing! I especially enjoyed the "green screen weather report" analysis at the end!
Glad you liked it! That was a lot of fun to make.
Great video with the build and maiden. Was fun to watch. Watch out all drones. 😂
Love to see a clear canopy on this bird...
Amazing, now I want one with a cockpit camera linked to an fpv headset!
That would be SUPER easy with this model. Plenty of room for a cockpit camera, and weight wouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the future video idea!! That would be amazing.
@J.T.Engineering if you beat me to it I wouldn't be surprised lol
That DJI just had the look of total defeat lol, arms all slumped down and mopey looking lol. Awesome build though. Thinking a new version with the assembly issues addressed would be an amazing bird.
Have you considered building a Mosquito? Two motors on a lightweight frame should be a delight to fly
Ill have to look into that! That would be a great plane to build for sure!
Taking down drones just like it took down V-1's in the War! (Well... A little bit more headon this time haha)
Awesome video! Wonderful flying and love the paint scheme! 😊
Thank you! It's amazing how these Spitfires could take heavy damage and still fly. They truly are amazing airplanes.
@@J.T.Engineering Certainly is! For sure!
I like your style brother, subbed.
Absolutely stunning, fantastic build and superb video. My dad used to fix these and Hurricanes around the pyramids in Egypt in1942 -1944, yours matches some of the many photo's i have very well. Kind Rgds.
I have a few tail draggers with torque roll issues. I've mixed a little rudder with the ailerons so when I panic and forget to use the rudder in favor of the ailerons, at least I am getting some rudder in there. Really tames the plane down nicely, esp tail draggers.
great plane, poor drone and a lot of luck!! thanks peter
You successfully "pre-disastered" the plane. (Garp reference) Congratulations!
That was insanely awesome 😂
?? inanely or insanely ??
Beauty Spitfire. I have the foam version and just printed a Harrier Jump Jet.
Very nice to watch!
Nice build. Seems crazy to not have any reinforcement though. If you prop it for more speed the wing would probably fold.
@@stevec7596 I 100% agree. I couldn't believe it didn't have a carbon spar when I was printing it. I was pretty certain the wing wouldn't be strong enough but it held up even through some high G maneuvers.
And they never bothered to update the files to accept any carbon spars, or at least a 3d printed spar.
@@J.T.Engineering I think that's part of why the wings are 2 piece. I printed their Piper Paine and as a smaller plane than spit. It also was a 2 piece wing. I think the mid interlocking section and glue are what's used as the spar. could email the owner as I think he was an aeronautical Engineer. Fist time airbrushing still came out looking good.
you need a drone kill decal for that thing
Just found your channel and I love your commentary and editing style. Definitely subscribed!
Thank you! I have quite a few videos lined up in the editing que, so stay tuned!
That was wild how you lost control and clipped some grass!
Oh I definitely thought it was gone there for a second. I'm incredibly lucky it came back looking like a plane and not a pancake.
Awesome! Love the paint job. Callie is great, no? I like how you did the slow mo and frame shot. That was a really nice touch of editing. Subscribing for that reason alone. Man did you luck out. Losing the wingtip that holds the aileron in place and the AND the torque roll near miss!
Oh it was a wild ride for SURE. Yes Callie Graphics. I use them in all my builds and I'm always extremely happy with the results
What did you expect? You build a warbird. Fore sure it will shoot something out off the sky :D
It's almost like you tried to hit it 😅Not many RC Spitfires can claim they took out another aircraft!
Bro! As long as you keep making us laugh like you did, i´ll leave it It up to you about the next one :D Great video! Cheers!
A great project a great crash and a stunning save and a brilliant video! Subbed👍
sounds like a too-flexible prop has been used. that could be a problem someday, if/when the extra vibration causes servo glitching.
Awesome video. What type of PLA did you use. Just regular old PLA? Ive been dying to print a plane myself but usually the files ask for light weight PLA.
This was Polymaker Pro Army Green PLA. There are quite a few planes that can be printed in standard PLA. I have another video on my channel where I 3D printed a plane I found on Thingiverse that used normal PLA. I think it's an excellent build for a first time 3D printed airplane.
What did you print this in?
Would love to see you do a Horton 229!
spitfire landing flaps only have two movements open full and and totally closed
Good to know. I assumed they had a takeoff position around 10 degrees. I noticed while I was editing the video that the landing gear on real Spitfires don't retract at the same time either, so ill definitely be tweaking some things in my transmitter next time I fly. Thanks for the info!
What are microplastics?
Do you mean little parts of your airplane like?If it breaks apart in a crash?
Exactly that! 3D printed planes have a tendency to explode rather than just break when they crash. They leave little pieces of plastic everywhere.
It's funny the whole time throughout the video, I couldn't stop asking why you wouldn't put a carbon spar thru the wing.. Eventually, I decide to check the comments to say if anyone else had the same thoughts, and sure enough, the first commentS were having the same line of thought.
3DLabPrint didn't design a spot for a carbon spar to be installed. I really wish they would have, I think it would have made for a way better wing design. I wanted to fly and test the plane exactly as they had designed it for anyone out there that may be considering building one.
Now you can paint a drone silhouette on your spit's tail.
1 drone kill.
I printed and build a spitfire very similar to the one in this video. I was thinking about mixing up some epoxy and watering it down with witch hazel and painting a thin coating on the finished model. Thoughts???
I would be a little concerned about the weight. Epoxy isn't heavy, but it isn't light either. If you coated the whole plane it would add up I think. You could always print it in LWPla to offset the epoxy weight, but I'm like 90% sure these files aren't optimized to be printed in case mode so printing in LWPla may not work well. Honestly I think the wing is plenty strong as it is. It hasn't folded yet anyway, and I haven't heard of anyone having issues with it.
1:00 The real question is what's better the p-51 or the CA-18
also, instead of using ca glue, why not use epoxy to hold the wings together?
@@iammeobviously6815 epoxy takes time to set, which can sometimes be problematic for these builds. Super glue has so far worked pretty well for me.
@@J.T.Engineering any value to use accelerants?
@@en2oh In the 3DLabprint assembly videos, they use a CA glue and activator. That way you can orient the parts how you want them and then activate the glue. I haven't tried this kind of glue. Regular CA cures pretty quick.
btw you can put pla in a hot glue gun and use it as a welding device
For real? I'm definitely going to try that I had no idea. Thanks for the tip!
interesting video ,but you dont fly with rudder and spitfires need rudder in flight
I agree with you! I'm a C tier model airplane pilot at best lol. But each time I go out I build a bit more muscle memory and skill. I learn and have fun each time I fly and that's why I keep doing these videos. This is the largest propeller model I have, and it took WAY more rudder than any of my other planes. Next time I fly it and I'm not so focused on shooting a video Ill spend some time learning the proper rudder applications.
I end up using epoxy often for 3D prints, because CA glue rarely seems bond well enough for me. Which is odd because CA glue is often recommended. I think I figured out the problem. I'm in the In Utah desert and where the humidity stays about 20% I found out CA glue reacts with humidity in the air. I wonder if CA glue just sucks in dry places.
I also live in Utah, and haven't had any issues even during the hottest and driest months of the summer. I use ZapAGap Medium CA and occasionally the Gel Loctite CA for all my builds, and I have yet to have a plane fall apart from glue failure. They usually fall apart from operator error! I also use WAY more than I probably should.
where is the 5bladed propeller unique to the griffon spitfires
@kspplayerheffele I was trying to find at least a 4 blade, but the 4 blade propellers were substantially more expensive than the 2 blades. I wasn't entirely sure how the maiden was going to go, so I bought the cheaper ones thinking it wasn't going to fly very long. Now that I've flown it, I'll definitely put a different prop on it because the 2 blade doesn't look great.
was that a shooting star at 8:52 till 8:53 ?
Ah I was wondering if someone was going to catch that. It was a time lapse and it caught a plane leaving contrails behind. I thought it was a neat shot!
build an eclipson model 3d next
@@growbro365 I might actually do that. I've been wanting to try out an Eclipson model. I have been considering their Pitts for quite a while, but the 3D looks just as awesome
rip mavic
fyi a main wing is supposed to have a load-bearing and fuselage-spanning main spar, located at THRTY percent of chord.!!! any wing design that does not include such a main spar is DEFECTIVE.
there is seldom a valid reason to put flaps on a model aircraft.! there is absolutely no reason to put split flaps on a model aircraft.!
1240 you are talking about p-factor. and your explanation is WRONG.
specifically, p-factor is the feedback torque from a prop that is turning clockwise, and it is present all the time. but its affects are most extreme when there is little to no stabilization, coming from a main wing that is moving through the air at a nominal speed.
Me bf-109
Just to let you know those Invasion stripes were painted on all allied aircraft so other allied aircraft and ground forces could easily identify friendly forces.
Can I ask how long did it take to print the whole Aeroplane ?? great job BTW but I think a bit more sanding and maybe Aero filler to smooth out the Fuselage would make it look better mate
It was a pretty long print. It took probably 2 weeks to print all the parts. Maybe a little longer.
I considered doing more sanding and using filler, but I actually kind liked being able to see the seems a little bit. I thought it simulated the panel lines better than i could have with an airbrush.
If you do print one and clean it up more id love to see it!