From my experience, 5 mm is the all rounders, you can crash several landings and the plane is still flyable but it's not as heavy as 10mm. Bending is also a relatively easy with 5mm just make sure you know the technique.
Only esc and motor goes to the power pod, you keep the batteries adaptive to your cg and your receiver to the hollowest point and as far from cable as possible.
Probably to late to comment but have you checked the amount of aileron throw you have on each wing? It looks to me like you don't have them synchronized so the left and right wing ailerons travel up/down the same. I doubt that differential dihedral has much to do with your problem.
Never too late. Well for that plane it might be as it got crashed enough to where I had to let it go. I found it ended up being the torque from the motor causing it to roll fast left(with the torque) faster than the right. That and probably poor setup on my part as this was only about 6 months after I had started flying. This does kinda make me want to build another one now that it has been so long.
@@SasquatchPNW In my years of model flying experience, the problem you reported was due to one aileron traveling up/down more than the other - not symmetrical. All airplanes powered by a clockwise rotating propeller (as viewed from the pilot seat) will have a tendency to turn quicker to the left than the right due to motor torque & P-factor. This is especially true at high power settings like at takeoff.
Thanks for the video. I am in the process of building the Spitfire myself. I have to build a few servo leads from the tail servos to the front and should be good to go. Question for ya, I like having landing gear on my planes and see you do not. How many props have you damaged by belly landing?
Thanks TJ, I have broken maybe 3 props on my spitfire and have about 200 flights on it now. Have broken the plane in half once and gone nose in 5 or 6 times now, surprisingly tough and reliable. Also I switched to the NTM 2826 1350kv so I have the option of 4s and it is completely worth it.
Thanks, I used the 2826 turnigy 1400kv, any 3s 2200mah and an 8x4.5. Now I'm using the NTM 2826 1350kv with a 9x6 seems to be better. Also have a couple 4s 1300mah.
scott chapman Since I have a large spinner on the front, not really at all. I'm also finishing up two FT racers, with the speed of the 4s I had to strengthen the tail section. The elevator almost tore off mid flight.
nice video, thanks
can i ask what thickness foamboard is best? 3mm? 5mm? or something else?
thanks
From my experience, 5 mm is the all rounders, you can crash several landings and the plane is still flyable but it's not as heavy as 10mm. Bending is also a relatively easy with 5mm just make sure you know the technique.
Great vid just bought a spitfire from flite test cant wait to start building it
awesome flight! Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks Murphy!
hi
i just thought of another thing (ive never built a FT plane before). Does the battery and receiver and esc go in the power pod?
thanks
Only esc and motor goes to the power pod, you keep the batteries adaptive to your cg and your receiver to the hollowest point and as far from cable as possible.
I have everything but servos in my powerpods, but that's the neat thing about FT planes. You can set them up however you wish.
I feel your pain with the dihedral problem. different plane though. those snap rolls blow my mind! Also awesome inverted
great flying!
Probably to late to comment but have you checked the amount of aileron throw you have on each wing? It looks to me like you don't have them synchronized so the left and right wing ailerons travel up/down the same. I doubt that differential dihedral has much to do with your problem.
Never too late. Well for that plane it might be as it got crashed enough to where I had to let it go. I found it ended up being the torque from the motor causing it to roll fast left(with the torque) faster than the right. That and probably poor setup on my part as this was only about 6 months after I had started flying. This does kinda make me want to build another one now that it has been so long.
@@SasquatchPNW In my years of model flying experience, the problem you reported was due to one aileron traveling up/down more than the other - not symmetrical. All airplanes powered by a clockwise rotating propeller (as viewed from the pilot seat) will have a tendency to turn quicker to the left than the right due to motor torque & P-factor. This is especially true at high power settings like at takeoff.
great looking Spitfire! and nice video. Can i ask what size (Kv) motor and ESC have you installed in it?
Thanks
Been awhile since I had that plane, I believe I had the hobbyking 2826 1400kv motor in it on 3s
@@SasquatchPNW thanks
Awesome paintjob and nice flying!
Thank you, amazing what 3 dollars in spray paint can do. Also nice channel.
Nice Spitfire!
Thanks! but not as nice after 300 flights :)
tjrosenberry anything you can get 300 flights out of is beautiful in my book :-)
wilmracer Agreed, thus why it hangs on my wall with more glue and tape then foam holding it together lol.
I building my and almost ready to fly. Really struggling getting a 3S battery installed
I velcrod mine under the power pod.
@@SasquatchPNW I have. But the power cables hang out too much.
@@davidmcneill3809 Maybe try to spin the battery 180 and tuck the wires along the side.
Thanks for the video. I am in the process of building the Spitfire myself. I have to build a few servo leads from the tail servos to the front and should be good to go. Question for ya, I like having landing gear on my planes and see you do not. How many props have you damaged by belly landing?
Thanks TJ, I have broken maybe 3 props on my spitfire and have about 200 flights on it now. Have broken the plane in half once and gone nose in 5 or 6 times now, surprisingly tough and reliable. Also I switched to the NTM 2826 1350kv so I have the option of 4s and it is completely worth it.
what size is that spinner ?
what motor, battery, and prop you use awesome job on build and flying
Thanks, I used the 2826 turnigy 1400kv, any 3s 2200mah and an 8x4.5. Now I'm using the NTM 2826 1350kv with a 9x6 seems to be better. Also have a couple 4s 1300mah.
I run sunnysky 1400kv with 1300mah 4s works great, do you see big difference between 1300 and 2200, thank for returning message, great hobby
scott chapman Since I have a large spinner on the front, not really at all. I'm also finishing up two FT racers, with the speed of the 4s I had to strengthen the tail section. The elevator almost tore off mid flight.
Awesome, looking forward to more good rc video's, thank you
Nice. Which paint did you use?
Green and Grey generic spray paint for Wal-Mart, about 1.70 per can. Thank you.
What motor angle does it have please
The plans from Flitetest have the angle in the pattern. I honestly don't know how much it is, just follow the plans.
@@SasquatchPNW , that's intruiging? There was no angle on the plans I downloaded? 🤔
did you use 5g servo?
9g as thats what I had at the time. 5g would be better and lighter
Salve quanto pesa in grammi grazie
Odd. Looks like you have elevators mixed with ailerons...
Nope, I do through the sticks around really fast though so it may give it that appearance.