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Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
12-23-2010, 04:00 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: TF 1/5 Scale P-51 ARF Assembly (1ST MISHAP!!!)

Wow! amazing. Been gone a while and just checked back to see my 2003 thread is still running with 100 pages of comments. Simply incredible. Below is the link to my original User Review written way...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
12-10-2009, 01:04 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: TF 1/5 Scale P-51 ARF Assembly (1ST MISHAP!!!)

Amazing, my thread has been running for 6 years [X(]. I had sold this plane years ago; but now I'm getting the urge again. I had a lot of problems with durability in the gear mount area on this...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
11-17-2006, 06:27 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: TF 1/5 Scale P-51 ARF Assembly (1ST MISHAP!!!)

My comment about "off-topic" did not refer to your specific post. I think fancman may have just over-reacted a bit. I know it drives me nuts when I'm trying to read a thread about subject X , and...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
11-17-2006, 04:31 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: TF 1/5 Scale P-51 ARF Assembly (1ST MISHAP!!!)

Speedy, I read your PM and apprecite.

Lets be nice guys. I think we are all guilty of "adding" off topic things to threads at one time or another. when I started this thing, what seems like...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-11-2006, 08:58 AM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: TF 1/5 Scale P-51 ARF Assembly (1ST MISHAP!!!)

Wow, I haven't looked at this thread I started ever so long ago, in ages. It has blossomed into a monster. It's been so long I can't edit post #1 with the link to my original User Review. Here is...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
02-06-2004, 10:37 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: RE: nice picture

Jesh! Who cares. I said "as close to scale..."; not FULL SCALE. We all know it was only the very early models that had a three blade prop; but none of them flew on a two blade. And a three blade...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
02-06-2004, 01:48 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: RE: nice picture

TLH has probably hit on the answer. I wanted to be as close to scale as I could and still maintain excellent performance. That's why the DA50. I get "full" performance and "looks" out of the three...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
02-04-2004, 10:55 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: RE: nice picture

Not trying to start a fight, but I do not agree. My P-51 weighs 20.5 pounds.[:o] Granted, it has a lot of extras. But it would not fly well at all with anything less than the 50. If you like big...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
02-04-2004, 06:04 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: RE: nice picture

If you haven't purchased it yet, do yourself a favor and get the ZDZ50 or DA50.

Steve
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
02-03-2004, 09:37 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: RE: nice picture

It's also very expensive.

Flyinrain: it depends on what you want. You really can't see any of the cockpit detail unless you really look. Most of it sits down to far to notice. You can fix up...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
02-03-2004, 09:51 AM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: RE: nice picture

You're welcome. Best deal out there. All the others are rip-offs. I got my bird out of repair and the new reinforced landing gear seem to be holding up great. Missed the runway the other day and...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-29-2004, 09:55 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: RE: nice picture

Gary, am I correct that you did not use the stock gear doors? If so, whose are they or did you make them. Thanks for the door attachment pic (worth a thousands words as they say).
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-29-2004, 11:24 AM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: nice picture

Gunny, somewhere up in the front of this post I have whose wheels those are. they are near perfect scale an 50% the cost of everybodies elses wheel. I think the company is Aerotech, I forgot and...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-28-2004, 09:49 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: RE: nice picture

Gary, whose retracts are you using in that plane? Also, could you say how/whose brackets you used to hold the gear doors. thanks.

Steve
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-09-2004, 03:45 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: First Mishap

Terry, I agree with you if you have the Robart gear. I think if I was doing the TF ARF over again I would use the Robarts for the specific reason that the gear box was designed specifically for...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-08-2004, 10:29 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: First Mishap

The first picture is of the doublers we put on the wing ribs. The second picture is of the hardwood plate that will top the whole thing.
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-07-2004, 10:55 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: Questions about the P-51 ARF

James, go over to the User Product Review Forum and read my complete review. I may be biased, but I think mine has many more tips than the RCU review, but you should read both and then decide how to...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-07-2004, 05:31 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: Long Term Update

They are not as strong as they appear. I am going to take some pics of the repair tonight. Basically what I am doing is cuttng the sheeting back to expose the back side of the wing ribs that...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-06-2004, 08:43 AM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

Long Term Update

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I have been flying the P-51 for a while now. the DA50 is breaking in nicely and purring like a kitten.

I...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
12-09-2003, 10:41 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: First Mishap

Boy, did I add a great touch today. I put a bunch of those stick-on bullet holes on her I got off Ebay. The small ones. It looks awesome. I'll try to get a picture this weekend. It was just the...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
11-30-2003, 08:06 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: First Mishap

I made several more flights on the repaired gear Saturday and Sunday. It appears to be holding up just fine, had no problems. That is a big relief.

Another note on some trim issues. I have...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
11-29-2003, 10:45 AM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: First Mishap

I finished a quickie covering job this morning so I can see if the repair holds. In retrospect I think I commited a cardinal warbird sin and quit flying down to touch down. I got to slow at the...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
11-28-2003, 11:53 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: First Mishap

I don't think nylon screws would hold it at all. There is another factor. The way the gear and mounting box is designed there is no way you can have the gear come loose without major structural...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
11-28-2003, 03:17 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

First Mishap

Well, had my first mishap today. Stupid me tried to save a bad approach and I bounced her. On the second touchdown the left main gear just folded right up. Depending on your point of view the...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
11-24-2003, 03:06 PM
Replies: 4,089
Views: 800,752
Posted By splais

RE: TF 1/5 Scale P-51 ARF Assembly Thread

Hey, Gary, pretty smart. Build the others guys first, work out all the bugs, then do yours. :D PS: You haven't answered my PM yet.

Steve

Pettit, love that low angle shot. going to have...
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