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Your channel has a high quality type feel to it. The HD, the slow mo, the variety....Lets see some more of all of it! :) The VR is a nice new touch. Overall really nicely done mate. A+
Ah yes 4k is correct! I love the SLOW MOTION and lets see more VR! Have you done a video on your VR setup? That would be interesting to see exactly how you pull all that off. Seriously though.....thanks for the excellent quality videos / A+ production.
@@WhitneyHardingFPV Latest video is of VR racing session in Assetto Corsa. Soon I will show VR mission in an A-10 tank buster. I just need to learn how to run the weapon systems from within the cockpit. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
What is your battery placement with the 5000? Also I was given this plane and noticed though it’s 6S it doesn’t have a plug to support a 6S battery….just curious
A lovely take off and it really seems quite tame handling wise, but maybe those flaps don't slow it down for landing as much as I'd like and a stall on landing is a possibility if your not careful . But maybe all spit are like that .
I thought that was actually quite slow. It was in zero wind which is rare for our flying site and for the UK when we fly. Bear that in mind. It would slow down a lot more with 5mph+ wind. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
@@EssentialRC Oh no wind makes things a bit more challenging on landing . I saw a video of a maiden flight of this model from Robert Petrinčič and he stalled it and broke the prop, so I was interested to see how other bloggers got on with it, I guess that with draggy split flaps you need to keep the power on a bit on approach to avoid the stall and unpleasant bruises to this lovely scale foamie from Avios, your landing was fine though but I'd like to see other people land this spit in different conditions to see if there is an elevated stall tendency with this model in comparison to other spitfire's .
Eh yes, I did see that. Not great. you can't just cut power with full flap all the way to landing without being ready to add power. I did about 5 landings after that flight and didn't get close to stall on my final approach. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
What about adding some cool spitfire rc sound module inside? The question is... Does it fit?There is so little space.Do you guys think it would be possible
What a fantastic beast! Even though you flew it with a 5000 mAh 6S pack, it really seems to handle the extra weight with no issue at all... Do you think the battery bay can accommodate 2 x 2200 mAh 3S packs together?
great maiden ,what happened to the door looks like its missing , I ordered my spit after watching your unboxing , sadly when it arrived it has a massive list of defects i am still working my way through them so maiden for that weekend was postponed . I also noticed your flaps were not flush when it was sitting , i have the same problem looks like the rods are too long but if i shorten them i wont get full flaps i tested the flap servo on a tester and my servos are only quarter turn which i found strange so it will never get full flaps anway , Looks like i definitely got a duff model sad to say
I left the door at home. I'll have to look at the flaps but I don't think it matters too much if their not 100% flush. You'd only notice it close up. I did have to tinker with the length of the arms etc to get the best mechanical advantage but will look at it again. Your servo turning 90% sounds strange. You sure you have reset the model on your TX and started setting it up from scratch? Hope you get your issues resolved. It's a rewarding model to fly. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Can you get sound boxs for spitfire?? Like you can with big rig rc trucks? I think that would be epic with this to drown out the tiny motor wherr noise. Prop sounds nice tho
Yes. There are systems for that BUT they do add weight. I don't think it needs it personally. The looks in the air make up for the lack of Merlin sound. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Help - I need a replacement prop and they are out of stock, could also used a replacement tail wheel set and a spinner but they are also out of stock. Do you know of any other props that would work or where I can get some parts? I looked on ebay and amazon - no luck I searched on part numbers on google - no luck I acquired this plane used and have not flown it yet. The prop blades were badly bent - I've made some improvement but they still have some wobble.
If it was me and no stock I would go talk to my buddy George who runs 4-max.co.uk and ask him what he has that would work but it's very unlikely you'll find a 4 blade prop.
@@EssentialRC I am in the U.S. I would be happy with any replacement prop that would fit - the original 3 blade, a 4 blade or even a 2 blade - I have an e-flight P-51 1500mm model with a 4 blade prop- I have wondered if I could use it - along with the housing parts of course.
Best spitfire yet from HK, you also flown the Flightline spit...you notice any difference between the two ? which battery pack did you use, at what cg? and you make any adjustments in the transmitter or just following the manual?
6S5000 pack and balanced at the back of the blisters on bottom of the wing if I remember correctly. Well within the CG range. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
@@JohnVHRC I wasn't consciously avoiding it. Apologies. Difference? Difficult. Well the FL Spit is bigger. Was harder to get it down on our small patch. Overran the end of the patch a few times so more likely to damage it where we fly. They both fly really well though and look stunning in the air. Will ponder the question further.
Hi, firstly thanks for your videos. Just a quick question if you have have time. I have been flying for about 10 months since I retired and have progressed from a dynam Piper cub to an 1100mm durafly seafire via a dynam Waco and a durafly slowpoke. I have now flown the seafire off grass about 20 times and apart from a few nose overs on landings am getting quite confident with it. I recently bought an avios 1450 spitfire which I have now built. The cog and throws are as manual, but I am a bit worried that it is so heavy. I have not flown anything this size and weight before. As I have seen you flying both the durafly seafire and the avios spitfire I was curious as to whether the avios requires more skill to fly because of the extra weight or if I am worrying needlessly. I know that I have to gird my loins and try sometime. I use a wind correction gyro in all my planes for that bit of extra help, but would appreciate a word of advice from someone who has flown both. Thanks Andy in Northumberland.
The larger size will make it easier to fly if anything. Get height straight after take-off and trim it out over 2 circuits, 2 more circuits regular flight then try going to half and full flap to get used to that...but still at height so you can recover from stall if it happens. Keep your finger on the flap switch so you can take out the flap immediately if needed. Don't try and nail your first landing. You probably won't get the approach correct first time. Do it early in the flight to leave yourself enough battery for go around. You sound experienced enough. Just stick to a boring plan for maiden flight to maximise success. Good luck 👍
A decal. Was a bit rushed in the morning. I should have rubbed them down a lot more than I did. I make mistakes like this so you don't have to ;>) Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
A decal. Was a bit rushed in the morning. I should have rubbed them down a lot more than I did. I make mistakes like this so you don't have to ;>) Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
It is bigger so more difficult to land on our small flying strip as shown in the video but what they both share is being tail draggers so can nose over quite easily. Takes a lot of practice to land them in a scale way. And luck in my case. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
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Seems to fly nicely and looked great in the air!! Amazed how well it handled that grass field!
Moles do make a habit of wrecking that flying field. If it can survive that it can survive anything. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Watching your RC presentations and your pilot skill is a great pleasure.Appreciate it.
Beautiful Spitfire and and very well flown,,, great camera work too,
Looks amazing, especially when making slow rolls, like around 4:55
Typical Autumn 🥮 🍁UK flying weather. That dampness adds to the chill.🥴
Superb spitfire and beautifully flown
Wow! Thanks Daniel. I don't get complimented that much for my flying so thanks for that. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Superb didn’t have much luck with spitfires but this one is superb, always seemed to struggle a bit with cog.
Your channel has a high quality type feel to it. The HD, the slow mo, the variety....Lets see some more of all of it! :) The VR is a nice new touch. Overall really nicely done mate. A+
Thanks Whitney. 4K actually, not HD. And proper 4K at 60 frames per second. No other RC channel does this. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Ah yes 4k is correct! I love the SLOW MOTION and lets see more VR! Have you done a video on your VR setup? That would be interesting to see exactly how you pull all that off. Seriously though.....thanks for the excellent quality videos / A+ production.
@@WhitneyHardingFPV Latest video is of VR racing session in Assetto Corsa. Soon I will show VR mission in an A-10 tank buster. I just need to learn how to run the weapon systems from within the cockpit. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
@@EssentialRC Hey that's too cool! Ill definitely check it out....cheers :)
Nice video thanks Dom these foamies are getting pretty amazing now :)
They really are. They look good, fly well and are easy and quick to put together. What more could you want? Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Beautiful flight
Great looking model! I really like those oleo retracts!
They really do take the bumps out of landing! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Nicely flown, looks a decent model, I love flying spitfires ( RC only of course , I'm not THAT lucky! )
Is it my imagination or this really have amazing whispering sound when flying ( 05:25 ) ? (Excluded the electric engine sound)
It cuts through the air like a knife and makes that awesome sound. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Another Awesome Video as Always my Friend love it 😍
Full watch and Like 👍👊🤙✈️✈️
Thanks buddy. Thanks for the thumbs up! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
What is your battery placement with the 5000? Also I was given this plane and noticed though it’s 6S it doesn’t have a plug to support a 6S battery….just curious
Thank you for a great video. Awesome flying!!!!!
Thanks buddy. The plane does the flying really. Straight out of the box first flight. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Very nice.
A lovely take off and it really seems quite tame handling wise, but maybe those flaps don't slow it down for landing as much as I'd like and a stall on landing is a possibility if your not careful . But maybe all spit are like that .
I thought that was actually quite slow. It was in zero wind which is rare for our flying site and for the UK when we fly. Bear that in mind. It would slow down a lot more with 5mph+ wind. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
@@EssentialRC Oh no wind makes things a bit more challenging on landing . I saw a video of a maiden flight of this model from
Robert Petrinčič and he stalled it and broke the prop, so I was interested to see how other bloggers got on with it, I guess that with draggy split flaps you need to keep the power on a bit on approach to avoid the stall and unpleasant bruises to this lovely scale foamie from Avios, your landing was fine though but I'd like to see other people land this spit in different conditions to see if there is an elevated stall tendency with this model in comparison to other spitfire's .
Eh yes, I did see that. Not great. you can't just cut power with full flap all the way to landing without being ready to add power. I did about 5 landings after that flight and didn't get close to stall on my final approach. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
After reworking all the quality control issues, 15 hours later mine ready to go
Nice model nice flight. And by the way I believe it's pronounced Dee cal 🙂
Doesn't matter how many times I'm told that I always say deh-cal. Been in my brain for too long now I think! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
We won't quibble over a minor semantic . Great model great flight. I'm looking forward to the next video.🙂
awesome video man
Thanks Mark. Appreciate the feedback a lot! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
What about adding some cool spitfire rc sound module inside?
The question is... Does it fit?There is so little space.Do you guys think it would be possible
Looks awesome.
Thanks John. Appreciate the feedback! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
It is a starter tuber.
I want to fly later.☺👍
What a fantastic beast! Even though you flew it with a 5000 mAh 6S pack, it really seems to handle the extra weight with no issue at all... Do you think the battery bay can accommodate 2 x 2200 mAh 3S packs together?
Yes I suspect so but if you give me measurements I can check. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
great maiden ,what happened to the door looks like its missing , I ordered my spit after watching your unboxing , sadly when it arrived it has a massive list of defects i am still working my way through them so maiden for that weekend was postponed . I also noticed your flaps were not flush when it was sitting , i have the same problem looks like the rods are too long but if i shorten them i wont get full flaps i tested the flap servo on a tester and my servos are only quarter turn which i found strange so it will never get full flaps anway , Looks like i definitely got a duff model sad to say
I left the door at home. I'll have to look at the flaps but I don't think it matters too much if their not 100% flush. You'd only notice it close up. I did have to tinker with the length of the arms etc to get the best mechanical advantage but will look at it again. Your servo turning 90% sounds strange. You sure you have reset the model on your TX and started setting it up from scratch? Hope you get your issues resolved. It's a rewarding model to fly. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
yep i even unplugged the servo and tried them on a servo tester , yep i am still looking forward to flying it, just a bit of a bad start
Can you get sound boxs for spitfire?? Like you can with big rig rc trucks? I think that would be epic with this to drown out the tiny motor wherr noise. Prop sounds nice tho
Yes. There are systems for that BUT they do add weight. I don't think it needs it personally. The looks in the air make up for the lack of Merlin sound. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
That wasn’t you flying ! Flown so nice and scale 😉
Ha ha ha. You're right. It was my missus. She's an ace pilot when not holding the camcorder. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Help - I need a replacement prop and they are out of stock,
could also used a replacement tail wheel set
and a spinner but they are also out of stock.
Do you know of any other props that would work
or where I can get some parts?
I looked on ebay and amazon - no luck
I searched on part numbers on google - no luck
I acquired this plane used and have not flown it yet.
The prop blades were badly bent - I've made some improvement but they still have some wobble.
If it was me and no stock I would go talk to my buddy George who runs 4-max.co.uk and ask him what he has that would work but it's very unlikely you'll find a 4 blade prop.
@@EssentialRC I am in the U.S. I would be happy with any replacement prop that would fit - the original 3 blade, a 4 blade or even a 2 blade -
I have an e-flight P-51 1500mm model with a 4 blade prop- I have wondered if I could use it - along with the housing parts of course.
Great plane did you find the port side radiator that came off at 309 seconds 😂
Best spitfire yet from HK, you also flown the Flightline spit...you notice any difference between the two ? which battery pack did you use, at what cg? and you make any adjustments in the transmitter or just following the manual?
6S5000 pack and balanced at the back of the blisters on bottom of the wing if I remember correctly. Well within the CG range. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
@@JohnVHRC I wasn't consciously avoiding it. Apologies. Difference? Difficult. Well the FL Spit is bigger. Was harder to get it down on our small patch. Overran the end of the patch a few times so more likely to damage it where we fly. They both fly really well though and look stunning in the air. Will ponder the question further.
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Hi, firstly thanks for your videos. Just a quick question if you have have time. I have been flying for about 10 months since I retired and have progressed from a dynam Piper cub to an 1100mm durafly seafire via a dynam Waco and a durafly slowpoke. I have now flown the seafire off grass about 20 times and apart from a few nose overs on landings am getting quite confident with it. I recently bought an avios 1450 spitfire which I have now built. The cog and throws are as manual, but I am a bit worried that it is so heavy. I have not flown anything this size and weight before. As I have seen you flying both the durafly seafire and the avios spitfire I was curious as to whether the avios requires more skill to fly because of the extra weight or if I am worrying needlessly. I know that I have to gird my loins and try sometime. I use a wind correction gyro in all my planes for that bit of extra help, but would appreciate a word of advice from someone who has flown both. Thanks Andy in Northumberland.
The larger size will make it easier to fly if anything. Get height straight after take-off and trim it out over 2 circuits, 2 more circuits regular flight then try going to half and full flap to get used to that...but still at height so you can recover from stall if it happens. Keep your finger on the flap switch so you can take out the flap immediately if needed. Don't try and nail your first landing. You probably won't get the approach correct first time. Do it early in the flight to leave yourself enough battery for go around. You sound experienced enough. Just stick to a boring plan for maiden flight to maximise success. Good luck 👍
@@EssentialRC thanks for the advice...... I will give it a try soon as the weather changes .
@@EssentialRC thanks again, maiden flight this morning, went like a dream:-)
What fell off at 3:08 mark?
A decal. Was a bit rushed in the morning. I should have rubbed them down a lot more than I did. I make mistakes like this so you don't have to ;>) Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
It was a decal.
Looked a windy day and a rough field not ideal conditions. What fell off?
A decal. Was a bit rushed in the morning. I should have rubbed them down a lot more than I did. I make mistakes like this so you don't have to ;>) Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
How does it compare to the Flightline spitfire? They both have near identical specs. I’m really torn here.
Avios has more scale detail, light system and is ready for FPV. The Flightline is slightly larger. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Thanks Dom. I’m concerned that landing length is considerably more for the Flightline too.
It is bigger so more difficult to land on our small flying strip as shown in the video but what they both share is being tail draggers so can nose over quite easily. Takes a lot of practice to land them in a scale way. And luck in my case. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
Out of stock here in Australia already
No doubt will be back in stock soon though. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)
@@EssentialRC Hopefully but knowing hobby king it will be months
@@gavinwilkins5466 Hobbyking Aus forget it.
Do you think it could run on a 4000/5000mah 4s?
No. 6S only. You won't get the power on 4S. Buy a 2S pack of same capacity and C rating and serial together for 6S. Cheers Dom (Essential RC).
Ok thanks
I think your field needs a bit of work. A rolling maybe ?
We very very rarely fly there now for that exact reason.
What flew off at 3:07?
A decal 🙄 They need ironing down
It's "DEEcals."
Does it matter Linda? Does it? 🙄