Cool, can't wait to put the maiden on mine, maybe this weekend, weathers warming, been a very cold March. I did the upgrade with the Master Airscrew props.
Very nice bird you have there Robert. I was watching this baby for three years and today I finally got one. Oh yeah... Nice video and flying. Cheers from Slovenia, Robert
Robert petrinčič It is still my favorite to fly when I want to just have a relaxing scale flight. I did chage the props like I did on my Memphis Belle for more speed and longer flight
Everybody is talking about changing the props. Does this baby fly with original one? Because Iam having trouble getting the one from FMS B25 in my country. And I will use 3S 6000mAh baterrie. Cheers, Robert
Dickson Hoffman Amazon has a few parts not many but General hobby still sells this version as a complete kit not parts unfortunately the parts are hard to find however HobbyKing has the version 2 and I think most of the body parts are the same or will work
Where did you balance your B-17 before the maiden flight? Manual gives conflicting information.. I calculated about 4.5" from the leading edge at the root. What's your advise?
Bill Krummel I balance mine at about 15 and a half inches from the tip of the plastic nose cone which is 4.5 inches from the Leading Edge of the wing seems to fly great at that point
Bill Krummel this is link to a video of my Memphis Belle that I got a couple years ago and it balances great in the same spot. ruclips.net/video/zmX8oxnBnKE/видео.html
Bill Krummel on this Maiden I had it at 16 inches from the nose or 5 inches from the wings Leading Edge and it made it a little bit tail heavy not severely but a little heavy. I was trying to help with the nose overs on Landings in the grass
Robert, don't know if I sent my reply, got distracted by the wife. Since I'm flying off of closely cropped grass or asphalt, I'll go with the 15" from the front of the plastic nose cone to the CG. I just didn't want to get off the ground with a tail heavy airplane, you know what a bear that can be. Thanks for the info and happy flying.
Cool, can't wait to put the maiden on mine, maybe this weekend, weathers warming, been a very cold March. I did the upgrade with the Master Airscrew props.
Very nice bird you have there Robert. I was watching this baby for three years and today I finally got one. Oh yeah... Nice video and flying. Cheers from Slovenia, Robert
Robert petrinčič It is still my favorite to fly when I want to just have a relaxing scale flight. I did chage the props like I did on my Memphis Belle for more speed and longer flight
Everybody is talking about changing the props. Does this baby fly with original one? Because Iam having trouble getting the one from FMS B25 in my country. And I will use 3S 6000mAh baterrie. Cheers, Robert
Robert petrinčič you should be able to get the master airscrew props from HobbyKing that's what I'm using and they work great
where can i buy this kit. I have the green version but cant find parts.??
Dickson Hoffman Amazon has a few parts not many but General hobby still sells this version as a complete kit not parts unfortunately the parts are hard to find however HobbyKing has the version 2 and I think most of the body parts are the same or will work
Where did you balance your B-17 before the maiden flight? Manual gives conflicting information.. I calculated about 4.5" from the leading edge at the root. What's your advise?
Bill Krummel I balance mine at about 15 and a half inches from the tip of the plastic nose cone which is 4.5 inches from the Leading Edge of the wing seems to fly great at that point
Bill Krummel this is link to a video of my Memphis Belle that I got a couple years ago and it balances great in the same spot. ruclips.net/video/zmX8oxnBnKE/видео.html
Bill Krummel on this Maiden I had it at 16 inches from the nose or 5 inches from the wings Leading Edge and it made it a little bit tail heavy not severely but a little heavy. I was trying to help with the nose overs on Landings in the grass
Robert, don't know if I sent my reply, got distracted by the wife. Since I'm flying off of closely cropped grass or asphalt, I'll go with the 15" from the front of the plastic nose cone to the CG. I just didn't want to get off the ground with a tail heavy airplane, you know what a bear that can be. Thanks for the info and happy flying.
Ummmm, didn't your plane come with 2 shorty aluminum spars????????
No