New fighter

[javelina1]

with the approval from the High Command, (Wifey), I've added a new bird into my ever growing R/C Fleet. Anxious to fly her, but couldn't this weekend. A lot of rain and weather here in Arizona, (yep, AZ). Maybe this coming weekend! :thumbup:

 

The P-40 is one of my all time favorites, (just right behind the F-4U).

 

These little micro flyers are awesome. Easy to take anywhere, and can hold up quite well. But you can only fly them in 5MPH or less winds. Though I've taken them out in 10MPH, but you've got your hands full.

[Kybosh]

That does look like some fun. I might get one!

[javelina1]

The micro F-4U is a handful to fly. but I love all of my R/C birds:

 

Micro's: F-4U, Champ, T-28, P-40

 

Parkflyer's: S.E.5a, F-4U, BF-109E, T-28, F4F

[Raven68]

The micro F-4U is a handful to fly. but I love all of my R/C birds:

 

Micro's: F-4U, Champ, T-28, P-40

 

Parkflyer's: S.E.5a, F-4U, BF-109E, T-28, F4F

 

Really nice Javelina!! ou need to post some videos when you get a chance to fly her.

[javelina1]

Really nice Javelina!! ou need to post some videos when you get a chance to fly her.

 

Good idea there buddy! I'll have my Son make a vid, while I take her out on the maiden flight. :thumbup:

[Vekkinho]

Where do U buy Microflyers from and are they RTF?

 

I ask because I inherited my father's Precedent Hi Boy (he built it back in 1981 and flew it actively up to 1991). Pictured here:

 

 

 

 

As you can see it has circular airfoil wing so requires a lot of speed so it's Max O.S. 6cc engine revs up to 10.000RPM:

 

 

I moved outta my parents house back in 1999 and I took it along, I hated seeing it sitting in garage. So I changed by then fishy servos and dead batteries and started flying it in 2000. Crashed it once in 2005 thanks to signal interference from a nearby telecom tower. However no big deal as I managed to hard land it without major damages, IIRC rear wheel struts fell off and tail rudder was pried off, something I repaired by next weekend so it flies again.

 

In the mean time I got another one, Taxi III pictured here:

 

 

Has a more powerful but heavier Max O.S. 7,5cc engine so I had to reposition fuel tank, in fact I introduced a larger one that shifts the CoG back where I want it which is inch and a half in front of it's main wheels. However this engine, as time told is a pain in the ass, it's not quality built like older (I mean '70s) Max O.S. engines.

 

 

 

 

Some say she's similar to Hi boy but in fact she's quite different as it's a Clark Y airfoil and few inches wider wings so she's much more maneuverable at lower speeds and doesn't stall when flying slow, I mean really slow and low with lowered flaps, just check that AoA:

 

 

Next time I'll post a Cobra video...

Edited March 3, 2014 by Vekkinho

[javelina1]

Very nice! I used to fly Fuel R/C as well. But have long ago switched over to the electrics.

 

Check out Horizon Hobby, for some of the typical Electric R/C.

 

Also, a great forum here. Anything & everything R/C, including vendor reviews, etc...

 

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/index.php

 

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