I installed an Exceed RC 379 motor 1080 KV and an 9 X 6 prop and followed the manual's CG. The heavier motor with metal spinner made it slightly nose heavy but it flew great. I didn't notice any tip stalls until almost floaty speeds! It can fly slow or fast, very stable. Perhaps it's heavier and flies better. The wing loadng is surpringly light and for a plane its size, it gives a light feeling like its family of GWS trainer,
hello rcalldaylong, i have bild mine, and made the maiden flight today, cog was perfect, didnt eaven had to trim it, almost tip stall it, this boy dont like slow speed wend turning, i just wish it was made of a stronger material, but i am very happy, i am using a turnigy 25 AMP ESC, HXT 2835 (380S) 2200kv Brushless Inrunner, turnigy 1300mah 20-30C,hxt900 servo , propeller graupner 6,6-3" , i flow for about 5 min.
@mksubaru congrats! Yes. this plane tip stalls easily on slow turns. After I got the cg right on mine, it did fly pretty good. I have to disagree on the material...it's strong and repairs well (LOL...crashed half of dozen times and fixed with glue gun). Sadly, I lost this plane a couple weeks ago..not due to the plane, but pilot error. I flew into the sun and came out...lost orientation and it went down hard. result was about a dozen pieces.
@rcAllDayLong sorry to hear that you crash, wend i ment stronger material, e wanted to say wich they were foam like my multiplex planes, i dont realy know but they seam stronger... maybe i am wrong. nest year lolol i am gona get the spitfire :) this war bird are so cool to fly, and triky too.
@mksubaru Oh I understand. The foam you are talking about is most likely EPP foam. It's more or less more durable and aka unbreakable foam. But on a warbird I prefer the hard foam- flies faster, less drag, more precision. BTW - the Spitfire is easy to fly, nothing like the ME-109. You'll notice on a Spit, you've got a huge wing area, so wing loading is low. With that, gliding is easy, landing is easy, and best of all lower stall speed. :)
@rcAllDayLong thanks for thetips :) by the way, what king of paint did you use in your ME109 ? mine already was factory painted gray, but i want to paint the yellow nose, ruder and the end of the wings, i tryed to aply water base ink, but it didnt worked :( , i evan tryed spray ink but add to kleen it right away because it was eating my bird lololol stupid me.... thanks for all the tips, cant wait to get my ands on the spit, waht do you think about the mustang?
@mksubaru Yes...don't use straight paint on these guys- it will eat right through it. I used 2 coats of Minwax polycrylic clear coat on the foam first. The clear coat dries to a hard finish and protects the foam from paint and simple scratches. The vid shows how a can of it. minwax polycrylic can be found at home depot, lowes...etc..or do a google search for it.
never flown the mustang, but by the look of the wings, I think it's gonna fly like the ME-109.
@mksubaru easy is relative to what skills/background you have on building. To me it was fairly straightforward, but I did build a couple before this one. The most important thing building is making sure your surfaces are true and straight. i.e make sure your elevator and stabilizer is even and in par with your wings. After building, the most important step is center of gravity (cog). You never want to fly a tail heavy plane. From there, it's the nerve wreaking maiden flight you have to get past
ive just flew 1 of these today ....it took off and the back wing had flown off it tilted violently to the left and hit the floor ..now my engine bay has broke apart and my propellor shaft snapped.......this was a gws made plane i highly not recommend these foam planes they are useless.....
@bigs31uk I'm sorry, but I would have to disagree with that. GWS planes are one of the better foamies out there. How did the back wing fall off? It's mounted by a single screw on the back, but it would take a lot of force for it to come off. When flying, the force is pushing on the wing so no pressure on the screw- it's only when flying inverted, but I doubt that's what happened.
Anyways, GWS planes mold well, takes good paint and looks good, but best of all flies well.
This ME-109 has quickly become one of my favorite planes. I corrected the stall problem- CG was a tad tail heavy and when throttle came off, plane would pitch up causing a stall. Once I moved the battery more forward and got the CG right, it flew really well. The sleek airframe and wing design allows this plane to fly very fast. I went from 1000 mah to 1300 mah, so get a higher wing loading...more speed. On a 7x6, this thing screams...loops, rolls, dive bombs. No wonder the Russians kicked butt
nice video....spackle works well to patch up knicks in the foam? never heard that trick before.... have you found a way to make the foam more knick resistant? Anyways Great vid!
thanks. if you try it, make sure you get the light spackle. If you pick up the can and it feels empty, that's the one. Yep, Spackle fills up any scratches, holes, etc...then you simply sand it down real light with 220 grid and paint- can't even tell there was a scratch there. As for the knicks, the Polycrylic finish certainly helps, depending on how many coats you put on...
hi there maybe you got it a bit heavy . i have the same plane and i find it great to fly. i just put mine on a scale and im 12oz without my battery but with all electronice and motor and im 15oz flying weight with battery
I totally agree. I've since replaced the 9 gram servos with smaller ones, and also replaced the motor mount and saved about 18 grams- that did make the plane fly with less tendency to tip stall. I've got the take offs down but the landing is another thing. I guess it makes it interesting every time you land!
I installed an Exceed RC 379 motor 1080 KV and an 9 X 6 prop and followed the manual's CG. The heavier motor with metal spinner made it slightly nose heavy but it flew great. I didn't notice any tip stalls until almost floaty speeds! It can fly slow or fast, very stable. Perhaps it's heavier and flies better. The wing loadng is surpringly light and for a plane its size, it gives a light feeling like its family of GWS trainer,
theleabres 8 months ago
Mine is on the way. Thanks for the video. Nice paint job and build.
theleabres 1 year ago
@theleabres thanks. this plane is pretty sweet to fly...a bit touchy though. if you vid the maiden, send me a link. good luck.
rcAllDayLong 1 year ago
hello rcalldaylong, i have bild mine, and made the maiden flight today, cog was perfect, didnt eaven had to trim it, almost tip stall it, this boy dont like slow speed wend turning, i just wish it was made of a stronger material, but i am very happy, i am using a turnigy 25 AMP ESC, HXT 2835 (380S) 2200kv Brushless Inrunner, turnigy 1300mah 20-30C,hxt900 servo , propeller graupner 6,6-3" , i flow for about 5 min.
mksubaru 1 year ago
@mksubaru congrats! Yes. this plane tip stalls easily on slow turns. After I got the cg right on mine, it did fly pretty good. I have to disagree on the material...it's strong and repairs well (LOL...crashed half of dozen times and fixed with glue gun). Sadly, I lost this plane a couple weeks ago..not due to the plane, but pilot error. I flew into the sun and came out...lost orientation and it went down hard. result was about a dozen pieces.
rcAllDayLong 1 year ago
@rcAllDayLong sorry to hear that you crash, wend i ment stronger material, e wanted to say wich they were foam like my multiplex planes, i dont realy know but they seam stronger... maybe i am wrong. nest year lolol i am gona get the spitfire :) this war bird are so cool to fly, and triky too.
mksubaru 1 year ago
@mksubaru Oh I understand. The foam you are talking about is most likely EPP foam. It's more or less more durable and aka unbreakable foam. But on a warbird I prefer the hard foam- flies faster, less drag, more precision. BTW - the Spitfire is easy to fly, nothing like the ME-109. You'll notice on a Spit, you've got a huge wing area, so wing loading is low. With that, gliding is easy, landing is easy, and best of all lower stall speed. :)
rcAllDayLong 1 year ago
@rcAllDayLong thanks for thetips :) by the way, what king of paint did you use in your ME109 ? mine already was factory painted gray, but i want to paint the yellow nose, ruder and the end of the wings, i tryed to aply water base ink, but it didnt worked :( , i evan tryed spray ink but add to kleen it right away because it was eating my bird lololol stupid me.... thanks for all the tips, cant wait to get my ands on the spit, waht do you think about the mustang?
mksubaru 1 year ago
@mksubaru Yes...don't use straight paint on these guys- it will eat right through it. I used 2 coats of Minwax polycrylic clear coat on the foam first. The clear coat dries to a hard finish and protects the foam from paint and simple scratches. The vid shows how a can of it. minwax polycrylic can be found at home depot, lowes...etc..or do a google search for it.
never flown the mustang, but by the look of the wings, I think it's gonna fly like the ME-109.
rcAllDayLong 1 year ago
i just got one from ebay, didnt realize i have to cut and bild, was it easy to do? thanks
mksubaru 1 year ago
@mksubaru easy is relative to what skills/background you have on building. To me it was fairly straightforward, but I did build a couple before this one. The most important thing building is making sure your surfaces are true and straight. i.e make sure your elevator and stabilizer is even and in par with your wings. After building, the most important step is center of gravity (cog). You never want to fly a tail heavy plane. From there, it's the nerve wreaking maiden flight you have to get past
rcAllDayLong 1 year ago
ive just flew 1 of these today ....it took off and the back wing had flown off it tilted violently to the left and hit the floor ..now my engine bay has broke apart and my propellor shaft snapped.......this was a gws made plane i highly not recommend these foam planes they are useless.....
bigs31uk 1 year ago
@bigs31uk I'm sorry, but I would have to disagree with that. GWS planes are one of the better foamies out there. How did the back wing fall off? It's mounted by a single screw on the back, but it would take a lot of force for it to come off. When flying, the force is pushing on the wing so no pressure on the screw- it's only when flying inverted, but I doubt that's what happened.
Anyways, GWS planes mold well, takes good paint and looks good, but best of all flies well.
rcAllDayLong 1 year ago
Hey thanks for the great video and the tip for the motor mount.
CQBWarfighter 2 years ago
This ME-109 has quickly become one of my favorite planes. I corrected the stall problem- CG was a tad tail heavy and when throttle came off, plane would pitch up causing a stall. Once I moved the battery more forward and got the CG right, it flew really well. The sleek airframe and wing design allows this plane to fly very fast. I went from 1000 mah to 1300 mah, so get a higher wing loading...more speed. On a 7x6, this thing screams...loops, rolls, dive bombs. No wonder the Russians kicked butt
rcAllDayLong 3 years ago
"no wonder the russians kicked butt"...What? Am I missing something here, the me-109 was a german plane.
HomeBrewed42 3 years ago
Opppppsss...I know my planes, i just don't know who made it...Thanks for the correction.
rcAllDayLong 3 years ago
nice video....spackle works well to patch up knicks in the foam? never heard that trick before.... have you found a way to make the foam more knick resistant? Anyways Great vid!
oregonpoop 3 years ago
thanks. if you try it, make sure you get the light spackle. If you pick up the can and it feels empty, that's the one. Yep, Spackle fills up any scratches, holes, etc...then you simply sand it down real light with 220 grid and paint- can't even tell there was a scratch there. As for the knicks, the Polycrylic finish certainly helps, depending on how many coats you put on...
rcAllDayLong 3 years ago
hi there maybe you got it a bit heavy . i have the same plane and i find it great to fly. i just put mine on a scale and im 12oz without my battery but with all electronice and motor and im 15oz flying weight with battery
randyneighbour 3 years ago
I totally agree. I've since replaced the 9 gram servos with smaller ones, and also replaced the motor mount and saved about 18 grams- that did make the plane fly with less tendency to tip stall. I've got the take offs down but the landing is another thing. I guess it makes it interesting every time you land!
rcAllDayLong 3 years ago