FMS Airfield Spitfire Complete Review with Retract Mod

[7jsm7]

While I was watching this I thought of a different idea for beefing up the landing gear a bit. If you put some popsicle sticks in instead of the plywood it would work equally well for spreading the impact out over a larger surface area. You could hide them inside of the foam and prevent the mod from showing up altogether. I don't know how it would do long term but I think I'll try it. If it works well I'll let you know.

[PARTYjohn69]

@7jsm7 Goodluck with that, the only problem I can forsee is that maybe on a hard landing the popsicle sticks would not be strong enough and break. When I finished and painted mine you can't even tell it's been done, especially not in the air. Still interested to know how yours turns out :)

[3801Catcher]

What ESC are you using, and would the stock motor be adequate for a 5S conversion? And what spinner were you using in this video?

[PARTYjohn69]

@3801Catcher I'm running an 80A esc but you can get away with a 60A. I don't know if the stock motor is 5S capable. The spinner I'm using is just one I picked up from my local hobby shop

[3801Catcher]

@PARTYjohn69 Alright, I will get a new motor while I'm at it

[poppopscarvinshop]

Great Review!

Thanks!

[WarbirdFan66]

hi, i saw your fms spitfire videos, great work, did the retract mod on my own one, works much better now.. and im going to do the free tailwhieel mod...i was thinking if you had any experience with flaps on the Spit aswell, how they work and stuff...anyway great video

[PARTYjohn69]

@WarbirdFan66 Yeah I ended up installing split flaps on mine but when deployed she just doesn't want to land, keeps floating until she stalls so I just don't use em.

[canadianmaple09]

You know it's gonna be a good review when he starts with "And I tell you what, am I excoiiiiiiiited!" Love the accent. Keep up the good work!

[just4playin1]

Another suggestion you might consider is not having music playing... It's more important to hear the aircraft or what your saying... But that's just me... Nice spitfire. I have the P-51 and it's awesome...

[PARTYjohn69]

@just4playin1 Yeah thanks, I was still trying to find the audio balance in my videos when I was making this one so I appreciate the feedback. I reckon I have it sorted now but still always a challenge as different music tracks are recorded at different levels....lol oh well, just gotta keep trying :p

[just4playin1]

@PARTYjohn69 I had to go into my video editing program settings and select auto leveling, that balanced out all the levels. But yeah the spitfire looks like a good plane, the only thing that bothers me about it is the lack of space for a retracting tail gear system, but other than that I think it's a nice plane & I might add it to my fall purchase list... :- D

[cripso123]

Cheers for the video mate, Just got one off internet

[Vbluguitar]

True that. I have enjoyed your 1400mm reviews immensely. Thank you!

[Vbluguitar]

You video is very helpful, but... you need to either talk louder or turn the live audio down a bit durning the flight section. I can only hear about 1/2 of what you are saying during that bit.

[PARTYjohn69]

@Vbluguitar Thanks for the feedback. Sometimes it can be hard to get the to get the balance of the audio correct because when it gets uploaded and youtube compresses/processes the video, sometimes the audio can go up or down from the original. I'll just have to keep experimenting until I get a good balance

[tlmarkmkj]

Great video mate and nice flying