brushless GWS ME-109 Build and Maiden

Build from white foam to nice and shiny and maiden flight of the GWS german ME-109. TP 2408-21 w/18 amp esc on a 8x4.3 gws prop, zippy 1000 3s, 3 hex 5 gram servo. From my limited 5 flights so far, this plane has a nasty tip stall- the thing won't fly without any motor power. stall occurs at about 8 mph...taking off and landing becomes a challenge. You must take off on full power, and land with some power, otherwise tip stall happens. NOT recommended for beginners...

update- I took out the heavy motor mount and put in a smaller one, changed out the 9 gram servo and put in 5 gram ones- saved about 18grams. Also, put a 7x6 prop on this thing and it absolutely flies like a rocket. I love it, but because of stall issues, I just can't land it right yet.

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[theleabres]

Mine is on the way. Thanks for the video. Nice paint job and build.

[rcAllDayLong]

@theleabres thanks. this plane is pretty sweet to fly...a bit touchy though. if you vid the maiden, send me a link. good luck.

[theleabres]

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,

[rcAllDayLong]

@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]

@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?

[rcAllDayLong]

@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. :)

[mksubaru]

@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.

[rcAllDayLong]

@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.

[mksubaru]

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.

[rcAllDayLong]

@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