FMS Airfield P-51 Maiden RC (modified)

After countless hours modifying this plane I finally got to maiden her. First tried her on 4S and flew brilliant and then on 3S(underpowered) however the video shows it the other way around. All my mods can be found on my blog with pics and video at RC Groups http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=282085
This plane flies wonderful and I recommend it if you're looking for a large size foam warbird.
List of mods:
Motor Turnigy SK 50-55 580kv http://hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store..._580Kv_/_1580w
2 x 17g(BMS-380MAX Micro Servo)metal gear servos for main gear retracts
2 x 14g(Hextronik MG-14)metal gear servos for rear retract and elevator
5 x HXT900 9g servos for ailerons, rudder and flaps
Turnigy 3 Channel Servo Speed/Direction Regulator
Hextronic 80A ESC
5-7.5A switched UBEC
2 x Quanam bomb release modules

Installed retracts
Shortened the tailwheel to help it sit lower and help against nose overs
Made the tailwheel retractable and steerable
Installed flaps along the original line where it should be
Increased forward rake on the main gear to help against nose overs
Re-inforced the main gear to spread load on landings
Weathered gun trails on the wings
Painted the pilot
Put both UHF and VHF scale looking antennas
Added another 6mm square CF rod into the servo wing channel for added strength
Installed 2 working bomb modules on wing

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!

JBC

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[vmhorne]

Excellent work man! Mine is about a week away from maiden. Raking retracts and upgraded to the E-flite 60A ESC/BEC but i also run a 1400mah 2S Lipo for backup power for servos. I am planning to run 3600 packs so I will have to see that the the flight times are. Can't wait to get her up!

[PARTYjohn69]

@vmhorne you're gonna love her, a real sweet flier and raking the gear will definitely help against nose overs. Should get decent flight time with that battery too, all the best with the maiden.

[inkedskin123]

bought one with fixed retracts,took about 1/2 hour to make them working retracts ,took about 5min to trim it out fly on a 4cell 3200mah 20c 4 blade prop loads of power flies for around 12 min ,but i did change the esc and rewired my own ubec in case the esc went down so still have power to servos,the stock ones are crap also put an extra elevator servo in in case one fails but the plane itself flies superb

[PARTYjohn69]

@inkedskin123 Hoooly moly, 12mins on a 3200! wow

Definitely good idea on a separate BEC on a bird this size, I have one on all my FMS birds and between this one, the Spitfire and the Corsair, the Mustang flies nicest :)

[jakecedolia13]

haha, wow looks like first time pilot. Well done with the editing and the music, I like that, but absolutely awful camera work. Nice plane, though. Why did you have to make all these mods, though? Is it unsafe to fly without them?? How much do you now have invested in the plane? Where did you originally get it? oh yeah, and are the bombs re-usable?

[PARTYjohn69]

@jakecedolia13 Got the plane from Aerialhobby and the bombs are kinda re-usable, depends if it hits a soft patch or not. The plane flies fine stock, I bought an early version which had problems but the new ones are fine :)

[antonov661]

i like this model,can fly slowly n fast...enjoy..

[inthetubedeep]

Ohh just saw your batt info, nice-- I was planning on using the same--Turnigy 4s 3000 or 3600mAh. Will try the maiden tomorrow on the beach tides permitting.

[heberorozco]

holy shit, 2.8kg! for that foamie!

[mayi420uplease]

well, parkzone is comming out with a new version of the Sukhoi that's suppose to be pretty cool! also check out the 4-Site.