F4F Wildcat 'FLYING' - Peanut scale

This is as close to flying as I got with this particular model, mainly because the tail was just too heavy, neccessitating a lot of nose weight. The wings were loose fitted so they came off in crashes, but on the last flight they snapped, and I moved on to another project - not a second too soon ;)

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[MrDragonslayer81]

is it possible to have it rubbered powered

[GerbilEssences]

@MrDragonslayer81 It was rubber powered, but very tail heavy so it didn't fly :P

[MissileMist]

Many folks come back to this from R/C. We'll keep a candle in the window for you.

[GerbilEssences]

@MissileMist Hehe.

[MissileMist]

Great video of your efforts. You might want to join the Flying Aces Club. Its a group of folks who promote the hobby of free flight, rubber band powered scale models included. With a little more knowledge your Wildcat will he able to take on the best of them. Keep at it.

[GerbilEssences]

@MissileMist Thanks, I have since moved on to RC. The wilcat was inherantly tail heavy and suffered greatly when noseweight was added to correct this, I was young and foolish ;)

[mh53eflyguy]

Beautiful build and nice job. From my experience, most scale peanut scale models do not fly well, but I have more fun building them than larger ones. Ignore the negative comments and ratings, this is great!

[MrDragonslayer81]

aww man that sucks oh well when u getting a new plane?

[f4udhorn]

R/C is the easy way out of flight "trimming"

[GerbilEssences]

@OldFalcon2 Thanks. Looking back I realise how obviously tail heavy this plane was, despite the tonnes of blue tack on the front end ;)

You live and learn.

Oh and yes I had very little understanding of props and sanded off the nice corkscrew thing that allows the prop to freewheel DOH!