Hangar 9 Spitfire ARF, the XJet RC plane of the week

This Hangar 9 Spitfire has an OS91 4-stroke engine.

In this video you will notice that the engine begins to run very rich part-way through the flight, making for an unplanned landing. The exceptionally forgiving slow-speed handling of the model is well demonstrated by the fact that it doesn't drop a wing even when almost stalled.

This particular H9 Spitfire belongs to Jeff and he says it's a very nice plane.

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Sports

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• RC plane
• model airplanes
• Hangar 9
• Spitfire
• radio control
• remote controlled
• OS engine

[whitesparkelectrics]

"It didn't seem to drop a wing on its extended flare"..and the pilot confirms it....LOL.. sorry guys you must have been watching a different hangar 9 Spit on landing. Its right tip drops first and comes within a milimeter from the ground and then the left wing tip does the same...

[whitesparkelectrics]

Above quote:-"The exceptionally forgiving slow-speed handling of the model is well demonstrated by the fact that it doesn't drop a wing even when almost stalled".I must be watching a different video because this plane in this video like mine wants to stall and drop its wing tip very easily ,they do not want to glide, they want to fall out of the sky at slow speed, so my advice, keep the speed up, keep the nose down if your not using split flaps and land at speed ,at least quarter throttle.

[whitesparkelectrics]

Also as mentioned in this video the stock undercarridge needs to be replaced as it bends on even a good landing. I replaced mine with electric retracts which use a thicker 5ml piano wire .The electric retract mounts in the wing needs to be rocked forwood to stop nose overs..The CG also needs to be moved forwood by 1/2 inch from the hangar 9 plan.This helps its landings by stopping it trying to float and wing tip stall.

[whitesparkelectrics]

I have this hangar 9 spit with a Satio 125 in front running a 2 blade 16 x 8 prop which gives it amazing power and speed . But as seen in this video it wing tip stalls on landing at the drop of a hat . It is one of the hardest planes to land and it all comes down to it's design. The hangar 9 spit has only a 66 inch wingspan but its fuselage and tailplane are designed for a 70 inch wingspan.. This means you have to land fast and use its split flaps ,so as not to stall .

[Giovanniram22]

The wing is not stalled because of the wind. I dont know the model but with no wind and without motor it could be much different result.

[zephy1001]

@gmccord1970 i have never flown an r/c spitfire my only warbird is a scratchbuild based around a ww1 fokker monoplane im planning on building a spitfire another intresting fact is that goering rejected plans of similar planes to the p51 mustang and mk IX spitfire

[DaniyalRehman]

@RandiRN1 two bladed propsmake the plane go faster.

[RandiRN1]

This Spit only has a 2 blade prop. A Spit of the that version should have had a 3 bladed prop.

[gmccord1970]

@zephy1001 Next to the P-51 of course *wink*. I know, I'm being partial. Actually, I flew a Spitfire made by Phoenix. It's a .46 size plane and it flew great. It was fast and very maneuverable. Historically, it was Goering that said that he needed a squadron of Spits to defend Berlin. He also said that when he saw Mustangs over Berlin, he knew the jig was up.

[zephy1001]

i want one of these im british its part of my heritage the spitfire is iconic and in my humble opinion the finest plane ever to have flown