guillows, curtiss p-40 warhawk free flight

cribbs74 wrote:Mitch,

The pee wee will fly it. Besides it's free flight how far do you want to walk?

Just kidding,trim it to do wide circles at a slow steady climb.

That kit is big enough to go RC with should you change your mind down the road.

Have Fun!

cool thank you for the tip, im glad to know that the peewee will fly it, ill trim it to do wide circles and a steady climb, what should i off set the rudder and elevator to?

well, i got the wing done, the glue is drying as we speek, when it is done drying i can finally do my least favorite part of building model airplanes... sanding . then for my favorite part, covering with tissue supplied with the kit, but i might choose to use my silkspan covering that i got from a lhs, for about 5$ for a 18x36'' sheet

If it's your first free flight mode you might consider finding someone
who has done a bit of free flight trimming/flying to assist.
Trust me it's not quite as easy as 'Just get it to fly in wide circles
under low power'
Suggest you get it flying with rc and trim it then to fly a nice left hand
circle and right glide when motor cuts.
You adjust the power phase by increasing right thrust to get the size
of left hand circle you want, (engine torque will make it want to turn
sharply to left) and down thrust to prevent power stall.
This is not a free flight forum so I will shut up now.
John

proctor wrote:If it's your first free flight mode you might consider finding someone
who has done a bit of free flight trimming/flying to assist.
Trust me it's not quite as easy as 'Just get it to fly in wide circles
under low power'
Suggest you get it flying with rc and trim it then to fly a nice left hand
circle and right glide when motor cuts.
You adjust the power phase by increasing right thrust to get the size
of left hand circle you want, (engine torque will make it want to turn
sharply to left) and down thrust to prevent power stall.
This is not a free flight forum so I will shut up now.
John

cool thanks, i know a couple of free flight guys, but if i do convert it to rc can i use the same peewee engine?

Maybe, depends on how much it weighs when finished and loaded. Could possibly use an .049 but, maybe a TD .020. Would work

cribbs74 wrote:Maybe, depends on how much it weighs when finished and loaded. Could possibly use an .049 but, maybe a TD .020. Would work

how much weight can a peewee pull before i have to go to a bigger engine

Depends on wing are 11oz should fly but it won't be pretty!

proctor wrote:
This is not a free flight forum so I will shut up now.
John

This forum covers a pretty wide chunk of the whole hobby, and this IS a thread about freeflight, so please feel free to list your tips/stories. I'm enjoying the info !

Kim wrote:

proctor wrote:
This is not a free flight forum so I will shut up now.
John

This forum covers a pretty wide chunk of the whole hobby, and this IS a thread about freeflight, so please feel free to list your tips/stories. I'm enjoying the info !

+1, please feel free to continue, it can help people like me understand free flight and other aspects of the hobby a little more

Low wing FF plane is not best choice for first FF model. Many trim issues but yes it will fly. BMJR sells the Midwest Sniffer a great little FF for PeeWee .020. P-40 would be better with 2 ch RC unit. One FF trick is to tilt stab a little to provide turn as model flys. Good luck with project.
Dan

dankar04 wrote:Low wing FF plane is not best choice for first FF model. Many trim issues but yes it will fly. BMJR sells the Midwest Sniffer a great little FF for PeeWee .020. P-40 would be better with 2 ch RC unit. One FF trick is to tilt stab a little to provide turn as model flys. Good luck with project.
Dan

thanks Dan, i have not built the tail surfaces yet, i am probably going to do single channel remote control as the plans show

Sounds good /best with project.
Dan

Hi Mitch,
I agree with Dan 2 ch is the way to go, you will be very glad
you have elevator specially immediately after hand launch.
I would be surprised if a converted rubber model of 28" span
weighs more than 8 -10oz. I would use the pee wee and if you
want a whole lot more zip put a TD 0.02 in it. You will never
need more than the TD, 400 watts in a 10oz model you will
have a little rocket ship.
Don't want to put you off free flight though and best tip I can
give you is (a) buy the model Dan recommended and (b) buy
Don Ross's,' Flying Models' Book 2 and study it between sorties
with the warbird. Would it be precocious of me to say that free flight
is the ultimate modelling experience??? Have fun! John

For
Your first ff
Fuel powered model I highly recommend the Vic smeed tomboy and Mills 0.75cc

nitroairplane wrote:For
Your first ff
Fuel powered model I highly recommend the Vic smeed tomboy and Mills 0.75cc

cool ill have to keep my eyes out for one of those, i've seen those before and they look awesome!!!