DaveB1

My motor's prop adaptor shaft wasn't long enough for wasbers so I trimmed the spinner backplate (quite a lot) with various dremel bits and files to allow an APC to fit - but the result works ok

That cockpit looks great - well done !

Would like to build a Sea Fury - still undecided whether to build the next one as a Tempest or convert. After that - out of the choices being discussed it's gotta be a Mozzie 😄

Batch 2 will be gr8 for me, enjoying another couple of weeks in Japan 😄 so in no hurry

Loving the wing shape of the Tempest, it's going to look so good in the air

Great colour scheme....nice one !

I fly mine with a 14 x 8.5 " prop Chris, (on a 620Kv motor) and I think it really contributes to the realism. It can stooge around at low rpm and pull off some lovely low passes. It sounds much better than the whine of high Kv motors, but has enough grunt to pull some gorgeous large dia loops

Fabulous. Nice simple, but very effective construction 👍

Oh my goodness, that's going to be superb Richard. If it's not too late to add to the batch build, please add one for me - I would like to build a stablemate to the FW190

This has been a good week for the FW190. 2nd in the club 'Winter build' concours ( the Sopwith Pup float plane was superb!), and a successful maiden today. The sun even came out. Set the Cg 75-80mm back and she flew great. I cautiously dialled in a touch of up elevator prior to the first hand launch, then ran out of down trim to compensate so took it out again. Hand launching was easy, although my finger grip holes proved to be a bit small. I fitted a 620kv motor turning a 14x8.5 prop and am really pleased with it. Pulls away from a light launch easily, is less buzzy than higher Kv motors and flies at scalish speeds. I was easily getting 9 1/2 min flights using 1800 mA out ouf 2600 4S batteries. I preferred mid rates (about 80% of the plan deflections) but then dropped the elevator further to 60% which helped scale flying. It's a keeper :)

Well that was a gaff, but a good lesson learned and better now than in the air....... I hung the FW190 up from its prop shaft to spray a coat of matt acrylic sealer. So far so good But then when I came to bring it down, I knocked it and the motor casing and shaft pulled out through the motor - taking my fan blades with it. My mistake was I'd pressed the shaft out of this motor and turned it round. I'd filed a flat on the shaft and refitted the front grub screw but didn't realise I'd have to replace the rear circlip with a collet to take the thrust loads....whoops - but better now than the prop coming off doesn't bear thinking about !

Superb, well done. Love the shading on the ailerons

Great information - thanks all. I only plan to do this once more, so I think it'll have to be the X20 🙂

I'm looking to upgrade a QX7 transmitter and having a number of receivers would like to stay with FrSky. I'm an intermittent flyer, and although I've managed with OpenTX I have to go through a difficult relearn process every time I set up a new aircraft, and hope the Ethos system would be a bit more intuitive. I see there is now an X14 alongside the X18 and X20. Is there anywhere to see, feel and hold these transmitters before committing ?

Hi Ron, Just thinking about what you said here...How did you rig up a check of the spinner for balance ?