Dan Sadler Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Oh and best of luck tonight - hope it flys well . Look forwards to hearing about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herri Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Unfortunately I have just totalled it. I took off and as I was turning cross wind the motor seemed to cut. I tried to play with the throttle as it seemed to still be running. I was downwind and thought the motor was about to stop so I started to turn towards the field and dropped the u/c. I must have been too slow as she spun in. Looking at the wreckage, it seems the ball joint on the throttle servo had come off (the nut was missing and the snake was not connected to the servo). That would explain why it went to idle. I had fitted a new 2mm bolt yesterday but didnt use loctite! I doubt if I will rebuild it as it would need a new fuselage. Anyone want to buy some Unitracts? Herri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sadler Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Oh no.... Gutted for you. These spitfires don't seem to be overly lucky do they. Unfortunately I ordered mine a few weeks back otherwise I would have said yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Oh no Herri! Thats sad news indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sadler Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hi Everyone, It's been a while since I posted anything because I have had a distinct lack of time to do anything lately. I did pick this up about a month ago and have build the tailplane and stabilisers and joined the fuselage. The only problem is that when I joined the fuselage I think I must have got the positioning of f4 slightly out somehow because by the time you get to the back of the fuselage the left hand side sits about 5mm lower than the right hand side (it doesn't appear to be an issue before f4 and gets gradually more pronounced the further back from f4 you get). I'm thinking I probably need to cut F4 out and replace it but would welcome any suggestions on the best way to do this as I have a feeling that expoy isn't doing to shift very easily! Cheers Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hi Dan, I cannot quite remember but I am sure one of the formers was wrong and Tony agreed when I queried it. Might be worth going through my blog again to see? I am a bit busy at work right now so cannot browse the thread I am afraid Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hi Dan, it was F5 I think that was undersized see here and on the next page F3 proved a little narrow at the top Cheers Danny Edited By Danny Fenton on 21/07/2015 13:36:52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sadler Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hi Danny, Thanks for getting back to me. Yes I remember seeing that from your build and I think when I checked both parts had been corrected in the kit I got. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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