Hey sometimes the fun and excitement of the hobby clouds our best judgment but you have an awesome attitude about it brother. I think most of us have done the same thing in our rc career. Looks like an awesome field to fly with nobody around! Subscribed!
Thanks Alpine RC!! It is a nice field just a bit windy this particular day 😆. Yeah my judgment was closed it was so fun to fly I wanted to get another flight, but now I’m spending tons of time rebuilding it 😂, next time listen to wife lol.
Jeff and you know we should listen, but we are too hard headed, Had I listened I wouldn’t be spending all my time fixing the fuse and soldering wires 😆
This was exciting your honesty is refreshing yes we all do things like this but that's part of the hobby no one was hurt. What a beautiful plane and you're an excellent pilot friend or taking the wind conditions and recovering the terrible take off the way you did. I wish you luck in trying to repair the plane you're an honest good person thank you for the video
Thank You Papa T! I’m actually almost done with the repairs and she should be back for a remainder soon, thanks for watching and the words of encouragement! 👍🏼
Sorry for your loss my friend! You were another victim of the Dark Side of the Hobby 😱☠ I'm back home and will go fly with you guys soon! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Like#16 Have s great day! Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🌵🦠😷🇵🇷
@@ljhobbylife That was a big and beautiful bird!...If you can't fix it, it might worth it to buy another one... And please STAY AWAY from those ADMIRAL RECEIVERS... I've seen many of my friend's planes including mines, going down because of those Gyro receivers...I rather use Spektrum with AS3X... Nite:I know that you weren't using the Admiral receiver the moment of the incident, but just in case, I have you my humble advice for a footie build! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Q tengas un excelente dia hermano!...Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🦠😷🇵🇷 P.S. I would like to swing by your house one of these days to see what you did to organize your hangar...😁 You can later give me your address so r could plan when can I swing by and take a look! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
You crashed this too??? I’ve had my Flightline Spitfire for 7 years, going back to the days before I knew what gyro and stability was. Back in the day when I thought “CG” and “Dual Rates” were some type of Witchcraft. (Those first two years I was flying at 100% 0 expo, and I centered the battery where the strap(s) were centered. The manufacturer would know better than me where the CG should be, who am I to argue?) And I still didn’t crash the 1200mm Spitfire. (I did have a lot down trim…) You’re a superb pilot, what’s going on? I got it! You’re such a nice guy you wanted me to feel better about my flying. I can’t remember the last time I crashed, I even bought the F-18 Blue Angel last week to push the envelope. If I can takeoff, fly and land that sucker I’ll finally get out of “Advanced Intermediate” status and finally reach “Expert” status. (I read somewhere once you reach Expert status, Horizon Hobby and MotionRC send you free planes and batteries)
😂 Sometimes overconfidence will get the best of you like the titanic’s captain 😆. I shouldn’t have been flying it was super windy and the wind picked up that wing and I horses it up and whammy lol. Im almost don’t fixing her though, got the fuse all glued back and wings just came in so I’m repainting those and we should have a redemption flight soon!!
Sad to see the damage. You have all the parts and the airplane actually seems repairable, the EPO foam is tough, the prop did eat it. Through the years I've repaired worst. Years ago I did testing and shooting videos of new RC planes and flying in the wind went with the territory. A couple of years ago I was flying out of Bennett field in Vegas. And it was wind was even stronger. On the runway and pit area if the plane was not pointing into the wind or weighted down it would get blown over. To takeoff my J3 in the cross wind I had to use the width of the runway as much as possible. As it was so windy the plane was airborne in about 40 feet, landing was to use the same strategy. But because it was so windy I couldn't taxi it back as the plane would weather vane into the wind. Took 3 flights with the J3 and 2 with my F6F. The guys in the pit area was cheering me on, maybe expecting a crash.
It’s tough flying in the wind! I used to do it more often when I had a field with no fence but this field is tough. Luck I fixed this one good and it’s been flying great! What F6F do you have? I have the Hanger and 9 and really enjoy that one!!
@@ljhobbylife I have three F6F, one 80 inch ws scratch built, the other two are older foam planes imported under Airfield/FMS brand no longer produced.
@@covercalls88 I love the F6F an 80 inch scratch built has to be amazing! I have the H9 one and it just flies smooth as heck! The Hellcat doesn’t get as much love as some of the other WW2 birds and people don’t realize how amazing they are as models!!
@@ljhobbylife The 80" F6F is relatively large and flies very scale like it. Reasonably fast, but not over powered. I had to learn to fly keeping the momentum up on the vertical maneuvers like hammerheads and loops coming out of slight dives. Rolls require more input from the rudder and elevator to keep the nose from Dr dropping. But at slower speeds it's very stable. The comments I usually get from my friends it flies very majesticly.
@@covercalls88 That would be a treat to see a large F6F like that! I got to see Minsi 3 here in Tuscon 2 years ago and it was amazing! Looked awesome up close!!
Ouch, Im sorry to see this. I had a Tomcat flight I posted intentionally not long ago showing similar conditions. I got caught in upper level tail crosswinds that were insane. I got the plane back and had an ugly landing. Fortunately mg results weren't as tragic as yours. Hopefully you get her replaced!
Thanks David! It happens I’ve learned my lesson (hopefully) lol, as far as replacing it, fuse is fixed I ordered wings and I’m currently painting them, got some new decals from Callie graphics and soon we’ll go re-maiden! 👍🏼
Sorry for the loss, but this would be fun to glue back together... Seen much worse get back to the air, and next time you won't care as much. Thanks for posting...
Thanks Dale! After reading your post I went to garage to see what I can glue and what I should order, wings are beat but fuse might be able to be salvaged it was a clean break for the most part, we’ll see maybe tomorrow I’ll feel more optimist 😆
One of my all favorite 1600mm warbirds. The prop torque on takeoff is difficult to deal with. Someone told me to keep the throttle between 30% to 40% on takeoff and it’ll still lift. (I was gunning it, going hard left)
@@ljhobbylife it went against my Polk County public school education that a plane could takeoff under 100% throttle. (It was the- “When in doubt, swing hard” mentality that we used in golf, tennis, baseball and bar room brawls) I think the Flightline 1600mm Corsair is even harder to takeoff because of the prop torque. (Nothing scientific about it, just seems more difficult) All of this explains why I fly the P-38 and the Tigercat more often than the Spitfire and Corsair. No prop torque. But in the air, there’s nothing prettier than the 1600mm Spitfire and Corsair.
That was sad. Cross winds are the most difficult to fly in and yes we all make bad decisions. It took we a long time to have enough wavious to fly in wind until I was more comfortable. Still is fun and challenging. That's what makes this hobby great.
That's a tough loss for sure,but hope with a bit of work it will fly again.It was a nice flight and landing the first time! Thanks for sharing and no more of this! lol!
OUCH!! It flew very well but Gyro or no Gyro, the wind and me just don't get along, I rather wait till conditions are favorable. Once I was taxying my HSD, 1600mm A-10 SkyRaider in terrible wind condition, with no intention to fly it, just taxying it around to see how it tracks, as i throttled up and increased speed, all of a sudden a gust of wing lift the darn thing up about 12 feet, and i had no choice but to try and land it LOL, ended up busting up the landing gears!
Your right I was just impatient, I wouldn’t be putting it back together if not for bad decisions made by me lol. She’ll fly again soon 👍🏼. I’d like to get a Balsa Skyraider maybe that legend hobby one it looks great!
Flightline, not Freewing (you obviously know this but the title is wrong would help with searches finding this video). Sorry for your loss. The most extreme part of this fun hobby for sure. That "one last flight" always seems to get us for some reason. LOL. Keep em flying.
Yeah it was a lapse in judgement and I should have known better. Lucky its fixed and Its made me a better pilot, not saying it wont ever happen again 😅.
@@ljhobbylife i make it a policy to never do maidens on windy days just for the fact that its better to get a valuation of the planes flight behavior on a calm day and then sort out your trims too!
That P factor man… with the Spitfire once I got mine rolling and the tail comes off the ground, I would punch it to 75% throttle with tons of rudder so it doesn’t do that…. Going from jets back to warbirds was always tough man.
Actually, rather than taking off using the length of the runway, I use the width as much as possible. It will surprise you how little runway you use when going into the wind.
Deffo pilot error, not enough speed on take off. Shit happens I'm afraid, dust yourself down and get ready to face another day. Ps....they are a great model once they are set up correctly and they fly on rails. Good luck with the next one.
You’re so not wrong 🤣, and the wife told me, but on the bright side it’s fixed almost ready for maiden and with a super cool scheme, gotta always look at the bright side!! 👍🏼
Thanks Mark! It is a huge temptation, having batteries charged and already there should of listened to the wife. At least I was able to repair it and now it’s got a nice custom scheme! 🙌🏼
Those mesquite’s in the desert 🏜️ definitely don’t take any hostages lol, and yes I shouldn’t have flown second time wife was right 😆. It’s fixed now and flying awesome 🙌🏼
