FMS - P-40B - 1.4m - Unbox, Build, Radio Setup, & Flights 

You will love when I fly Esteban's Hangar 9 Spitfire from the back then ;)

I have John Wayne in my p40 they sell it on eBay

Spitfire looks cool but the landing gear stability is a hair retarded, no offense.

Hello, the originals have the most airplane sounding engine there is. Love sound. " Termites! "

Thanks Chris! Glad you're making the time to enjoy this hobby with your son. P-40 is a fun plane you will surely enjoy. Good luck with it! P.S. Glad you get the message ;)

It's a beauty for sure!!!

It does, for sure!

Oh yeah!

Thanks! I hadn't considered that point of view!

Thanks Jeff!

It is cool! Wish I wouldn't have hit the prop at the end....I'm waiting for a replacement prop ;(

Glad we could help! We have the smaller one coming real soon too ;)

I've been wanting one for years, but never had it on the doorstep till this one showed up.

Thanks AAA ;) We're glad you're here with us, email for your other quesiton (address in the "About" tab). I'll reply there, but I deleted your comment, and I can explain more there. Not upset with you...can explain more there.

@@BrianPhillipsRC Thankyou man will do

Sent ya the email brotha . Not sure how my email address will show up but I put my youtube name in the subject . No rush man. Thanks again for the help :)

LOL

I want to make it, but right now I don't think it's in the cards - just too busy yet. This is gonna be something we can do soon when my work is less of a factor...which might be another two - three years of grinding. It's amazing to think how far we've come since we got really serious on this RU-vid journey, but out time is split so bad right now.

@@BrianPhillipsRC Oooook. I know what your saying. But-you, Megan, and family need to get away as soon as you are able. Nothing like seeing your friends in YT land in person. 👍

It is great. My only issue with it is the livery, but since it's historical, it gets a pass ;)

WOW! Cool - I was AMAZED this BIG plane was a 4S power system. As for flying...I got a replacement prop, and would like to get her back in the air soon!

Where did you get your prop and spinner?

AWESOME! Glad you enjoyed it. Great flying, and beautiful plane!!!

Yeah, but my "back yard" is not smooth, either, keep in mind.

@@BrianPhillipsRC right, I understood. The tail is light. I have it pop up with minimal throttle on pavement. Awesome plane!

I didn't know you had stopped?!??!?!?!

I want to have a real strip here so badly!!!

Agreed - great flying plane!!!

You bet! Thank you Danny!

Thanks Bryan! We're glad you're here with us!

Very cool Neil! Good luck. Keep at it! You can do it, but it doesn't happen if you don't put in the time and practice a lot. The good news is every time you see a limp flag, you'll be wanting to get in the air!!!

@@BrianPhillipsRC that's funny they just today put up a new flag. He threw the old flag in the garbage I asked if I could have it. If your ever near naples fl. I'm sure you'd like the people. I'm strange taking off and landing I need a lot of practice, but when I'm in the air I was doing figure 8s one time in expert I know cus I was doing very tight turns like the one you just did. You an ace. By the way we have x American airline pilots and one flew DC3s . Amazing people that still are flying.

Awesome, and thank you! I have the prop sitting on the wing awaiting repair. I need to get it done. We'ill try for it, but we have about 7-8 items all about to show up at the EXACT SAME TIME - so annoying!!! We've been in a gap in production, to a degree, which is good since we were both sick, and we've been working on a big deal for the past 3 weeks (more to come on that soon - actually it's killing me not to share about it.)

@@BrianPhillipsRC I actually just got my blades in today. Had a pretty nasty wingtip stall and used your toothpick method for repairs.(works great btw) I understand the high volume. Im looking forward to those videos as well as the "big deal"(I won't tell if you choose to share lol) Glad you and "Camera Crew" are feeling better. Stay safe!

Yeah, me too! I was bummed I broke the prop, but she did nose over a few times. I would need to roll out the "runway" part if I wanted great results.

Make sure you consider the AR637T if you're going into a bigger, longer range plane. The range is a lot longer on the AR637T than the AR631... AR631 bit.ly/3pYNC3c AR637T bit.ly/3pW3u86 AR8360T bit.ly/3dKg4n6 (this one has 8 channels too - I haven't showed this one yet, but we have a few)

@@BrianPhillipsRC Thanks again for the info. Will get the AR637T for the gas models.

Thanks! More to come ;)

The buzzing??? Awesome, Thanks!

It is so much bigger than the 1.2m Eflite one, if that's what you mean (or did you mean the 800mm FMS?)

AWESOME! DO IT ;)

thank YOU!!!

Thanks!So glad you picked up a new tool for the tool bag! Hope you'll keep coming back for more!

It's a good flier! We got our props and will be grabbing some more footage soon ;)

Thanks Craig!

I do, and it is some of the most rewarding moments in this journey, but it is also the hardest part of this journey too, since my time is being split in so many directions. I DO care and Megan DOES care (And we know you get it), but there will come a time that we physically can-not do it 100% any more. When that time comes, we know that some will be hurt, but our hope is that we will have a special way to keep our most loyal supporters first and foremost. Here I am, at 12:59AM on July 4th, making comments while my family is eating dinner....seriously - that's HOW crazy this thing has become. Most people don't believe me, but the REAL sacrifice, is from my family. I LOVE THIS STUFF, and my boys kinda think it pretty cool too, and Megan is super supportive, but to a limit. We're getting dangerously close to implosion, so I'm working hard to try to garner enough support to open the chute on what we have... This is harder than it looks. It's more time consuming that it looks, and it's a lot more stressful than it looks. You guys see all the "HIGHS" but none of the "LOWS"... that's not to say that there's not some great value coming to us (Finally) ...opportunities, some money (not enough just quite yet), stuff (of course...that's a BIT of a double edged sward), and relationships.... but at the end of the day, we're trying HARD to work out how to make this our REALITY. Glad you're here with us Mike. We are REALLY here for you guys ;)

It sure is. I have the prop to fix it, and want to get in a second thoughts video soon. Such a beautiful presence in the sky!

The 1.2m warbirds are quite a bit smaller, keep in mind...this is 1.4m

I found that with the June nite on grass, if you take off in safe mode, there is less nose-over. I think that is because oddly, in safe mode, there is more elevator travel. Or you can add more servo travel in the servo settings I suppose. Back the batteries up a tad too. About 1/2" back from the leading edge of the tray. Don't worry, it won't be tail heavy.

Thanks!

Me too, but all is well now ;)

Thanks! We love it, and have more than you see in this video now ;) We bought the property up at the crest of the hill, so as the trees widen up, all the way down to the intersection - I was flying from where the end of my manned runway will be in this video - can't wait to make this happen!!!

Thanks Crutch!!!

Nice! Thanks!!!

Nice! Have fun!!!

Agreed!!!

NICE!!!! 100" is huge and cool!

@@BrianPhillipsRC I know, right

@@BrianPhillipsRC also, congratulations on 100k, I just finished watching your plaque video

Loo

Totally is, with the uphill grade, no less!!!

Yes it is, and more BIG news coming about "back there" soon (Hopefully November 1st, we'll be able to share more) ;) Stay tuned!

yeah

Now you can just plop it right into that cart ;) P-40B bit.ly/3zbmNyE AR631 bit.ly/3pYNC3c AR637T bit.ly/3pW3u86 Packs bit.ly/3crSHxb NX bit.ly/3mbVuNB

Central Iowa ;)

Now that we own the top of the hill to the road on both sides, we have considered doing some dirt work and building a full scale runway...it will be a grass strip now, but might be a HUGE asphalt or concrete strip some day. Full scale hangar would give a great place to fly from! I don't want to make promises, but we do have the land...now we just need to win the lottery two to three more times to afford all the stuff we want to do with the land - LOL ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC that's an awesome start. 👌

Thanks!

Yes, I read a little about it, but strange circumstances for sure!

humm...the FMS F18 is "too close" to the Eflite, so hh doesn't want me covering it - LOL ;) They KNOW that I'll have a bunch of buys buying that instead, but reality is, I LOVE Eflite, and if they make it, I prefer it most of the time anyway!

I own both F 18's and like them equally. The FMS is easier to fly but the Eflite gear hang in the air and the sound of it, tops the FMS.

So cool indeed!

This plane is probably a touch less than the P-51 1.5m, or a touch more than the P-51 1.2m (June Nite)... ...BUT with practically all warbirds, P-factor is an issue that has to be dealt with. It tracks well in grass, but on pavement, she's a bit "hoppy"

Thanks for watching David - we can all dream, right!!! Thanks for stopping in!

That's part of the plan, but we're growing hay there now...so not sure how I'll work this out just quite yet. At the moment, we just use it when we're freshly cut, and when we're flying some sail planes, or belly landers.

I just read, but haven't confirmed that the CG is MIS MARKED in the manual by 30mm!?!??!?! Might want to check this out before you dig too deep.

@@BrianPhillipsRC I didnt look into it at all. I set it up what ever the book said. I see you had your battery way far forward. Mine flew good just like yours took a little forward pressure on the elevator when inverted.

@@BrianPhillipsRC you are correct! There is a forum on this which states 75mm is where you want to be. It will help with the tipping over as well! You should do a second video with new CG

Great to hear!

No, but it's pretty awesome! Gotta keep in mind, this 1400mm size class is probably closer matched to the FW 190 - which is WAY nicer, but also more expensive too (All in). I like both brands, but Horizon Hobby "wants" me to prefer eflite - I already do ;)

It is good!!!

True. Good idea!

I agree!

Note to self... Watch the whole video before commenting...

We recently changed mics. We hope it's better now - is it getting better (I know this comment is a few weeks old...sorry, we're so far behind!!!)

@@BrianPhillipsRC Yup much better. I like your new audio equipment!

Oh boy, delicious. We have a few cats that love to try to bite the planes. I think they get a lot of satisfaction from the process, and I know we've tried to condition them to "know" not to do it...but they're cats...

@@BrianPhillipsRC you are exactly right cats are cats! Sometimes I think they are trying to condition us, and we live in there world, but that’s why we love them! Hope all is well with you, camera crew, and the younglings! Can’t wait for the next video! Love the content, you do a real great job on this platform. I also do enjoy the separate unbox, build, and binds front the flights! All videos are great keep it up! Thanks for doing so much for this community Brian!

JJ S - Sorta ;) We just bought another 12.46 acres too, so we're up to just under 23 acres and about to buy another 3.1 acres on the other side of the named creek ;) P.S. Can you spare any change - LOL ;) JK - this latest land deal JUST closed about 3-4 weeks ago, and I just found out about the newest one on Friday, so still very early on ;) If we get that one too, we hope to find a friend who can't live in the city anymore - there's plenty of them around!

Guess and check, if you're not 100% sure, but then you have to 100% check and RECHECK!!!!! Do it like 3 times and make sure it's perfect before you go fly it!

NICE! So you bring it with you???

@@BrianPhillipsRC yes. 4foot wide 20 foot long piece is what I use.

Why did it KILL anything? That's so strange, but sorry for your bad luck on those ESC's!

@@BrianPhillipsRC it was a bad BEC in the FMS ESC that killed the RX. Did the same thing in my FMS Viper which comes with the same ESC so I might have just bad luck with them. I killed 2 AR630’s and one AR636B.

This one is going to be a bit less on the pucker factor, but the Fock is better...I also think it's more expensive too..to be fair. I LOVE them both..get BOTH - YOLO - LOL ;) JK, don't want you to have to build a dog house to live in ;) Eflite Fw190 bit.ly/2NswTZ2 (BNF) FMS P-40B bit.ly/3zbmNyE + Rx AR631 bit.ly/3pYNC3c AR637T bit.ly/3pW3u86

I need a plane I can fly back there first. I want an ultralight and would eventually like a small hangar back there. The grass will need to be VERY GOOD for an RC strip...OR I might pour something, possibly a THIN concrete pad. We did 6" Thick + Rebar at 18" on Center + Fiberglass Reinforcement up front so I could drive my large truck (so far about 41,000 lbs and short...but might be larger in the future), so making a couple hundred feet long strip would be significantly cheaper if I could pour it thinner.

OUCH. I have only seen the motor "START" on a couple or maybe three occasions...all while entering and exiting forward programming....now that I think about it...when EXITING Forward programming. Stay safe out there!

@@BrianPhillipsRC forgot to ask, what did you put for wing type? I'm having trouble with forward programming when I put 1-aileron and 1-flap because when I do that my flaps will no longer work on D channel

Cool!

This one is great, and we have a few more FMS planes coming in next few weeks ;) Stay tuned!!!

Well, that might be true, and I must say the grass is not super smooth here, unfortunately. If I wanted to make this my "Runway" I'd want to tamp or roll the whole thing...

I like the idea. I was thinking of a geotextile runway, but that crap aint cheap!!! I then was thinking about a TARP runway, but then it'll kill the grass ;( I might just need to pick a spot and start flattening it with a roller (I need one still)

Just did, P-51 Voodoo V2 1.1m - and more coming soon too ;)

I was thinking about it

I totally agree with you about the 1.2m P-40 offering. It's sorely needed, in my opinion. All warbirds should be available in the 1.2m size class - GREAT SIZE.

Thanks!

YES, but the ESC is not setup for 6S. I suspect you could configure it to work right. Yes, Rich is right on grass ops, which I believe he typically does. I don't fly from grass much, but with this plane and due to the circumstances of the day, we made the decision to fly here...a bit different than our usual flying.

I suspect you will be fine. I flew mine on 5000mAh 4S 30C pack.

No, this plane didn't have the Reflex, since it was an earlier version. The new ones DO come with Reflex, and I'm aware of the Reflex, and it is good. AR620 would be fine, but if you want FULL control, you might want to think about the additional channels and telemetry with the AR8220T...but yeah, with HH would give us a 7 channel for these beauties. AR620 bit.ly/2QUlyCd - okay AR6610T bit.ly/33SYkA0 - adds telemetry AR8220T bit.ly/3rjerTs - adds the necessary channel to turn on/off Auto-Leveling and Stabilization (in no particular order) 1) Throttle 2) Rudder 3) Ailerons 4) Elevator 5) Gear 6) Flaps 7) Stabilizer Mode (See, you don't have enough if you want it to turn on and off - bummer, right!?!?) 8) Bomb Drop? LOL

You mean the NX8? And you want a video that shows every move to program it, or to fly the plane?

@@BrianPhillipsRC new to computers also, yes- every move to program would be great. thanks. a lot to understand.

Good for you Craig! When you have enough saved up, you'll be able to fly so many different planes too, so you won't have to spend more on the transmitter for years!!!

I show what I did in the RADIO SETUP part...but I can't remember all these setups. You can find the RADIO SETUP toward the end of the video.

Rob...if you're NEW...please follow along. All the things we do, you will then also have done at least once...then you'll be unstoppable. You have to actually do it a few times, and you'll be set!!! You GOTTA do it. Trust me. If you don't you will be undermining your abilities going forward. If I go too fast, you might need to playback at 0.5X speed. This will help.

Yes, especially since it comes with the IC5

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'm sorry for your loss. Did you happen to check and recheck DIRECTION of CORRECTION on AS3X / SAFE? This can and WILL kill a plane, even if you're an AMAZING pilot. I've been bit by it before too ;(

I always go through the same preflight checklist before takeoff maybe my gains were to high on as3x I only had 2 modes off and mode 1 60% roll 60% pitch 90% yaw.

REALLY??!?!? That's awesome!!! The document was like finding a crumb trail in the desert, but it did specify 4S...in passing - LOL. As for 6S, if she handles it, she will be another plane with 6S!!! Plus I can get the CG to work out better too! DANG IT! Now I need to get that prop fixed ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Paul - I will be trying it on your recommendation now ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC oops I hit dislike by accident. Lol I’m not saying I’m right on my battery choice lol I’m just saying that was my assumption because of the EC5. But it does have an 80amp Predator ESC. So I figured meh what’s the worse that can happen. LMAO

Mine also came with an 80amp esc and I fly it with a 5S 4000 with no problem. Much more fun than the 4S!

Good question. I think if they were the same price, the FW would be the FOR SURE 100% go to...BUT they're quite a bit different...so you HAVE to take that into consideration. Fw190 bit.ly/2NswTZ2 VS P-40B bit.ly/3zbmNyE + AR631 bit.ly/3pYNC3c

NX8 NX bit.ly/3mbVuNB

Tower Hobbies bit.ly/2XqHt45 - These guys should...please advise if they don't (All the items we do for Horizon Hobby are available from Tower Hobbies, since Horizon Hobby bought them in Tower's bankruptcy)

I will definitely go on there site and have a look. Thanks for replying so quickly