Top Flite .60 size Gold Edition P-40E Warhawk: Maiden Flight! 

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Thank you. That’s awesome! 👍

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Thanks brother! It was a load of fun getting out to the field, and seeing it fly. Now I can close the door on the P-40 build, and get on to finishing the Tiger 2. Ronnie is a great pilot. 👍

Thank you. Sucks you lost yours. I loved building the P-40. Top Flite kits are awesome. I have quite a collection of Gold Edition kits I’ll be building on my channel. 👍

@@FranksModelAviationWorkshop I crashed it twice, dead stick and could not get back to the strip and members of public close so had to pancake it in, broke the wing. Got another kit of ebay and built the wing but think I stuffed up the CG as it was not nice to fly at all. The big P47 flies well at 38lbs. Hopefully the cessna will too. Had the GS Corsair but sold that kit.

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Thanks! It flew awesome!

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Thank you! Keep those P-47 videos coming. I like seeing your build process come together. It’s looking great! 👍

Thank you! It was a fun build. I can’t wait for the next warbird build series. 👍

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The smell of nitro exhaust is what hooked me in the RC hobby. Love it! Thanks! 👍

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Thanks. I was relieved to finally see it fly. 👍

It was a fun build. Mine came in at 11 pounds one ounce. Flew great! 👍

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Awesomeness!

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Thanks. The field has a Brookville address. Ronnie is a great guy, and a heck of a pilot.

Thanks. It was a great flyer. 👍

Thanks. I need to finish up the Tiger 2 build series. Them I’m building an Ultimate Biplane.

Thanks! Will do! 😂👍

Yeah. We were fiddling around with the carb. It’s not dialed in yet. 👍

Thanks! I was just telling mom that dad would have loved it. 👍

Thank you. I’ve had that kit for years. Most likely bought it on eBay before the values went through the roof. I think I only paid $250 for it.

planesgoneby.com/products/Reproduction-Gold-Edition-P-40E-Warhawk-60-p431622904

​@@FranksModelAviationWorkshopDang - thank you for posting the link.....

Thank you. Not really. He was only flying at half throttle most of the time.

I fly off grass, and it’s hanging in my brother’s living room now. Still looks as good now as it did on the maiden. 😄👍

Thanks. Yeah, my brother bought the kit, so I promised it to him after the maiden. Kinda sucks to see it go, but oh well. Guess I’ll have to build another one later. 👍

@@FranksModelAviationWorkshop Wow,, a load of work went into that bad boy.. You are an awesome brother for sure...! Congratulations on the solid maiden Frank.. I hope that you celebrated a little in one way or another... You sure have the knack for building...

Thanks! Yeah, celebrations were had. 👍😂

That’s the bonus footage. Eaglet 50 maiden. 😂

I’m almost done with the Tiger 2. Fuse build video coming soon. 👍

@@FranksModelAviationWorkshop really nice ! Wish you luck

Thanks! I’m running a DLE 20RA with a 16/8 Xoar WWII prop.

@@FranksModelAviationWorkshop Thank you! Just an FYI though. The OS max .95 is a beast. It's in a 60 sized case and you can literally remove an old OS.60 and bolt in the .95, same case! The .95 is lighter than the .60 too. I put one in my Carl Goldberg Ultimate thinking that it would be underpowered as compared to the YS 120 supercharged four stroke that I usually put in them but NO and holy crap. The weight savings in combination with the near same power is outstanding. It idles so well that gasoline pilots get jealous OMG tick tick tick. Thats with a heavy 15-8 APC prop which on that small of an engine (60 size lol) acts like a flywheel. It rips it too and isn't the largest prop that you can run on it. Think about it a .60 sized case holding an 15" APC prop, it absolutely looks silly holding just the bare engine with that prop on it lol. Anyway don't shy away from trying/using an OS .95 super-light powerhouse! Shocking! Thanks again and Wow you built a beautiful Warhawk that has a very rich History! I'm impressed!

Thanks for the tips. My plan is to build two Ultimates. One gas with a DLE 20RA, and the other with an Enya R1.20 GP 4 cycle. Yeah, I know, that Enya is a pig. 🤣😂 I’m just using stuff I have lying around to finish my planes. 👍

11 pounds 1 ounce. Balance it with the gear up. Mine was perfect to the plans.

thank you very much for your response 🙂 👍👍

The spinner and prop are the Top Flite Static display units. I flew it with a 2-blade Xoar 16/8 WWII prop, and a Dave Brown 4” spinner.

It’s not mine. I gave it away. 👍

He didn’t have to. I wanted him to, cause I would have crashed it. 👍