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Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
10-28-2009, 07:21 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

From the "For What Its Worth" department...

Below you will find a graphic showing a sliding canopy mechanism made from brass square
tube/channel, smallest ball link and servo driven yoke made...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
06-02-2008, 07:46 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

This thread is discussing 1/5th scale T/F P-51's.
http://www.top-flite.com/airplanes/topa0400-175.jpg
The spec for this design is:
Wingspan: 84.5 in (2140 mm)
Wing Area: 1245 in² (80.3...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
05-31-2008, 09:47 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Occassionally I visit P-51 ARC, ARF, and built-up discussions to see if there are questions relative to surface
preparation prior to the application of our products. Since the Horizon and Top Flite...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
03-18-2008, 04:03 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Isn't it wonderful the renewal date is all that matters... : )
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
02-04-2008, 04:31 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Sometimes things are said simply because they can be... It would appear this thread is not read
but one page at a time...forward from the last post at the top of the page being shown. Just how
...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-31-2008, 07:17 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Painting Flite-Metal presents no real issue if you were to use a 3M Scotch Brite
pad to micro scuff the aluminum surface...which is usually already done by the
majority of our customers during...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-30-2008, 08:35 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Interesting... I beleive that build is in Brazil if I recall the customer name correctly.
The first model was covered in litho plate. The more detailed airframe is Flite-Metal.

I found it...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-13-2008, 05:47 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

You will have to sheet it : ) The kit was originally intended to be covered with heat shrink plastic covering...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-13-2008, 01:49 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Ferris:

Pull Pull "tray"? Yes you could use a pull pull cable set up to either individual pull-pull setups on each elevator half though I believe it will look more scale if you drive each...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-12-2008, 01:44 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Aileron and flap controls can be hidden mounted at right angles to the wing driving clevis rod between ball links. Or you can use the bent rod servo direct drive method. You've already defined a...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-11-2008, 03:18 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

That is an ARC, already built ready to be covered model you want to re-engineer, as in take apart and redesign?
There is considerable difference between the YA and TF P51 designs which make this...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-11-2008, 09:00 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

By RTC do you infer a Ready To Cover?
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-10-2008, 11:44 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/thumbnails/finelinetape.jpg
That would be 3M Fine Line Tape. The same tape we recommend in our instructions for Flite-Metal. It is a hard edged polypropylene...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-09-2008, 08:10 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Well Jan...

Have you finally achieved success?
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-07-2008, 10:17 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Who's to say this doesn't look correct? What you end up with in the end is a work of art...learning being the key to better and better art!
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-06-2008, 04:12 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

You have to be careful that you are always traveling (read as moving) the hinge at right angles to the
centerline if you are working with 50/50 aileron hinge mounting...which is typically NOT...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-06-2008, 02:59 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

There is a Robart Hinge Point centering jig available to assure the holes are centered.
http://www.robart.com/images/Hinges/319.jpg
Part # 319 Hinge Point Drill Jig Includes 1/8" & 3/16" Drill...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-06-2008, 01:57 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

All typical modeling paints used today will work well...
All automotive single and two part paints will work well...
All water based paints will work well...

It is in the surface preparation...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
01-06-2008, 12:14 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Wow Jan:

All you needed to do was ask us in an email. There are multiple aerosol packaged
etching primers available at your hardware store or most larger Wal-Mart type of
retailers.

...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
10-02-2007, 11:50 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

http://www.sierragiant.com/images/MiscForks.jpg
Just a thought...from your planset you need to measure the sweep angle of the
retract plus decide what wheels you are going to use because the...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
04-16-2007, 07:17 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Thanks for the pix post...

The number of competitors in the static contest was way, way down. General attendence
and participation in the Toledo Show continues to plummet. Just two years ago...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
04-15-2007, 11:14 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Was there a large F-86 on the table? Like 1/4 scale in Flite-Metal...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
04-13-2007, 08:26 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Sorry, we are not going to be at Toledo this year. However there should be plenty of Flite-Metal
covered aircraft on display competing for BOS and individual classes. Enjoy your visit...go by and
...
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
04-13-2007, 05:49 AM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

The dump door is open proportional to either a throttle setting or temperature. Look at
multiple photos and you will see it in different positions at different times.
Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General
04-12-2007, 07:13 PM
Replies: 1,699
Views: 605,023
Posted By FliteMetal

RE: top flite p-51 giant scale build

Jan:

You might want to hook a servo to the scoop dump door and a "y" harness on the throttle
servo so when the throttle is low the door is open about 30%...closed at 100% throttle.
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