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DeAgostini Spitfire - 1:10 scale - Anyone have experience?

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angry_muppet:
Just spent the last hour opening all the packets and making sure everything is still ok.

Was pleasantly surprised to find that one pack contained 2 leading edges along with a note to say that they were fragile.  :o  I can only assume that lots of complaints were received for the first having been broken in transit.

Abiding by the advice provided early in my building career of "read the instructions twice, then read them again", I now have the fun job of putting all the instructions, RC theory and Spitfire history into the appropriate section of the supplied folders.

Fred:
Actally have a question while you mention the LE.

How do they give you the LE/TE and spars? Are they in differents pieces to fit the magazine?

angry_muppet:
Thankfully not, Fred!
 
Anything that fits in A4 size comes as a standard magazine style wrapper.  The spars and leading edges are full length for each wing half; the cardboard backing is extended to provide support and everything is slightly shrink-wrapped. The second set of both LEs came in a stiff cardboard tube like you'd get for posters.  They obviously learned from their mistake with the first.

The fuselage sides are "jigsaw" pieces which are then strengthened by balsa sheeting to give it the appropriate shape.

angry_muppet:
Well, I think it's about time I got this party started, having decided that "to make things easy", I'll go the route of a Turnigy G46 motor to replace the recommended .40 or .46 IC motor.  Obviously, it's easier to modify as I build, so the first consideration is a hatch to get at the battery as I really am lazy and don't want to have to remove the wing each time. I want to have 2 batteries; one to fly while one is on the charge, so not going to go the route of "charge in place".  Thing is, the space between formers isn't sufficient to ease a battery in. I think that the only option is to cut the top off one former (the one on the right between the jig brackets) to make a "U" former and strengthen the hatch opening with 3mm ply. To that end, I've cut the ply reinforcement first and made two "brackets" to form the front and rear of the hatch out of two layers of 1.6mm balsa laminated together at 90°. They won't be loadbearing, so I think they should be strong enough.

I haven't cut any formers yet, just in case anyone advises against the plan! I'll bow to superior knowledge and craftsmanship.

I've filled in the predrilled holes in the firewall as I intend to use a Great Planes adjustable motor mount to hold the G46 and the fitment is different.

angry_muppet:
Hatch formers are now dried and sanded to shape. It never ceases to amaze me how much stronger 2 laminates at 90° is than the equivalent not laminated. Little amuses the simple, I guess!   :-[

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