[phil roach]

I've just bought the 1/4 scale kit at a swap meet, does anyone have any advice about flying or building this kit
thankyou phil

[Guest]

My dad built one and I painted it for him. I flew it a couple times, the limited advice I can give you on it is, make sure you give it enough power, my dad had a Saito 170 3 cylinder radial on his and it was barely enough, he later switched to a Saito 180 single and it was better, but still marginal, I think a 200 would be better. You must use co-ordinated turns, your rudder is an absolute must with this airplane, the ailerons and elevators will not get you through a turn by themselves smoothly.
Taxiing and landings are tricky to achieve without nosing over, keep the power on so your elevator remains effective.
We built his with a 3 piece wing, center section with struts stayed attached to the fuse all the time and outer panels attached with a 1 1/4" tube.
Make very sure you have the incidence correct on the lower wing (between the wheels) if it is off even a smidge your elevator trim will be terrible in flight and will change badly with different power settings.
It is a very nice airplane, but is not forgiving in any way, it is a scale airplane and must be flown as such.
Jeremy

[Hughes500E]

Great plane great kit great experience. It is definitely a WW1 aircraft but once you get it, you will love it, there are some tricks!

Here are some pics of mine. I competed with my DVIII this past season and qualified for the US Scale Masters. It is a unique aircraft that draws attention! I fly out of Vernon, not sure where you are, I'm going to guess Kamloops area

I fly mine with a Saito 3 Cylinder 170 and love it!
There is a great detailed build thread on RC Scale Builder !

[phil roach]

thanks to both of you for your replies, yes I'm in Pritchard, I did see your d8 in Vernon this summer it looked very nice. I look foreward to starting construction this winter,I'm just ready for my maiden flight on my citabria pro
phil

[Hughes500E]

Very nice Phil don't hesitate to ask any questions, if I can do anything to help let me know! You will enjoy the build!

[always flying]

Originally Posted by Hughes500E

Great plane great kit great experience. It is definitely a WW1 aircraft but once you get it, you will love it, there are some tricks!

Here are some pics of mine. I competed with my DVIII this past season and qualified for the US Scale Masters. It is a unique aircraft that draws attention! I fly out of Vernon, not sure where you are, I'm going to guess Kamloops area

I fly mine with a Saito 3 Cylinder 170 and love it!
There is a great detailed build thread on RC Scale Builder !

I also seen this plane fly in Vernon at the scale masters this year!

The pictures don't do this plane justice..beautiful!....just beautiful!
Pilot didn't seem to have any problems flying it at all! very scale,but that's the goal ain't it!


mannyh