Spitfire pics

Great work bdelov. That last pic looks like she should be rollin' down a runway. Bob

is that some kind of rubber tubing for a flex-shaft ?
if so, that's a clever way around any alignment problems!

nice work.
ed.

Hi bdelov.

Thats a great Spitfire you have there! I love the motorized prop! I'd like to try that myself sometime.
Thanks for sharing.

cool cool.... love that spinning prop!

Thank you all for the feedback
That green tube is the insulation from the copper wire. FSM run a good article on motorizing props in their Jan 2003 issue. That's where I got most of my ideas, including the wire insulation. Ironically, I ended up removing the insulation and replaced it with a straight brass tube that runs directly to the motor. Got rid of the aluminium guiding ring, too. Runs much better. That last picture happened by chance and I tried to replicate the settings since but no such luck. I am working on a web site with all the info I can put together about motorizing propellers. The first time I saw a motorized prop I knew my own prop planes would never be the same.
Borislav

Looks great man! Really nice cammo work on that one.


madda

Hi Borislav
Your running Spitfire XIV looks great but can I make two suggestions for running propellers?
1. An a/c with it's engine running should have someone at the controls in the cockpit.
2. The pilot or groundcrew doing the engine run would be holding full "up" elevator to keep from nosing over.
Cheers
Bob S.

Thanks for the sugesgestions, Bob.
I thought of a pilot in the cockpit but nowadays they don't include pilot figures in the kits anymore. Which brings me to the question of casting my own figures from the few that I have from old kits. Does anybody knows where to find instructions on casting something as complex (to me) as a pilot figure?
Borislav