heya all,
FMS recently released a 1400mm wingspan Bf109f, i bought one and assembled it the other day.
they really have done a fantastic job designing it, short of building one from scratch it is
i would think the most scale looking 109 out there. i assembled mine the other day, and maidened
it yesterday, great flyer, loves to ground loop with it's narrow track undercarrage unless you
really keep an eye on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbJd95WpmJ4

Craig

Cool plane. Thanks for the video.


Wheels

What a lovely model and flown really nicely, thanks for sharing

Did I see a gear not completely retracting? If you have a gear servo and it's binding because the gear is getting tweaked on the take off you could end up killing your flight batteries right quick (happened to me), sometimes you have to make the opening a little wider to accommodate that possibility. But it is a very nice model.

cheers guys,
the retracts are servoless with an over current cutout, what i have found is that they retract just fine if i
raise them straight after takeoff, or before i get too much speed. i figure it must be airflow under the wing
creating an air pocket or such which in turn stalls out the retract unit and shuts it down on overcurrent.
you will notice that on about the third circuit i throttled back, and dropped the flaps to slow her up further,
i then retracted the gear and they both went all the way home. i only have a few flights on her so am still
discovering any idiosyncrasys and this seems to be one of them. doesn't matter, looks far cooler when you raise
the gear just after you lift off anyhow

Cheers
Craig

very nice bf-109

Yep it was definitely a cool video.


Wheels

Wow. What does a model like that cost? I love this new generation of quick to assemble yet goodlooking planes. And flaps + retractable gear... cool.

It was about $250US +shipping, requiring your your own batteries in my case 4s3300 lipo's and a 6 channel recieved. About 3-4 hrs assembly time and your airborne! Makes it harder and harder to justify rolling out a set of plans and starting from scratch! I am going to repaint it though, a nice north African scheme.

Craig

That is relatively inexpensive. I was expecting a much higher price.


Wheels

Yup, I know I couldn't build one from scratch for any less!

Craig

finally got my backside into gear and gave the 109 a new coat of jam, did it in one of the Marselle's schemes, i much prefer the Western desert schemes to the ETO ones.




Craig

That looks great. The u/c problem may simply be air pressure at higher speeds pushing them back causing a bind.

Cheers Ninelives, yup that is pretty much the conclusion i came too as well, i tweaked them forward a snatch while it was apart and when i flew it today i had no problems on either flight, all is good

Cheers
Craig

They could both be real instead of just one!

Great skin mate, one of yours, or is is a photoshop of the real Black 6? if a skin what sim, looks too high a poly count, and map looks too good for IL-2?

Cheers
Craig

It's a real photo. The plane flew in the UK airshow scene until it crashed. It was repaired but now resides in a museum

LOL, yeah it was a sad day when Black 6 went in, luckily not terminal! what put me off was the MG muzzles looked strange, The F model surely was the pic of the bunch, beautiful planes!

Cheers
Craig

I like the new desert paint scheme better too.


Wheels

Cheers bud .