I love Papa thirty-eights! My uncle flew one in the Pacific theater and then in Europe in WWII. HE WAS MY HERO AND THE INSPIRATION FOR ME WANTING TO BE A FIGHTER PILOT. I was able to live my dream as an F4 Phantom II Pilot in Vietnam. I was a Marine Corps Naval Aviator and flew with VMFA542 and VMFA323 in 66, 67, and 68 out of DaNang and Chulai. God bless you uncle Leo, I hope you’re flying unlimited missions with unlimited ammo and fuel!!!

That looks amazing in flight. What a superb build. Congratulations.

I grow up watching the P-38's fligh over in the 60's and 70's. I think I still saw a few into the mid 1980's. Always loved seeing them. I think the air base in Sioux Falls was one of the last to fligh them.

Counter rotating!!! Now we're talkin!!!!!!! A man and his machine!!!! No electric hair dryers for this guy!!! Nice job!!!! Yup my heart would be beatin too!!!! In the life of a pilot, there is no better time than this!!!! Nothing like having the owner standing next to you either!!! Thousands of dollars and time ridin on your skills!!!!! Jerry! Best flyin p-38 I have ever seen!!! Nice job building and flyin!!!

@n1114v

7 жыл бұрын

Rick Davey ......thanks for the kind words Rick. It's the best flying twin I've ever flown.

Great first landing there! Congrats to this beautiful bird!

What a beautiful airplane Andy, as usual and you did a great job flying .the RC community is lucky to have you. Keep the great videos coming.

I’m so glad that you got the landing on video

What a beauty! Great flying !!

That is a beautiful plane.Well done on the build.The camera man on the other hand is a different story.

@DESTINYFPV

Жыл бұрын

Yes really what is so damn hard about working a video camera it is so frustrating to try and watch these beautiful planes when the camera person is clueless on how to use a camera .

Excellent plane, very nice flight, best landing. Congratulation!

Cool plane, nice build, a real head turner

Wowie what a fantastic build.

that dang retract switch sure gets in the way. LOL.

@n1114v

3 жыл бұрын

Lol.... oops!

Nice drift by the end of the second landing😄the plane is a beauti🧡

Favorite plane of all time correct paint job too!

Очень интересный самолёт! Замечательный пилотаж! Классное видео, спасибо!

Sweet looking plane!

Wow! Nice flying guys!

What a magnificent flying site. Hey, the Picture Guy came ohhh sssoooo close on the second flight. And then you zoomed in. All in all still pretty damned good. AMA8855

Great job! Nice plane!

Great plane. Only wish I'd seen it fly

That is a really nice field!!!

Yes Andrew 19kgs is a very heavy module hence the 55s are enough that did clear it up

Such an impressive model. 👏

@n1114v

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was

WOW Gerry ! The P-38 is a tough build, you however you accomplished it. What a beautiful job you did. How many hours had you dedicated from crate to air ? It doesn*t really matter but, what counts is that she flies as wonderful as she looks ! WELL DONE Gerry, from "WOODY" Fellow P-38 enthusiast..

Absolutely has to be most beautiful War Bird at least one of the most beautiful really nice scale

Very, very nice. I am green with envy. You are very fortunate. This is way too big of a dream to achieve here in the Philippines.

LOVE PEOPLE WHO STILL BUILD. AWESOME PLANE

Thank you !

Fantastic job

Lovely plane!😁🤟

Always a big sigh of relief when there's a successful landing after a first flight.

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

It was a fantastic airplane! Unfortunately we lost it to summers ago due to a mystery failure.

Fantastic model, well done.... shame about the filming of the actual flight, me feels the cameraman needs a lot of practice!

@garbagefpvproductions859

4 жыл бұрын

I feels you need to learn how to grammar

Nice Model...........Bravo Man!!!! But.......cameraman was in another chanel........what a pity!!!!!! ;-(

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

mixalis mike 924 ......not the greatest footage is better than no footage.

@theoriginalrabbithole

5 жыл бұрын

@@n1114v To be fair, you had to know it would be a problem. Filming something like that is not as easy as it seems, which is why professionals usually do it. Perhaps better to re-shoot with someone more experienced handling the camera and upload newer footage. Awesome plane, seriously! Some people are just frustrated because they really want to see it fly.

how do you make the engines counter rotating? love to se a video on that!

Thanks for the quick response. I did just that after writing my comment. Have a great day.

awesome plane, she's a beautiful but the camera person's gyro is not working.

Nice plane. Great flight characteristics. When creating video, remember the 3 critical F's - follow, focus, and frame the subject.

@n1114v

Жыл бұрын

I cannot video and fly at the same time! Just glad someone volunteered to do it at all

Nicely done.

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Just an FYI all but the early 38s had inward rotating props. Caused too much tail buffeting.

Excellent !

Wow, that radio is very small. I've never seen someone with so much experience and skills use something like that. They usually have those big tables strapped around their neck haha Very nice plane 🖒

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Infinity FPV ...... looks can be deceiving, the radio is actually a pretty decent size, but I know what you mean

Awesome model.

Beautiful P38! Congratulation’s! I would find another cameraman!

Very nice model.

One other questions. Can you buy motors that run in both directions like your do? That is a very cool feature.

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Bob Burns ........these are stock DLE 55's . The way to make them counter rotate is by redrilling and mounting the pickup sensor on the prop hub using a timming gauge that you can buy on line

Beautiful

Beutiful, well done👍

Lots of Torque with those two engines!

@n1114v

Жыл бұрын

Counter rotating

Awsome! Well done!

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Unfortunately this plane was lost at the end of last summer due to unknown reasons

@therealtiamat

5 жыл бұрын

Oh dear.... too bad!@@n1114v

Man that’s a awesome plane

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

It flew great..... it will be missed

@bennietipton2820

4 жыл бұрын

I want a chipmunk like yours

got a yellow aircraft 38 ..i'm going electric i see you have counter rotating engines. how did you get them to do that?

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

Had the relocate the pickup on the right engine.

I’m just curious, where can the plans be had for scratch building the large scale beauties?

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Ziroli plans are available direct from Nick Ziroli. Do a search on Ebay for giant scale rc plans....endless selection

Fantastic

Bonjour auriez vous des images ou vidéo de la construction svp.merci

How'd did you get the RH engine to run in the opposite direction? Awesome model BTW. 👍🏼

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Relocated the ignition pickup.

super fantastic model playn

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Alessandro M. ....... without a doubt the best flying twin-engine I've ever flown

A friends father flew one throughout the pacific war ww2 and lucky he never got bitten by it lots of stories though

New to the channel, Great build and Flight! Question, How do you transport these big boys?

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

John Mollicone .......welcome to the channel! I'm not the builder of this beautiful aircraft, just the test pilot. We transport these large aircraft in large custom trailers.

nice looking aircraft ! what is the longest distance at which a model can be controlled ?

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

We can only fly as far as we can see it, but are Radio Systems are good for up to three miles

Great plane. I love it. Your camera man needs lessons. Perhaps next time.

Camera man should have gone to specsavers 😕

Beautiful airplane

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

It was a beautiful airplane. Unfortunately a few weeks ago it was totally destroyed after a mysterious failure leading to the crash

@WarbirdPiLOT

6 жыл бұрын

Thats sad to hear, but hey, sometime the hobby give you some bad experiences as well, thankfully the good ones are in abundance :) Happy flying

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Gerry wasn't to happy about the loss but he is already planning on replacing it

Beautiful plane and engines, a lot of work needed on camerawork.

Best... prayer... ever!

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

David Jones ........i say it before every first flight

My dad was an armored on these in the Aleutians in the war

Fascinating....

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Ok

If one of these engines failed in flight, would it still be able to fly?

@n1114v

3 жыл бұрын

You definitely have to be on top of your flying skills but yes the plane is very flyable on one engine

It seems as if the engines were in synch a lot of the time. In modeling, are there ways to make the engines fun at exactly the same speed? Otherwise, that's a beautiful example of how wonderful these models can be made to look. Great job.

@joeys5429

5 жыл бұрын

tuning is the secret

@shelbyseelbach9568

5 жыл бұрын

The engines are fun at any speed.

I recognize that airfield! Used to be a member there! Close to Aramco Park out from Lebanon, OH. Nice P38! Didn't there used to be a concrete runway there?

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Van Osdell ......nope, this field is in Lansing Michigan, cards rc club.

@pavlo687

6 жыл бұрын

Well, they must have copied each other! I'm not kidding - even down to the clubhouse. I haven't been a member in about 7 years, so I was wondering what happened to the paved runway.

@pavlo687

6 жыл бұрын

Field where I was - www.google.com/maps/place/Lebanon,+OH+45036/@39.458216,-84.2730495,414m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8840f42748704e49:0xa5e86d3394223b94!8m2!3d39.4353373!4d-84.2029922

Camera man shouldn't have gone to the pub before the flight. Gorgeous build though.

1:44 Please tell me the guy on the right isn't explaining to the guy on the left how the controller works just minutes before he takes that beautiful plane off. I might have sorted all that out with him before we started the engines. lol

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

I'd rather not guess where the retracts switch is.

does anyone know exactly what brand , diameter and pitch of the props? i am understanding these are dle55 engines and want to know what these are. thx guys

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

Since it wasn't my plane i don't Remember the prop sizes, ill see if the Builder remembers

@chrishaefeli3215

4 жыл бұрын

@@n1114v thanks Andy, appreciate it

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrishaefeli3215 I was told they were Xoar 21x10s

@chrishaefeli3215

4 жыл бұрын

@@n1114v , thx so much Andy, it is a 230 dollar mistake getting the wrong set. i appreciate your efforts. i am just now getting to watch part 2 what you posted last night.

how much does it weight ?

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

43 pounds

Any particular reason why Gerry didn't fly Gerrys plane on its maiden voyage???

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Gerry felt more comfortable having me make the test flights since i have a lot of experience with planes of that type.

@MRBIG-lg9zl

5 жыл бұрын

@@n1114v Sounds reasonable. I have a Royal P38 Kit. Tempted to give it a go but have always built but never flown.

*Let the Sunshine In.*

Was the camera suppose to. Filming Clouds of the P-28??????

unfortunately now that the expeditions with Europe have changed, I would cost a lot of aim.

Beautiful model and nicely synched engines sound brilliant. I am surprised that, on a test flight, no attempt was made to confirm stall characteristics or stall speed.

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ted..... no need to check for stall, I flown many P38's and this one is by far the nicest. On the first flight I like to keep it easy and short so I can check for anything that may have come loose

if I could move you from America to work maybe I'd really like a lot.

Don't you just hate it when Auto focus gives you a hard time

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

txflyguy007 ........ I keep saying to myself that I'm going to buy a new camera with better autofocus, but then I end up buying another airplane

@matthewbrothers2823

6 жыл бұрын

It's a problem we all have lol

Great plane, except the engines are on opposite sides from the full sized P-38. Blades go UP, as they pass the cockpit.

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

If the engines were swaped it would have caused torque issues if an engine was lost .

Very nice, is this a scratch build?

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Martin Venter ....... this plane was scratch-built but it was only Built to be put on display. When Gerry bought the airplane he had to do a lot of rebuilding and reworking to make it flyable

@MartinVenter371

6 жыл бұрын

Job well done never the less!

I hope this bad-boy is still flying.

@n1114v

2 жыл бұрын

Nope! Lost it on the 4th flight

@tonydeaton1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@n1114v hell dude, that's terrible. Sometimes I hate this hobby. I seem to go for awhile with no crashes and then I'll screw up and crash something. Usually something stupid I do. Sorry for the loss keep at it!

thank you bye

Beautiful 38 but you need a seasoned camera person!

@n1114v

3 жыл бұрын

I cant do both at the same time!

@robertfrancone9035

3 жыл бұрын

@@n1114v I have the same problem! Also have a kmp p-38..."joltin josie". Yours is way better lookin.

@n1114v

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertfrancone9035 it was a great flyer!

Look at that beauty go... Out in the pacific scouting for Japanese subs :)

@PoochAndBoo

4 жыл бұрын

Subs!? Hell, he's out there looking for Zero's!

Не ругайте оператора! Он больше смотрел на полёт самолёта, чем в видео-камеру!

Nice picture of the blue sky.....no plane....

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Funny!! Don't quit your day job.

If we can just teach you to fly and operate the camera at the same time!

I am an Italian boy and I'm building my P38 Lightning but I can not find a store here in Italy that sells suspensions Ziroli P-38 is there any of you who can send me a store in Europe that sells them? because unfortunately ordering them directly in America would cost me very sadly, hello and thank you again.

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Alessandro M. ......im not sure, even in the USA we buy direct from robart.

@MrMaradona75

6 жыл бұрын

ok thanks and in Europe there are no stores that resell them?

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

Alessandro M......there are places world wide that stock gear for more common plans like top flite and other big names. I don't know of anyone stocking gear for plans built aircraft. There usually made to order by robart. Check the internet, you might get lucky

@james66872

6 жыл бұрын

Alessandro M. eBay

In an earlier video he showed 2x electric Suppro motors. Sounds like gasoline to me? Am I missing something?

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean, there is no earlier video

@seanbritt5164

5 жыл бұрын

Isnt there a part 1 of this build?

@seanbritt5164

5 жыл бұрын

I apologize. I see it's a different build.

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

@@seanbritt5164 this planes belongs to my friend Gerry, im just the test pilot. This is the only video i have of this plane.

nice pity for camera work

@Hermis14

6 жыл бұрын

The fact is, the cameraman also wanted to see the real one rather than what is in the viewfinder.

Why don't you use a cordless drill to crank them up? Some kind of rubber bushing on the front of the drill to press against the nose cone

@n1114v

6 жыл бұрын

CHOPPERGIRL's AIRWAR ....... I have starters but I prefer to hand start, it's kind of my thing .

@joeys5429

5 жыл бұрын

those engines really kick and if one dose the drill can be hard on your wrist chicken stick is adequate

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

@@joeys5429i think i know what im doing, no problems in 30 years.

@joeys5429

5 жыл бұрын

wont crank them

Much cooler would have had those blocks holding the wheels back instead of the guy.

@n1114v

Жыл бұрын

Would have to be some big blocks!

Another cameraman that can't keep his finger off the zoom button.

I hears it but I don’t sees it!

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

open your eyes, it was a beautiful flight don't want to miss it

i prefer the 30s my choice love to dead stick

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

To each his own

that thing is way to overpowered

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

No such thing!!!

@joeys5429

5 жыл бұрын

you want power go nitro

@joeys5429

5 жыл бұрын

couple of 30s is fine

@n1114v

5 жыл бұрын

@@joeys5429 one 30 dosnt have enough power to pull the plane if one engine gose out. 30s would fly it but the power is marginal, I know because I have flown them with 30s

@joeys5429

5 жыл бұрын

how many deadsticks have you had in 30 years ?

Seeing you slap that left prop reminded me of something... kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3dhyLSdc9DgdM4.html

@n1114v

4 жыл бұрын

I like that!!