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I’ve flown several big, heavy warbirds and a landing technique that I found works well is: Stay at pattern altitude until you are ready to turn base to final. Reduce the power to idle. Let the nose fall through the horizon and settle in to trim speed for full flaps. It will be a steep approach. Gentle round out at the bottom, let it bleed off the speed and settle onto the mains. Your patterns will end up being high and tight to the runway. Warbirds have horrible stall characteristics generally and an engine failure with the power in on final typically doesn’t end well. My technique results in a good landing wether the engine keeps running or not. 👍

@teretz571

11 ай бұрын

right on the money great advice

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

🙌

That landing at 12:30 👍 Engine sounds much better at wide open now.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

This was a much better set of flights compared to the FIRST one. Takeoffs and landings were very good. The smoothness of the last couple of landings was spot on.

@thelightersideofrc

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yea she is a much easier animal when the engine is tuned a bit better!

Can’t wait to see this bad mamma jamma fully tuned and running top notch.

@thelightersideofrc

7 ай бұрын

HAHA. Getting better each flight!

Beautiful plane and awesome flights!! What a sound, doesn’t get any better👊🏼👊🏼

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Much cleaner flights and great job! Learning those big warbirds takes time! You did it riggt my friend! She looks and sounds amazing. Terrific jib on the landings also!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Beautiful flight, wonderful sound & a sweet landing, Congrats!!!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

She is now sounding (on the high end), like the Kolm 230cc should sound like. Well done sir! Well done!😀

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

SICK !!!!!!! WELL Done

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Very much!

Awsome flights, excellent landings! 👌

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

The landings were like butter! Congrats!!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

It looks amazing in flight and when it comes in to landing!! Nice flying.. Beautiful work on this plane..

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Great flights. More cow bell!!!!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

😂😂 Thanks!

Awesome build, love the sound of that engine

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Just amazing!!

@thelightersideofrc

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Awsome fling, awsome model, awsome pilot!!😮😮😮

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

One awesome build! I loved to hear that motor getting broke in! SWEET!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍. Getting better each flight!

Nice progression of flights! Well done. Mike c

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Great job sounding better all the time as you leaner up She definitely has a strange exhaust note when you're only here from one side of the cowl Glad to see her sounding better and your landing skills getting better with each flight I own many large war birds and they can be tricky But you're doing an awesome job thanks for sharing with us

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yea she is getting better each flight. Thank you for watching!

Nice! Job well done :)

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Sure turned out nice!! Good job 😊

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

It keeps getting better & better. Now it's time for some nice bright wing lights! 😜 congratulations again👍

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Yea! I saw that on Ali's Voodoo I think?

Very nice Jon, it sounds a lot better than previoulsly but i think it could be one more time a step ahead. Congratulations for your beautiful landings! A real relaxing pleasure to see 👍👍.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks David. Still a work in progress.

It sounds fantastic in the fast passes!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

She's getting there!

@gregpavitt309

11 ай бұрын

I personally don't like the high pitch prop sound, not really scale sound, sounds better at low RPM like when you taxi...

PERFECT NICE 👍👍👍

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

You are closing in on the perfect tune. 😁

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Getting there!

Very nice 👍

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

Good job guys, looks like taming of the beast is well underway.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

She's getting there!

Looked way more enjoyable ❤

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Very Much so!

hello, what a nice plane!!! congratulations 🥰🤩

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

Awesome flights, now she’s talking!!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Kelly! Yea she's getting better each flight!

What an awesome plane! The engine sounds like it’s just getting better! Hope your starting to enjoy flying her? Those landings were pure grease as well, well done 👍🏼 will look awesome doing full chat low passes, Reno style!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Getting to be much more fun flying it!

Slowly running in sounds great Flys like on rails.😊

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Getting to be fun to fly!

Good work jonathan little by little will come on song.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

That is one beautiful plane. I can hear that one cylinder just drowning. On mine I pull the cowl fly it or ground run use a ir meter on the heads and the colder one is the culprit.

@thelightersideofrc

9 ай бұрын

🙌😎

Sounds great at wide open and I am feeling much more comfortable with the landings now. Can’t see any scratches yet.well done.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Much more fun to fly now!

Love the cow bell 😄🍻

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

LOL.

Sounding better and better she will purr ..

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Getting there!

Great job on a very nice model, engine sounds nice when the revs build. It's enthusing me to get my CY models Rare Bear 96" and stuff my DLE 222cc 4 Cyl in the front it looks like it will fit.

@thelightersideofrc

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yea it's a great Aircraft with an outstanding engine!

Sounds really nice when your taxing

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Superb, come a long way since the maiden! No heart in mouth moments there :)

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@avipatable

11 ай бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Should have added what lovely consistent landings they were too. Nice one!

Nice flying, sounds better up high but still struggling alot down low. Check the plugs, how they look. Reading them for mixture and timing is a good skill to learn.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

That’s what it’s all about right there Jon…..well done………

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

🙌😎

@rolandtheheadlessthompsong4346

11 ай бұрын

I think I’m going to have to watch this every day….

You land that like a true Pro.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

That's better!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

YES!

Go fast and turn left. Good times

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

🤓

Race 7 is really starting to hum now! Beautiful bird. By the way, nice meeting you at the Ramada in Lethbridge the other day!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! She's getting better each flight! Nice to meet you as well!😎

it sounds great now. Got the landings figured out as well

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Landings looking fantastic. 12:40 was a greaser. Had a little nose up earlier. perfect.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Oh come on that last landing definitely needed more cowbell lol.😂

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

HAHA. Thanks!

My guess is the rear cylinder is rich. Get it warm and run mid throttle stick and do the plier pinch test between carbs. Also I have flown several at our 120m grass strip and in calm it needs 90m to land, with a head wind 60m. You can really slow it down at full flap, go up high and do a high idle stall test…it almost stops. Landing a warbird is more throttle than elevator, get it slowed and blip the throttle, the prop wash keeps it flying and gives elevator authority. It has a huge speed range!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave! I appreciate it!

You should put a smoke system in this bird, with that engine sound she would really POP in the sky!! Your doing this plane a dis service without smoke IMO...LOL

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

LOL Thanks!

Fantastic! Do you build all these planes for yourself or are the for customers? Beautiful

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Most are for customers but sometimes for me.

The last few sounded like you were getting her dialed in. A few seconds after your first takeoff when it was blubbering I'll bet the pucker factor was pretty high. Not much worse than one that quits right after take off. It's a pretty helpless feeling. Some nice landings by the way. 👍

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks.

Just a fantastic plane. Now all I need to do is find 10 grand kicking around so I can get one. . . ..

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

HAHA. Good idea!

@neilcutler8064

11 ай бұрын

10 grand, what I could do with that 😂

Great plane, engine sounds like it's running rich or miss fire ring on one of the cylinders until you open the throttle

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Still breaking in, tuning and a work in progress.

It would be cool to see all the top planes in model form race like back in '92. Tsunami was my favorite

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

😎🙌

Remember during landing , height is speed. Nice landing on 5th fight.

@thelightersideofrc

10 ай бұрын

Thanks.

Great flights, another great build sign off, sounds orsum. 🫡

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

these three cylinders are an orchestra

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

YES!!!! So nice!

Sounds like you got that kolm tuned right on the 4th and 5th flight. 2nd flight, sounded like the engine laboured some. Certainly saw that prop take over on that flight. You ‘stuck’ that landings well. Man, when it is tuned right, that kolm sounds like a Merlin.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks John. She's getting better each flight!

That sound my gosh !!!!! And these 3 last landings are just pure p0rn 😇🥰🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 congrats buddy 🎉

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

Nice job!!! Can't wait to put my VooDoo in the air same airframe but with the DA100i. how WAS THE TENDENCY FOR IT TO DROP THE LEFT WING LIKE Smaller P-51's are on TO

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Works in tandem with the torque to the left. as we tuned it and got more power the plane wanted to turn around the engine so more aileron trim needed.

The engine runs way better now! Did you leaned out even a bit more between flight 5 and 6?

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Flight 5 and 6 same tune.

Hi from sweden,,bad rpm,but wery nice landings👍👍👍

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks.

That engine sounds sickly compared to the Galloping Ghost engine and it's the same engine...! I am wondering if he broke in that engine long enough before installation.. Because it should not be popping the way it is... It should have a even unpropping throating sound to it... But it is a beautiful plane 1 of my favorites of all..! Oh fantastic landing by the way.... Ok...! It does sound better during it's second flight...

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Did not break it in at all before install. Few min of run time before install. Break in during flights!

Looks good and flies good but that exhaust sound could do with some work ?

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

😂

It doesn’t seem to be lacking power now, well it never was let’s be honest but the power of that engine is mostly torque and utilising that torque is about getting a prop matched with RPM. Johnathan, is it possible or even desirable to install a variable pitch prop? It’s worth mentioning that I’ve never got on with engines and know nothing about them. I’m purely a glider pilot and RC glider and fpv drone pilot.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

much better now. The prop is a variable pitch prop. Not variable in flight.

@wearemany73

11 ай бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Ahh I see. Thx 😊

If I closed my eyes, listened to the engine and imagined what airplane matched the engine sound, it would not match up with the Strega. It sounds great on the inbound run, but it always sounds to me like it’s a moment away from misfiring aka flameout. Of course this is because I’ve never had one, seen one, heard one or flown one.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Getting better with each flight.

I noticed you were flying without the lower engine cowl. What was that for?

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

2 reasons. 1. we were doing tuning between flights so just easier. 2. it was crazy hot these 3 days so good cooling.

i would mount cameras on it.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

😎

Engine is sounding better as time passes, are you running it in? The model "looks" a little nose heavy to me? But that's fair in early stages.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yea needs about 20-25 runs to start getting things broken in. Work in progress.

Did you try the "Unisyn" tool on the carbs ??

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

No I didn't .

That engine just doesnt sound like other kolms ive heard missing and full throttle isnt even producing the power ir should beautiful plane hope you get it sorted out.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Still getting broken in and tuned.

Engine started to sound better after leaning it out. Still funny sounding though.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Still lots of break in and tuning needed.

I’m not sure about the sound on the video, but that engine doesn’t sound like it’s operating efficiently. Rough sounding on the first flight. Did not sound smooth at all even at full throttle. Are these engines finicky?? Sounded better at full throttle on flight 4, but still…….,

@crashalexander7232

11 ай бұрын

Break in tuning is rich so she bumbles and stumbles a bit as he tunes it progressively it will get cleaner and cleaner sounding and more crisp.....as mentioned in another comment the break in process takes some time and as flights progress so will the tuning until it reaches X hours when the owner thinks he is satisfied with break in time and then the final tune will be made for max rpm and performance then he will as the kids say .....SEND IT!!! lol

@Chuck_Carolina

11 ай бұрын

It is part of breaking in the engine to run them rich on the first hand full of flights (full tanks run through the engine); also, they tune different on the ground then they do in the air flying. So you want to go easy and rich until the new engine settles down to where it is going to live life after it is run-in; then you can slowly work up a tune for the engine in-flight. I am sure there is more in this plane, it is just part of the teething process with a new plane/engine combination. Blowing excess fuel out the exhaust pipe is what keeps it cool, and the last thing you want is to have the engine quit in flight on a new plane while you are leaning its flight characteristics. Sputtering around like that may sound like crap, but it is the safe and sane thing to do. And yes, a new engine is finicky to a degree - they will get too hot if you go balls to the walls and try and punch holes in the sky before they are run-in. Even cowling an engine in a plane may require retuning or cause it to run hot. Change prop/change pitch??

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Great info here from these two! Explains it!

Engine sounds very rough as if its too rich. Also, you've gone this car, why not make the prop look like the Strega prop? Flies nice I'm guessing but a hand full.

@thelightersideofrc

9 ай бұрын

We have 10 flights on the plane and it's getting better each flight. Don't forget along with tuning, these engines require a 20-30 run break in period before they run proper.

There is no way that plane would be allowed at my club. Way too loud. Nice flying. The owner will be very happy with that plane.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yea she's got a bark!

Sounds super rich to me. 🤔

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Probably still is. taking it slow.

Como que me decola um avião desses com motor falhando? Custa regular em solo primeiro?

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

engine running great. better each flight.

How fast does it go?

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Not sure. She Scoots pretty good!

I'm curious why these test flights are only done making left turns.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

They weren't. Feel free to watch the entire video. The odd right turn thrown in there for good measure.

Beautiful plane, worthy of a much better camera operator (sorry, poor quality makes watching this difficult).

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

You bet! My wife does the best she can. Unfortunately I can't fly the plane and operate the camera at the same time.

@philkidd

11 ай бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Sorry, I wasn't trying to criticize your wife... awesome plane.

There is another guy with a plane like yours in a video and it runs correctly. Ask him for help before you destroy your engine from over leaning.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Great Advice!

Seems to lose power just after each takeoff...is this purposeful?

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

That’s just throttle stick control that you’re hearing

I always see you turning left these planes turn right as well just saying

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

You bet! Thanks for letting me know! You should watch the whole video!

The timing on the engine sounds off on one cylinder

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

🙌

I have to say this, the aircraft and the build look impeccable, but that three cylinder engine engine sounds like a dying dog.

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

Still tuning and breaking in!

@UncleDuncan5092

8 ай бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Three carbs… argh!

Engine sounds better on high throttle, but still "putters" a bit on medium throttle, at least compared to this vid: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h2mhpc-Ylai3Yqw.html Great landing btw

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

For sure. Low end is probably still rich. Low effects the mid.

You should take off without flaps

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

why?

@cloudstreets1396

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. Why??

@shelbyseelbach9568

11 ай бұрын

Ya, why?

@davewilshere

11 ай бұрын

No….

😢

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Why so sad!

It sounded better on the maiden

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

BAHAHA! Ummmmm. Nope.

I don't like the way it runs. Sounds way better on 5th fight

@thelightersideofrc

10 ай бұрын

Yes! Constantly adjusting during first 10-20 flights

Sounds like farts after it passes

@thelightersideofrc

7 ай бұрын

😂😂

Flying brick? Warbirds as a rule, fly like a brick .. however, Mustangs (usually) have a bit of a better reputation …

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

😎

Something is not right with the engine

@thelightersideofrc

10 ай бұрын

4 stroke. Running rich, still breaking in.

that exhaust is disgusting sounding

@thelightersideofrc

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

that engine doesn't sound healthy... i mean, i could be wrong, but it doesn't sound right to me.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Getting better each flight!

Engine is awful. A cylinder not playing ball!!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Starting to sound and be great!