Andrew Crosby & I have had his new 1:5.5 F7F up and running for the 1st time today.......
Built from the Scalewings kit, it has a span of 112" and an AUW of 59.5lb. Power comes from a pair of ZG62 currently on 24" x 8" Beila props. Retracts are HAWE with Scalewings wheels & brakes. Radio is predominantly Futaba digital servos with 2 x Spectrum 9100 Powersafe Rx's and 6v 5,000Mah NimH batteries.
Andrew has done the lions share of the build with a little assistance from me weekends and evening, but I took on the painting. Colours are all water based 'Warbirdcolors' with a Klass Kote epoxy gloss clear coat. Other than all of the small stenciling which has been done with dry set rub on decals, all markings are painted (even the nose art), no decals have een use anywhere. Paint masks came from Nigel @ Flightline Graphics.
Still a few small jobs to do before we can get it out to the feld for all the ground based testing, but it should make an interesting addition to the Fighteraces Team for this season, esecially as we have the 3 other 'Cats' in progress to join the F7 over the next couple of years.
Phil
