Guillows F4U 1D Corsair
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- This is my just finished Guillows F4U-1D Corsair. Included are build pictures, Rotating Retracts, RC Flight, and post maiden review. Details are Himaxx 2015 - 5400 motor with a 6:1 Cobri Gear box, Hobby lobby three blade 9.5" x 10" pitch prop, Castle Creations 18 AMP ESC, TP 3S 1320 Battery, Rotating Retracts, ARET, Steerable tail wheel, and All up weight of 17 Oz.'s
@milesperpound I got a one called "F4U-4 CORSAIR GUILLOW'S WING SPAN 30 3/4 BALSA KIT".
I am a member of RC Groups. I also fly Parkzone Corsair and I love it. I really love the looks of Corsair that's why I would love to build this one and make it electric.
I think my biggest challenge will be covering the wings as I have no experience with that at all. I am pretty good with manual work though so hopefully I will be OK.
Thanks for your quick reply!
For the same bucks you could by a foamie that looks really good, but you took the hard way and made your own, from a kit, but still your swet. I must say you did the sensible thing and you still have had fun on top of that, building it. And the plane looks even better than a foamy. Congratulations.
While I do love to just buy and fly a plane, as flying was always the point of my R/C hobby, there's something special about a plane built like yours. The time and skill involved, the REAL risk to flying it and the risk of all that work being lost or broken. It's a whole other level of the hobby and you did a wonderful job with it.
Amazing! Can't wait for that P-38! The Dauntless would look cool too!
Lovely. Built the FW190 Guillows kit years ago as a 049 C/L. The hobby sure has advanced!
Nice build!
Well detailed Corsair and it flies well too.
Thanks for posting this video!
Happy flying!
Please have an excellent and awesome day!
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Wow ! ! All of these videos featuring RC planes have almost inspired me to get back into it after 30 + years. Back then, it was an expensive hobby (as compared to my income!) and could get messy with fuel exhasts and such. I designed and flew "pattern" planes and even used Guillows kits to "scale up" a few warbirds! I've got a footlocker full of balsa, a couple of OLD radios and equally old engines. With the electric motor technology available today, I'm ready to get the "bug" again ! !
Nice build. For those few who gave thumbs down you can't appreciate the time and skill involved to make a wood model fly that nicely and hold together strong. Not to mention the mechanics and moving parts. Well done Sir! I'm currently building corsair f4u4 with detaching bombs as well. I hope It soars as well as yours.
You’re an amazing craftsman.
Thanks. I modeled it after my friends fathers plane that was well faded in the hot Pacific sun. This is a great hobby and the PZ stuff is a great way to get started. Hope you enjoy the hobby as much as I do. -M
Cheers, -M
Atta Boy ! The 38' was a great machine, a good example of American ingenuity.
How Kelly got 400 + mph with 1930's engines...
Will subscribe to your channel.
Happy first flight !
Excellent job building and flying that Corsair.
Thanks so much, A Corsair is just not right without those little bits and such. Thanks for subbing.
Oh, thats real cool. I don't know how much you enjoy the hobby, but i LOVE it.
You got my 'Thumb's Up' at liftoff - this is how I have always envisioned my old Guillows 70s & 80s rubberband 'free flight' kit to be (R/C), but never got there before moving on to other life projects... my hats off to you. Now, I am just about to get back into building again and flying. ; ) BTW - your corsair project is totally awesome - well done.
3 blade prop with a lovely hub, and rotating retracts :) Detail always pays off.
the paint job looks a little light, nice job man. i just got into planes, started off eith a PZ citabria. i can put that thing anywhere in the sky now
you did an awsome job.Im currently buying up all the guilows kits i find at the moment.Thanks for the inspiration
This video is the reason i just bought this kit! Looks SO fun. Im gonna copy your set up and cant wait to fly it :)))
you're talented at this. I'm very impressed with the build and detail in the painting. Two thumbs up.
I framed up the fuselage then used a small razor saw and cut through the formers just above the side keel. Then copied the top of the formers for each end of the hatch. use bass wood for edges as they stay strait. rare earth magnets will hold it in place. you can see it on RC groups scale forum Guillows Corsair with rotating retracts. Thanks -m
Beautiful build and flight; I would love to build this kit myself
You always do an amazing job.Beautiful plane!
Hi George from France,
Thanks, Certainly those are subjects I have wanted to do. I am currently working on a Guillows P-38 that should be off the board soon. Anyway as mentioned below, the Prop is from Hobby Lobby here in the states. I am pretty sure they will ship to france. Thanks for watching.
Cheers,
-M
I wouldn't have believed it of I didn't see it ......that thing ROCKS !
NICE PAINT JOB , Completely bad AZZZ!
Thanks, The P-38 is coming along nicely, sorry I missed your post. The SBD is on the list. Thanks for watching :-)
@10nickles Sorry the fellow that made them no longer does them. Too bad they are nice. I imagine with a little planning you could get the new electric rotating retracts to work. good luck, it is a great flying conversion. -MPP
terrific! Thanks for sharing!
@TheFlight17 Hey Sorry been traveling, did not use tissue. I use Doculam AKA PET laminating film. it is strong and takes paint well.
Bravo pour ce travail avion cosair F4u est magnifique
You can get the prop and spinner at Hobby Lobby on line. I believe that it is their own developed Props that come in three and Four blades.
NICE i built a spit fire to that same scale years a go got to get back into it
You Are The Fu8King Man! You made a guillows not only look good but fly good too. I am working on making the guillows piper 95 24" wingspan.RC with eflite 4 SITE guts. I am going to try that iron on silkspan type covering. Wish me luck!
very cool, nice job
Great job! I have a guillows Fokker Dr1 I bought at a five-n-dime, and I still haven't finished it...
-Mitch
Outstanding. I'm just on my very first build, 3 channel Aeronca Champ '85'. Not as complex as yours but pretty daunting for a newbie!
Thanks B, She looks fast due to the size. Remember it is only a 30" wing span, or should I say 76.5 CM compared to the PZ Corsair at 111.8 CM. It does get small in a hurry though.
M
Sweet model, sweet vid.
fantastic plane man. It`s hard to beleive it only took you 30 hours to build. WoW!
jeeperscreatures ... I built the Cessna 150 and put 5 channels in it also. It is covered in translucent yellow with translucent red stripe ultracoat. It also has nav lights, and total time is around 40 hrs.
@Tonywp80376 Hey glad you liked it. I say go for it as it is one of the best flying Guillows conversions. Good Luck and post your results.
Cheers, -M
Fantastic, I am shopping for a guilds kit now mainly for the build, but in time it will take to the sky's.
Just ordered a guillows 170....Since I am a slow builder,it will probably take me a year...
You do great looking Guillows conversions, MPP, that actually fly well. I have the SBD kit and it's in the queue for conversion. You would probably use an ungeared lower KV motor nowadays.
@milesperpound I will start a thread for sure. I will probably start building in the winter though. I will have more spare time because I won't be able to fly my PZ Corsair in winter ;)
I also have to clean up a room where I intend to build my Balsa Corsair. I have to turn it into my work-studio ;)
Thanks again for your help!
I really appreciate it.
@ronho2007 FF, control line or simple RC, They are not really interested in updating the RC side of the plans but sure is fun to convert them now with the electric technology. -M
Excellent!
@kmlkrk Great, Start a thread and you will get lost's of help. Covering is not that hard. just takes patience. Practice on a foam glider with low heat. The kit I got was pre 1980's so it included a second cowl, One for F4U-1D and one for F4U-4. The Parkzone stuff is fun, Building is lot of fun too. Best -MPP
What a beauty. : )
NERD!! and I mean it in the best way. Boss plane and a great flyer!! Nice build!
wonderful!
Cool, Good luck, Thanks for the comments hope to see some of yours flying soon. All the best -M
Thank You, It was a fun project!
Nice job!
very nice.
@killer84s10 depends on if they are currently in production or obsolete. best bet is to go to eBay and look at similar listings under Guillows. I have seen some of the rarer models go for quite a bit. Let me know what you have. I am always interested. Thanks -M
Thanks for subbing. :-) . I hope the model fly's as well as the full scale. Thanks again and I will video the maiden.
Best,
M
@mattxr2i I am using the DX 7 on this model but as long as the Tx and Rx bind you will have no problem. I have an old Dx6 I use and it is fine even though it is not DSM2. Thanks for watching and sorry for the late reply, been trying to finish up a few projects. Let us know how it goes when you build. Best -M
very nice build, liked and subscribed
@NetRanger101 Ah-men brother. The retracts worked out surprisingly well, sorry for the late reply been trying to finish up a P-39 kit. Flaps would really push the envelope but now after flying this for a while I think it could handle another ounce or two. Might have to build another one....Eeek! Thanks again, - Mark
I'm impressed!
I used Docalum. it is a thin laminating film that paints well.
Mpp
@TheFlight17 Just catching up here. I used PET 1.5mm laminating film also know as Doculam. -M
@kmlkrk Hi it took about three months, or around thirty hours. It is one of the better Guillows to convert, Go to RCGroupsdotcom and the electric scale forum has a Guillows conversion listing. This one is on the list and has all the detail of how I did it. Did you get the older kit with the F4U-1D cowl. If you don't use the 1D cowl I could use a new one as I had a little crash damage. Good luck it is a fun build! -MPP
Thanks, I guess?? glad you enjoyed it, The color scheme I chose was that of early F4U's. I am still trying to get info from my friend on his fathers F4U-1D. That was the intent. Host of a coveted RC show with not much to say? What a career that would be. AFA the glasses it was sunny, hey old crapy prescription sun glasses, to each his own as they say ;^) .
Thanks for watching,
Cheers! -Mpp
@ratmq Hey the 1000 series are a good place to start. the best are the SBD and the Hellcat. second would be the P-47 and the Corsair. Best advice I can give is go to RC Groups dot Com and on the scale forum is a list of Guillows conversions. This Corsair is linked there also. This is the best resource for these conversions. Easy to ask questions there also. Let us know how you make out. Cheers -M
@sainty22 Hi, you can get the whole build thread on RCGroupsdotcom it is in the scale forum and look at the top sticky Guillows conversions- list of conversions, it is under kit 1004 Corsair. There are several threads that are good reference for conversion. I go by the same handle there Milesperpound. Much easier and helpful site for what you are looking for. Good luck this was a fun project.
Unfortunately the retracts are no longer made...sorry -MPP
ROMF, If your are going to build this I would suggest joining RCGroups - free. There are a lot of great modelers that can help answer your questions. It is just a lot easier then here on youtube. Again there is a great index of these conversions in the Scale forum stickyed at the top. Hope this helps, mpp
Pretty darn cool! HOw can you see it, it gets away fast! It's invisible on the video. You're a good pilot for sure.
Thanks, it was fun to make, thank you for the rating. :-) -M
@rodrigo32125 Hi no music in the video but if you are referring to the other video I posted with the retracts it was Journey "Wheel in the sky" thanks
that's awesome these kits are tough to get to fly well unless u know what ur doin gj
Thanks man! BTW nice car on your channel, thanks for subbing! Cheers, -M
Bravo
Thanks for the comment, Flaps could work but installing a system might challenge the weight. It does slow down well, Just don't want to take a chance on a tip stall so am flying it at 3/4 throttle.
-M
They are hand made by Orion Pax. That is his handle on RC Groups. Do a search there and I am sure he would work something out for you.
Cheers, M
I have the kit in my closet....Scared to start because it's my first build since I was a kid....and ,since the F-4U is my favourite warplane...Maybe a more simple kit to warm up on or???/...Any feed back or advice would be GREATLY appreciated....
A +
Beauty.
loved it!
may be extended flaps could hel to slow down A Bit.
You know what would be cool for a future video? Get a shot where you "buzz" the camera coming straight at it from the front! That would be awesome :-)
@mailtopravit the retracts were made by Orionpax on RC Groups dot Com he makes them himself. Monokote sure, but it is heavy and can break balsa structures when shrinking. I used PET AKA Doculam, very nice film for covering and painting. Good luck.
-M
Very nice arirplane ! And good pilot too...
Now, where did you get that beautifull scale prop?
How about an F2G, or Supercorsair ?
Thanks for posting.
George
Brest,
France
nice i love to see it when someone acualy takes the time to build a plane from a box of sticks/// great job love the retracts... ??? does it have flaps ....
Well done ,how about a B17 Guillows has one,or a Stuka Kanonenvogel
@milesperpound Hey, no problem :-) Thanks for the info.
we share the same problem my friend, we are lonely wolves in this rc world
Every impressive build, did you build your wings fixed or folding
Is that a Spektrum DX6i you are using? I have the same TX for my B-400 3D. I have been thinking about building a plane (since the DX6i has a 10 model memory) Let me know. Thanks and great video!
@jshalffast GO FOR IT ONCE YOU GO ELECTRIC YOU WILL NEVER LOOK BACK, I TOO STARTED ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO AND JUST GOT BACK INTO IT 6 YEARS AGO. NOW EVENT HE SMALL GUILLOWS ARE EASILY CONVERTED. LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES. ALL THE BEST -M
hmm....I remembered my uncle had one of those many many moons ago...either using rubber powered or line control ( cox .049 engine)
@backdraft57 Thanks very rewarding project, Cheers - M
What type and color paint did you use to color it. Flies great and looks great too.
How does the battery hatch attach to the plane.. I'm modifying a similar type model with no battery hatch
im doing a project like yours but on a spitfire 403,with the electronics did you use a doner from another plane.because getting electronics induvidually is hard.
wooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Great job. It looks awesome! What type of covering did you us for the skin? What type of paint did you use?
It seems that everybody says guillows differently
ive decided to make this my second balsa plane build but this time i will make it fly would you be okay with it if i asked a few questions when im working on it in the future?
thanks
rockonmyfriend
nice video.
Can you tell me how long it took you to build this model?
I just won Guillow's Corsair it on eBay.
It is my first balsa model... You must be thinking I am crazy and you're probably right, but I hope to find a lot of info online, go slowly ask experienced friends for help and hopefully build mine to look half as good as yours :)
Did you cut the holes in the elevator and rudder for balancing the weight?
Hi, I tried to find doculam in the US but no go. Where do you get it from?
Thanks