My father in law, Lt. Col. Charles Shallenberger was a P-38 pilot in the pacific for the Vampire squadron. He was the best man I'll ever know. Sitting around the camp fire with him was better than anything on the history channel. You had to pull the stories out of him because he was very humble, but once he started you would be guaranteed an unforgettable evening. His brother in law as a P-52 mustang pilot and when the started sharing together I would get chills listening. He loaned me his flight log to read back in the 1980s. I couldn't put it down. He would absolutely love this. R.I.P. Chuck. You're missed.
Since my first day showing up at our field (with my Apprentice 15s, SAFE locked and loaded) this has been and will forever be my most favorite plane to watch fly. That 1st day it was a 14 year old flying and shredding everyone else flying. I remember thinking, “I’ll never fly like this kid, but God, please let me get good enough to fly a P-38!” Well Saturday I assembled my Flightline P-38 after 4 years of trying to get good enough to fly it. It’s built, strut upgrades in, wired up, and no plans whatsoever to fly it anytime soon. I think I going to just look at it... in one piece...
Jeeez...the detail on these Styrofoam planes has really come a long way in the last few years! That is a gorgeous looking P 38 and to be able to just fly a model that not only looks that good but performs like that right out of the box, is just fantastic. Keep up the good work!
Im an ex model builder and have built about every war bird u can think of and one of my fav was the P38 Lightning and i must say..the detail on this one is pretty damn good lol...and then it flies so well too..wow just awesome 👍😉
That is a beautiful bird, and well mannered for it's size. She has a lot of power, and I can imagine with the motor upgrade for her, she will be really fast, and powerful.
I to have been flying Motion RC planes and have had only one servo related incident. I yanked and banked at full throttle with thrust vectoring nozzles installed on my F-22 and one servo failed holding one stabilator straight up causing loss of control. No other problems so far.
I can't help but feel the landing gear should extend and retract forwards instead of backwards. At least that way, if they don't lock into place for any reason, the forward motion of taxiing and landing won't cause them to be pushed back in dropping the plane on it's undercarriage. I imagine gravel rash will be pretty bad with the undercarriage on a foam aircraft landing at speed. That aside, beautiful model. :)
I have the silver with up grade struts. Flies just like video. However at full flap landing nose pitches up 15 or so degrees, and I recommend a down elevator program with flaps.
How long does the wing paint hold up after a couple of landings when there is no suspension? My 64mm A10 has paint cracks from a couple of really good landings on a paved road with the same style landing gear.
Are landing gear struts plastic? if so, bad news for hard landings and good luck on finding just the struts - probably have to buy the whole gear assembly.
Check out the parts listing at MotionRC.com you'll see that the thick gauge wire strut is clad in plastic and that the strut is sold either separately or with the retract. Best foam P38 out there!
Sure as hell looks like the skies in Indiana are covered in Chemtrails as well. I just watched that sky go from blue to white in no time. Natural contrails are very rare these days :/
+Dismantle HAARP really chem trails? :/ throw away the tin foil hat. nobody wheres them any more. And dont throw up a slew of tin hatter links to prove me wrong. If you really want to prove chem trails are a thing. Go turn on your car and stick your face in front of your exhaust pipe. Then tell me if you found any chem trails.
i wish u where trolling. but HAARP and a bunch of like"'real" UFO vidioes. plus an upload of a bird "UFO" and somebodys mid winter 4th of july celebration "UFO". I can tell that you arent. You need help. Or a more pure water source. Either one should help.
+TheIvanhoe74 60 mm front wheel for sure ...with 2500s light wing loading equals short take off the FMS one was horrible looks like 262 retracts to me ... short grass should be fine
I wish someone would paint one like my great grandfather flew in green with baby blue nose cones and a 31 in white/black bas relief on the front. I looks EXACTLY like the restored "P-38 White 33" only with a 31 on the front (instead of 33), as they came from exact same squadron at 14 mile /Schwimmer Aerdrome and flew together. Info on Pilot: blue2.air-war.org Pilot interview on CZcams: czcams.com/video/MwViS4SfQSg/video.html&feature=emb_logo Hew flew 170+ missions mostly escorting bombers, bailed out of a marginal sketchy P-39 once while on an unauthorized joy ride, to parachute out, and had a P-47 explode on take off when wheel blew on Marsden matting and belly drop tank scraped against steel matting and exploded in fireball and blew him clear of it all. His favorite was the P-38 - two engines to get you home, it was a cadillac (his words!). White 33: czcams.com/video/hNKz25RJerw/video.html White 33 videos: czcams.com/users/results?search_query=p-38+33 Thread about it: www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/threads/p38-plans.3326/#post-523004 Remember, 31 on the front, *not* 33! :-) air-war.org/14Mile%20-%20King,%20Lynch,%20Sullivan%20at%20Pilot%20Board%20800.jpg If you did, I'd give whatever pics you sent lots of promotion on the net. I probably would send you one of my customized flags to hang in your man cave, though I'd have to find a new source to make them, my supplier in China for custom flags has crapped out probably due to the pandemic :-/ Lew was a super smart guy, super generous, never pretentious or ever putting on airs, and made the best spagetti sauce. His trick was to blend up all the green peppers and onions so the kids didn't know it. After the war he got a job at Mead making that ruled paper you used in school and never talked about WW2. I didn't even know he was a fighter pilot until his wife died and he had nothing more to do and I showed him the internet and he found one of his flight buddies when he went to go see Glacier Girl. He passed away in 2017 and was one of the damn near last living fighter pilots from WW2.... outlived just about all of them. Hit me up via email, or I'm on RCgroups.com: www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=676712 choppergirl@air-war.org cg.air-war.org choppergirl.air-war.org hba.air-war.org My FPV quadcopter page: fpv.air-war.org
No thanks motion rc support. Been there done that.Sent many e mails and many pictures already. I received a damaged airplane, contacted motion rc immediately, sent product back, packaged exactly as I got it, as per motion rc instructions. Payed $179.00 got $159.00 in credit. I ordered $159.00 in products, haven't ordered anything else. Why contact support now? motion rc going to change their minds now that I've complained on U Tube where lots of people can see it. To late to help me now, should have been fair with me to begin with.
This is the second NON commentary video that I have seen from Motion. This looks like a growing trend, without commentary it seems like it is flat without any creativity put forth.This is NOT a normal Motion video, what is going on? Hmnnnn Such a GOOD company sliding south. EK~
I bought a GWS p38 I could have simply thrown my money down the bowl and flushed it away it was a totally useless piece of crap. This one looks like it is of good quality . The moral of the story is as long as your going through the motions do it right even if it's more money because you get what you pay for.
My father in law, Lt. Col. Charles Shallenberger was a P-38 pilot in the pacific for the Vampire squadron. He was the best man I'll ever know. Sitting around the camp fire with him was better than anything on the history channel. You had to pull the stories out of him because he was very humble, but once he started you would be guaranteed an unforgettable evening. His brother in law as a P-52 mustang pilot and when the started sharing together I would get chills listening. He loaned me his flight log to read back in the 1980s. I couldn't put it down. He would absolutely love this. R.I.P. Chuck. You're missed.
Since my first day showing up at our field (with my Apprentice 15s, SAFE locked and loaded) this has been and will forever be my most favorite plane to watch fly. That 1st day it was a 14 year old flying and shredding everyone else flying. I remember thinking, “I’ll never fly like this kid, but God, please let me get good enough to fly a P-38!” Well Saturday I assembled my Flightline P-38 after 4 years of trying to get good enough to fly it. It’s built, strut upgrades in, wired up, and no plans whatsoever to fly it anytime soon. I think I going to just look at it... in one piece...
Jeeez...the detail on these Styrofoam planes has really come a long way in the last few years! That is a gorgeous looking P 38 and to be able to just fly a model that not only looks that good but performs like that right out of the box, is just fantastic. Keep up the good work!
Now this is what a P-38 should look like. I cannot wait for mine to come. The build looks fairly easy.
Major King how did it fly?
Im an ex model builder and have built about every war bird u can think of and one of my fav was the P38 Lightning and i must say..the detail on this one is pretty damn good lol...and then it flies so well too..wow just awesome 👍😉
That is a beautiful bird, and well mannered for it's size. She has a lot of power, and I can imagine with the motor upgrade for her, she will be really fast, and powerful.
Perfect for beginner pilots
The hand craftsmanship is amazing.
Best video demo I’ve seen in a long time.
New shipment in yesterday , I ordered mine immediately ! Cant wait until it gets here !!!
Oh man I miss that flying field. I used to fly at Apollo 11 field back in the late 80s early 90s when I lived in Encino.
Amazing, one of the most scale looking electric models I've seen.
I'd be afraid to fly it for fear of damaging something. Look sweet on my shelf though.
Amazing!! Great flying !!
I stand corrected - struts are available and are plastic-covered heavy gauge wire. Giving plane a harder look.
czcams.com/video/9BaFIGntKCE/video.html
Sweet looking plane, Rock on apollo Field!
The field almost closed a few weeks ago
I to have been flying Motion RC planes and have had only one servo related incident. I yanked and banked at full throttle with thrust vectoring nozzles installed on my F-22 and one servo failed holding one stabilator straight up causing loss of control. No other problems so far.
I can't help but feel the landing gear should extend and retract forwards instead of backwards. At least that way, if they don't lock into place for any reason, the forward motion of taxiing and landing won't cause them to be pushed back in dropping the plane on it's undercarriage. I imagine gravel rash will be pretty bad with the undercarriage on a foam aircraft landing at speed. That aside, beautiful model. :)
I have the silver with up grade struts. Flies just like video. However at full flap landing nose pitches up 15 or so degrees, and I recommend a down elevator program with flaps.
I was just thinking ,if Freewing made a Lightning,and their it is, outstanding.
What a gorgeous plane. Very well presented by MotionRc. It's a thumbs up to you :)
impressiv performance! well flown.
WOW. great job on the testing and videography! Gettin really good with the camera bro!
I just got real flight 7.5 I like the B-25 Mitchell. this p-38 looks sweet
Are the props counter rotating as with a real lightning?
Both ESC has BEC ? If yes and use a y cable to connect them , is this create possibility for electric flow backwards ?
Omg i have that Dallas Doll model right now 5 years going strong omggg but yk the foam took a beating 🤷♂️
God I want this thing so so bad. Being poor sucks.
Simply magnificent!
Beautiful! Shame the gear legs and wheel hubs are not molded in aluminum silver.
tsmgguy check out the strut upgrade video. Optional operating suspension struts, all metal.
Why not a 5000 6s????
Id like to see Pilot Ryan and Cap Mike fly it.
We can't wait!
Wow motion you came a long way LOL!!
As always motion another gorgeous AKA Jessica plane..
Wheels without breaks and without suspension!
Very nice !
flight times????.
How long does the wing paint hold up after a couple of landings when there is no suspension? My 64mm A10 has paint cracks from a couple of really good landings on a paved road with the same style landing gear.
Would it have been so hard to add some oleo struts.. it's not a small model guys
Are landing gear struts plastic? if so, bad news for hard landings and good luck on finding just the struts - probably have to buy the whole gear assembly.
Check out the parts listing at MotionRC.com you'll see that the thick gauge wire strut is clad in plastic and that the strut is sold either separately or with the retract. Best foam P38 out there!
Um, I love it. It comes this month right??
Right
Very good video ;)
Looks great! will these be available outside of the US? I'm guessing not as MotionRC is an American shop.
Will
are those motor outrunners?
How handles grass?
Wow!
Sure as hell looks like the skies in Indiana are covered in Chemtrails as well. I just watched that sky go from blue to white in no time. Natural contrails are very rare these days :/
This video was shot in California
Ahh ok
+Dismantle HAARP really chem trails? :/ throw away the tin foil hat. nobody wheres them any more. And dont throw up a slew of tin hatter links to prove me wrong. If you really want to prove chem trails are a thing. Go turn on your car and stick your face in front of your exhaust pipe. Then tell me if you found any chem trails.
Haha here come the trolls
i wish u where trolling. but HAARP and a bunch of like"'real" UFO vidioes. plus an upload of a bird "UFO" and somebodys mid winter 4th of july celebration "UFO". I can tell that you arent. You need help. Or a more pure water source. Either one should help.
I fly off of grass, will the landing gear be able to handle that?
+TheIvanhoe74 60 mm front wheel for sure ...with 2500s light wing loading equals short take off the FMS one was horrible looks like 262 retracts to me ... short grass should be fine
+Johnny Rabuse thanks! I hope they stay in stock for a while. I'll take mine in Pacific silver, please :) Now, I just need to save up the $$$$.
......and more of my money coming your way....
I wish someone would paint one like my great grandfather flew in green with baby blue nose cones and a 31 in white/black bas relief on the front. I looks EXACTLY like the restored "P-38 White 33" only with a 31 on the front (instead of 33), as they came from exact same squadron at 14 mile /Schwimmer Aerdrome and flew together. Info on Pilot: blue2.air-war.org
Pilot interview on CZcams: czcams.com/video/MwViS4SfQSg/video.html&feature=emb_logo
Hew flew 170+ missions mostly escorting bombers, bailed out of a marginal sketchy P-39 once while on an unauthorized joy ride, to parachute out, and had a P-47 explode on take off when wheel blew on Marsden matting and belly drop tank scraped against steel matting and exploded in fireball and blew him clear of it all. His favorite was the P-38 - two engines to get you home, it was a cadillac (his words!).
White 33: czcams.com/video/hNKz25RJerw/video.html
White 33 videos: czcams.com/users/results?search_query=p-38+33
Thread about it: www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/threads/p38-plans.3326/#post-523004
Remember, 31 on the front, *not* 33! :-)
air-war.org/14Mile%20-%20King,%20Lynch,%20Sullivan%20at%20Pilot%20Board%20800.jpg
If you did, I'd give whatever pics you sent lots of promotion on the net. I probably would send you one of my customized flags to hang in your man cave, though I'd have to find a new source to make them, my supplier in China for custom flags has crapped out probably due to the pandemic :-/
Lew was a super smart guy, super generous, never pretentious or ever putting on airs, and made the best spagetti sauce. His trick was to blend up all the green peppers and onions so the kids didn't know it. After the war he got a job at Mead making that ruled paper you used in school and never talked about WW2. I didn't even know he was a fighter pilot until his wife died and he had nothing more to do and I showed him the internet and he found one of his flight buddies when he went to go see Glacier Girl. He passed away in 2017 and was one of the damn near last living fighter pilots from WW2.... outlived just about all of them.
Hit me up via email, or I'm on RCgroups.com: www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=676712
choppergirl@air-war.org
cg.air-war.org
choppergirl.air-war.org
hba.air-war.org
My FPV quadcopter page:
fpv.air-war.org
VERY quiet motors I would be very surprise if it was a brushless motor
They are brushless motors, and they offer an upgrade as well to make it fly faster than stock.
wow thats awesome
No thanks motion rc support. Been there done that.Sent many e mails and many pictures already. I received a damaged airplane, contacted motion rc immediately, sent product back, packaged exactly as I got it, as per motion rc instructions. Payed $179.00 got $159.00 in credit. I ordered $159.00 in products, haven't ordered anything else. Why contact support now? motion rc going to change their minds now that I've complained on U Tube where lots of people can see it. To late to help me now, should have been fair with me to begin with.
Price?
+barneyrebel0123 4563.78 cents ..... Ill toss in an orange receiver
+Johnny Rabuse joking ....
thats not your style of Video :(
Can we all spell ," Wet Dream " ?
This is the second NON commentary video that I have seen from Motion. This looks like a growing trend, without commentary it seems like it is flat without any creativity put forth.This is NOT a normal Motion video, what is going on? Hmnnnn Such a GOOD company sliding south.
EK~
Don't worry.
I bought a GWS p38 I could have simply thrown my money down the bowl and flushed it away it was a totally useless piece of crap. This one looks like it is of good quality . The moral of the story is as long as your going through the motions do it right even if it's more money because you get what you pay for.
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