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FlightLine P-38L Lightning "Pacific Silver" 1600mm (63") Wingspan - PNP Reviews

4.6 Rating 163 Reviews
Advertised specs did not say that it is so heavy. It is inappropriate for our small 250 foot field. I do fly 120 wing span airplane that has lower wing loading. I ordered the recommended Admiral receiver but it was not in the shipment as the packing list claimed. I ordered another one and installed it. I installed with antennas at right angles. I traveled 60 miles to a neighboring longer model airport but flying there we lost control at about 1000 feet away. Fortunately control recovered and I was able to land.When under control it flew well with no trim required.
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Posted 6 years ago
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EXCELLENT + VERY DETAILED
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Great RC plane kit. The manual is not quite up-to-date (pre-production version?), but online videos walk you through the build. The wiring is complex! The only real issue I had was getting the two motors to calibrate (sync). Only one would run consistently, but occasionally both would work. Great Motion RC support (2 calls). Finally checked all connections and I think one was slightly loose - been working fine since then. Great model detail and opportunity to paint and and add finishing touches.
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I,m very happy to owne this beautifull P38 it is a really perfect scale model with a high wingload but handels very well
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Posted 6 years ago
The plane is beautiful. Having all the mixing done for you is very nice. Use the build video but, some updates have apparently been made to the plane. Wiring is simplified in the wing, ribbon cables etc. I would not go bigger than 3000 on the twin batteries. I bought 3600's based on a call to Motion. It fits, barely, and I got lucky on the CG. It feels like its a little heavy with 2 3600. I just ordered 2-3000's to compare. I would not have ordered the 3600's in hindsight. Maiden flight was great. No flaps on the maiden but takeoff roll was fairly short. Plenty of power. If you slow down it will sink, not stall, just pocks up a sink rate that requires attention. Landing was easy, a little power to the point of flare and roll it on. 4 minute maiden flight left 4.21 v in each of the 3600 batteries.
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good aircraft easy to put to gether. fun to fly.
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The aircraft was easy to assemble however the decals that were already installed on the aircraft had come loose and we’re sideways and in the wrong locations
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Posted 6 years ago
Very nice kit and flies extremely well, this is second one for a friend, mine is still going strong. Was hoping the upgraded landing gear by now would have some type of suspension butt guess not. Other than that - it's a great PNP. Rich
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