After seeing Pete Nicholson's Hangar 9 series of American warbirds (Mustang, Corsair, Warhawk and now Thunderbolt) fly at the Winchester MAC Electric Fly-in last year and at our (The BMAC) Electric Fly-in last year (Sept 2005) and when Hangar 9 released the 'bolt, I thought I must have one of these!

With some information and advise from Pete Nicholson, here it is

Videos

	39 Sec	Ground Test of Sound System
	1 Min 42 Sec	Assembly and Flying at BMAC 15th April 2006
	5 Mins 29 Sec	Flying at RAF Odiham 22nd April 2006
	6 Mins 13 Sec	Attempt at Formation Flying at BMAC 16th June 2006

It is very easy to fly and with that thick wing it it can fly really slowly and can land at a fast walking pace.

I added some additional scale detail which also helps in the cooling of the motor, ESC and batteries in the form exhaust outlets, and supercharger cooler outlets. I also added the gun barrels and since these photos were taken I have added some weathering.

I originally had a Schulze Future 32.8F ESC but this gave me starting problems so I replaced it with the Purple Power PP-ESC70A and everything is now perfect. The Schulze has now been transplanted into my recently converted ZN Line Majestic which is now powered by a Hacker C50 14XL Acro 6.7:1.

With gentle flying and a few large loops and barrel rolls thrown in to spice things up I can easily get 15 minutes of flying out of the LiPo's.

All in all a great plane to fly, looks good with no vices and the slow speed handling is superb!

I am now on my second plane as the 1st one cart wheeled after I lost all control :o( Never really found out the reason why all control was lost.

I have fitted a sound system from Benedini on this second one which reproduces the start up, running, throttling and shutdown sounds of the real Pratt and Whitney R2800 radial engine. It's not very loud but it does add a certain effect.

I have also removed the strake on the fin to replicate the full size "No Guts, No Glory"

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