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Your drawing instrument is a drawing compass, that’s one big engine, looking forward to next instalment 👌👍

The universal creed of all Nitro flyers building a new plane: Engine supposed to fit... It might fit... It was meant to fit... I don't think it will fit... Screw it we'll MAKE it fit!... I can't believe it actually fit! Glorious build brother! Keep the shiny side up, greasy side down.

the last "real" winner of the Reno Air Races. i've met all four of her most winning pilots (Tiger, Hoot, Steve Jr, and Jay) and they're all super-good dudes!

Yay a prop plane 👏 🎉🎉

Always so satisfying to see you at work, very nice Jon (and Trusty...) 👍👍. David.

thanks for getting back so quick

Awsome plane!!!

With this engine, the thing becomes a monster.

Never few much rc, learnt a lot from you thanks. Would love to see it fly. Since 55 years back always loved rc and spend 39 years in the SAAF. Good luck with other projects of your. Thanks again.

Compass mate….your “circle maker” is called a compass. 😂😂 That made me smile a bit. Model looks great though and that engine in a work of art.

I work at the air museum where the real Strega is kept! Wonderful model, too bad Reno Air Races has closed forever.

At first look I though there was no way that massive engine would fit! Now I can’t wait to hear it in the complete plane!! 👍🏽

I like watching your videos. You are very thorough!

Oh my god i cant believe an engine designed to fit into it would fit into it. This is amazing content. Incredible

Mate, you are the master of the Dremel :) If I attempted to drillng out a hole with a rotary tool, I'd end up with a big pile of glass dust and not much left of the airframe!

Awesome Video can not wait for the next one.

What a beast!

Very nice job

Great video!

Waiting a long time for this! Thank you!!!

My friend the circle maker tool is called a drawing Compass. Nice job

This is going to be one great aircraft. 👍😊

I look forward to seeing this thing fly!! 230CC engine is a serious power plant, bigger than the engine in my mower!!

Awesome work.

Love it keep them coming can’t wait to see and hear it fly turn up the volume!! I like using a little peal ply strips no sanding great bonds !

Awesome build!

I never thought of doing hatches that way. Fantastic attention to detail sir, thanks for the share.

Love this video, as you know I am not a turbine guy and only fly 42% IMAC type of planes and was waiting for this build. I know this is not an IMAC plane but anything with a prop is golden with me. Can't wait to see the next video. Thanks for all you do for our hobby.

Nice craftsmanship 👏👏 I love red racers ... can't wait to see her opened up !

Yes, a compass used as a drawing aid, or a divider used to chart a course on a nautical chart. It accurate measures distance when set to the scale on the side of the chart.

Awesome the kolm 230 cc in the p51 Strega, Rockin!!!

Thats awesome 👌

😲 OMGOODNESS.

That engine is incredible! I've been waiting for further installments on this series. One suggestion -- when making cutouts in fiberglass or metal, like your hatch on the bottom of the engine compartment, you should never make square corners, they should be radiused. If for some reason the airframe should be stressed in that area, for instance if it and terra firma tried to occupy the same space at the same time, those sharp corners will be stress risers, and the cracks will start in those corners. And just a point of terminology, the aerodynamic cover over the propeller hub is called a "spinner." Looking forward to the next installment in this project.

J. The aluminium spacers need something behind them, they will ‘eat’ into the wood over the first few runs moving the engine back. We used ‘penny washers’ 1.6mm thick 25mm dia and I Hysol those to the wood so they don’t chatter. The 230 seems to run smoothly, but it’s a shaker with the huge firing pulse/torque

That is a gorgeous bird dude probably the prettiest rc plane I’ve ever seen

VERY Cool

Amazing work as always!

Well hurry up and get more videos made of the build, and of the finish. Beautiful.

AMAZING

Awesome 😮

that is CRAZY engine looking awesome

A old guy at are local rc club once told me that anything would fly with a big enough engine 😂 he was right

Solid engine install. Im excited for the rest of the build.👍

I volunteer at the Planes of Fame in Chino California where the full-sized Strega is on display. Glass smooth. Not a rivet to be seen or felt.

Thanks!

It will be cool to see one with a turboprop engine fitted

Amazing!

My name is Lionel joseph from st Vincent I love your RC plane fast time looking at work and I love Solber. Plane

10:25 it's called a precision compass. you're welcome.

Wow! That engine is sexy as all get out! That palne is gonna haul ass! After watching you live last night and seeing all the things you have to do to make these videos possible give me a new found respect for what you do! Thanks for the advice on my P-51 fuel pump system. I cant wait to see this plane fly! I saw the video of the engine on the test stand. Awesome 👌. 👽

Nice 😉👍... FYI, your protractor is called a compass...

Someone else probably mentioned this already, but your "circle making" tool is called a compass.

Very well done video….. very informative …. excellent presentation….good quality video….. excellent layout of work being done….. this guy does an awesome job from start to finish……Kudos on a job well done….. subscribed to the channel and look forward to many more quality builds with top notch instructions….. Kudos……Keep building and flying…..👍👍👍👍👍

With 3 .5x1x10" sticks you can make a nice center finder. 2 at 90 deg angle, flat and the 3rd at 45 deg on top of the previous two.

Nice.......

the mount-spacer: called in german: side-pull-right "Seitenzug rechts".....so the bird flies straight...thx for sharing

Very impressive build. New subscriber and will be keeping up with the build. Great work 😊

Following because you’re a Canadian 😂

I'm not sure you are mounting the engine correctly. You did say that you had no manual. These large Gas engines need down and right thrust otherwise the torque from the motor will cause major issues. I know that doing this destroys the symmetry of the cowl and the spinner but that is unfortunately the way these need to be mounted. I am in the process of building a super scale 3200mm P-38 that runs 2 x Roto twin cyl 85 FSI UAV engines with electric start and generators. I have not uploaded the engine instal videos to youtube yet but there is about a 1cm gap on the cowl top and on the left side, extra spacing when compared to both right and top. The P-38 is from WindRC and I worked with the factory to get the model built for the Rotos and they built the correct thrust angles into the firewall install itself. You may want to check around with CARF about a build manual and thrust recommendations. From your video I picked up that the firewall already had down thrust pre built. I could not determine if there was also any right thrust. I assume that the engine turns counter clockwise? KOLM do both rotation directions so maybe that was not pre built. I turned up aluminium spacers for both left and right engines on my lathe as the right engine needed an additional 2mm length to fit the cowl on that side. You may need to make your own spacers to push the motor forward the get the correct thrust angle. This is a good reference but you should get the exact angles from CARF. rckavalaacroteam.com/rc-engines-right-thrust/

Love it - a little concerned about that starter motor near that exhaust though!

Great video and information! That firewall seems extraordinarily flimsy, I would have assumed considering the size of the engine, something made of carbon fiber or at least reinforced fiberglass.

That's what she said

I've seen thicker bulkheads on OS.61 sized planes!

O well like your show

Hi, the firewall…should be in metal, alum…. Bcs, vibs will tear away the wood, unloose bolts….🍦 So sheet of metal on wood on the frame…. Even a metal sandwich on wood, frame… 🏗️

...im not a professional, but i think this engine needs a little bit "down" und "pull right" ???? ...many years ago i flown a 30ccm gasoline bird...and that was the setting for this...... a little bit down and "sid-pull-right"....so the bird will flight straight...thanks for sharing

Please get a prop with some pitch on it. Most of these are flying with low pitch props like you'd use for aerobatics. I used to do giant scale racing and they ran stuff like 24x26.

Nice plane and engine! Kinda like stuffing a big block Chevy into a Miata..😁

I want to see it fly and hear it go past

amazing, being able to buy pre made stuff and assemble it. Must be nice. Canada?

Thats what she said 😆

if it fits, it sits

BONKERS

Yay!! this is awesome. Question, Won't moving the engine throw off your thrust angles?

mind over matter. It will fit. gatteling gun in a F-104 did somehow. it takes a positive attitude many times.

What happened to the whole part of you actually installing the engine ? Would love to have seen that 👍

Hi Jonathan, so happy to see this build starting. I'm a novice prop guy so I don't know with absolutely surety, but....was wondering if the original un-shimmed alignment of the engine isn't actually "off" but rather built into the forming of the fuselage in order to address 'thrust angle' of the engine. I think prop engines want to point up and right to offset torque thrust which is consistent with the shims you added. Any thought on this? - Gonzo

Is the engine at 3 degrees tilt down or does the jiro that care of that ,what method do u use and what angles more importantly 🤔

not a protractor. it is a pair of compasses ( without a pencil, its a pair of dividers) here endeth the lesson ! lol

I was wondering if the original un-shimmed alignment of the engine isn't actually "off" but rather built into the forming of the fuselage in order to address 'thrust angle' of the engine.

Great video John. Was it necessary to introduce side and down thrust angle on the engine instal? To compensate for torque twist? Superb method of hatch build.!

I was just thinking about the motor being slightly off. Do you think that it was purposely done for the thrust angle? I came Apon a similar issue with one of my Cubs I’m currently working on as well. Great vid as always 👍👍and I can’t wait for the next episode.

How did you get the saran wrap off the fiberglass ??

Shouldn’t the firewall have a built in angle to offset the thrust or torque of the propeller?

Basically what he did with the carbon was what's called bondo with epoxy not apoxy

i wonder if that engine would fit my bmx :)

it is time to get a chest camera i propose... :)

That there is a compass Clark

What’s you engine incident angle on that engine?

Gorgeous plane! May i ask where do you find Hysol 9460, i have only found 9462 and i have been using it. 9460 is what i used a lot of time ago but it seems impossible to find now

Needs a red spinner.

I'm so looking forward to this build! One question I do have is when you cut the carbon fiber. Does it cut easily with a knife like the fiberglass? Are you worried about inhaling carbon when you do cut it after it has cured? Thanks Mike c

so after all that when do we see it go

When is the maiden?

Are you sure there was no thrust angle built into the firewall? We always built 1 degree down and 2 degrees right.

The prop shaft is supposed to be offset what are you talking about ?😊

what is that epoxy? S10?

You mentioned ply wood isn't it balsa wood?