FlightLine Spitfire MK.IX 1600mm - Flight Review - Motion RC

Join Stuart as he flies one of his favorite aircraft, the FlightLine 1600mm Spitfire! On sale for a limited time, find the product using the links below.
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[@jeffhenderson934]

Just got the 1600mm Spitfire earlier week, got it built Saturday night and got to maiden this evening. After purchasing the Flightline 1600mm a few weeks ago I was blown away how well it flew and didn’t think I needed the big Spitfire because nothing was going to top the WOW factor of the Corsair and the ease to fly. And of course I was wrong.... as always... The Spitfire, though a little harder to takeoff and land, was dialed in in about 30 seconds. I went with the Spektrum AR637T and had three Flight Modes, but never left Flight Mode 1 (no stability) other than to see if the other 2 modes were working. 5 minutes on the timer and all 6 flights came in between 46%-51% left on the battery. (Three 5000’s, Three 6000’s) The prop torque was worse for me on the takeoffs than the Corsair and the landings were just tough with it being a cross-windy day. But all in all, just one of the best planes, if not THE BEST I’ve ever flown. Once in the air it was like going back to my Trainer days, just with a faster/prettier plane. Hats off to MotionRC and Flightline. Both the 1600mm Corsair and Spitfire is as good as it gets!

[@stevecoggins2591]

Great flight man. Cool middle name

[@jeffhenderson934]

I’d love to know how Stuart slowed down the servo rate by one millisecond on the esc. Is there a video on hat?

[@psiturbo]

As much as people dislike foamies, they came to stay. Am a glow head, but the practicality of electric systems, airplanes, repair, its the best selling point. And foamies don't look toyish anymore, Motionrc catalogue is difficult to overlook. Balsa is as close you can get in realism, mount a DLE, and enjoy, but that when it runs right, and there are no other issues. For those days I want to grab and go and go warbird, this is one awesome plane on the 1600mm brushless line.

[@hotscarywjm]

Well done sir! Well done. wjm

[@sophiasocal68]

Stuart, watching your son bring the spitfire back was priceless, he's adorable! Nice flight demonstration. I fly scale models and this is a winner in the military category. Well done friend.

[@psiturbo]

Lovely ending, Spitfire! awesome, what a great field assistant you got there!

[@DadsRCHangar]

Great scale flying, was nice to see your son pulling the plane, shows how large she is.

[@kev.j.goodwin8612]

Saw one of these Spits fly at my local club yesterday, I have to say that it was really excellent.

[@MotionRC]

Very cool! One of my favorites for sure

[@grumpyrse]

Happy days indeed Stuart, Matt Ogbournes' catch phrase ;)

[@victorrcjets7660]

Hello Stewart and greetings from the US. I definitely enjoyed your second Touch and Go without flaps. Your son looks like the perfect size for bringing your warbird back to the pits! Looks like the new 6000 would be even better for the CG. Cheers and happy flying!

[@RupertatNutwood]

Could you explain your tip starting at 3.43 about reducing torque by 'slowing down the servo rate on the ESC by a millisecond'. Do you mean you programmed in a soft start? The ESC that comes with the kit has 3 settings for soft start: 300 ms, 1.5 and 3.0 seconds. So I'm rather confused but I like the idea. Maybe you're using a different ESC? Motion RC support couldn't help me because they said they'd never heard of such a thing. Can you explain this tip more fully please? Most grateful. Happy landings. ;-)

[@matthewbrothers2823]

Definitely flew great, keep that young man intrested, you'll have a life long flying partner

[@edb7742]

I normally fly large warbirds weighing 40 lbs+ and this was my first electric plane purchase. I flew it yesterday for the first time and it is a lot of fun, and the scale outline is pretty good also! My compliments on a nice model. It won't be my last purchase from Motion RC.

[@MotionRC]

Thanks for sharing! Glad you enjoyed it. Go for the Corsair next. Also a sweet model with some nice upgrades that the Spit didn't have as the Spit is a bit older (easily removable wings)

[@josipvrandecic2472]

Hi Stuart, I wrote that this was the best huge foam spitfire ever made, and it was a a significant commercial success from Motion RC-Flightline. I know you are a very capable RC pilot so I expect a long inverted flight down the airfield soon ... for me ... of course by the Spitfire 1600. Thank you for demo-battery CoG flight. Greetings from Croatia.

[@Kwak46]

Wow Stuart, that is probably the best flight and explanation on how to fly the gorgeous war bird. I just wish i had the confidence like you have with the Spitfire. Massive salute to you from the Uk. 👏👏👏👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@tonydeaton1967]

Does anyone know what the factory recommended control throws for this model are?

[@kellio48]

Beautiful war bird and video. Flightline has done it again with their 1600 MM range.

[@danielburke6536]

That's one beautiful looking spitfire..

[@williamdecker3989]

Kudos Stuart and Motion RC! Flightline RC has the size for the win! When I have the cash... I'm broke now, of course!

[@williamdecker3989]

Ordered mine today, Finally! I also followed Stuart's recommendation and ordered the heavier 5100 mah 70C pack to try, it'll work on so many other planes too! Stuart's little Spitfire is quite the little helper!

[@andyMSH700]

Great demo on takeoff ...well done

[@RichieRich980215]

What is the C rating on this 5100mAh on Li-Po? Also what type of Connector is on the ESC? I have all Specktrum 6S 5000mAh 30C and 50C G2 Batteries. Do you think the Batteries would be sufficient for this airframe? Thank you in advance! Very nice flying!!! 👏👏👏👍😃

[@MotionRC]

The Admiral 5100mAh Carbon has a 70C rating and the ESC has an EC5 connector on it.

[@spitfiregraham]

I want, I want.... ❤️

[@mustangbelly1]

Flying it way too fast

[@RC-Heli835]

What a nice plane man!😀

[@intensivedan]

LOVE This !!

[@iamcholgabolga]

Do you have to build it yourself or was it like that in the packaging?

[@MotionRC]

It comes pre assembled and painted. The wings and tail screw on assembly is very easy 😉 there are several unboxing and assembly videos on KZbin

[@pofrani]

Isn't that guy from Hobbyking??

[@thomi234p9]

Got this spit for christmas. Nice plane. Havent flown it yet. What really annoys me is that there are too many parts that need to be glued onto the plane. I have other planes from freewing, like the Me262, where everthing is screwed and nothing glued. This is especially bad in case of the tail. The servos for rudder and elevator should have been installed in the tail and the tail put onto the plane via a click and plug mechanism. This way, the tail could have been removed each time for transport, and the spit would have been short enough to get it in any hatchback without taking off the wings. This solution would have been much better.

[@Grossman2868]

MG imitation is right off the movie "Battle of Britain" where Skipper is training a newbie "Before Jerry has you for breakfast!" Anyway, great job Stuart, I found the same thing with mine until I made her nose heavy at the recommended CG. I added 2.5 oz (70 gm which was 10x7 gm lead weight pads) so now I can put a 4500 6s battery all the way forward and the 5000 slightly back and she flies totally different in a good way!!

[@Joelmelanie]

Nice video, i like the spitfire!!

[@madbadger85]

Fantastic model, my mate had one well two actually, first model crashed on 2nd flight, no fault of his, flying straight 70% throttle and for no reason rolled right and spiralled into the ground, no control whatsoever. Rebuilt it, flew 3 times then same thing again, this time crashing into a tree. Turns out the ESC was at fault. BEC overheating wiping out receiver power. Emailed RC motion and agreed to supply a new model. First thing exchange the ESC for a 100amp Turnegy model, plane flew fine for over 80 flights then rudder servo shredded itself and jammed to the right, managed to do a circular circuit and landed but flame flipped over damaging wing tips. New wings and flying again, no more than 20 flights then lost radio connection and ended up in a field wrecked again, I blame the admiral receiver for that one, I did tell him to scrap it and fit a proper spektrum receiver. Now it’s just a pile of broken foam in his garage. Nice model though!!!!

[@mickclitheroe8585]

Awesome review, I love mine ! ! P.s The P-40 Warhawk from Weston is amazing btw..Many thx

[@-justflyit74-95]

Amazing flightline spitfire plane, stuart you still fly your own designed avios spitfire? excellent flight...

[@tediouja8099]

Nice 👍 flight, congratulations!!!

[@olsonaviation9382]

i got 6:30 with my spitfire mk9 1200mm with a 4000mah 4 cell

[@olsonaviation9382]

Great scale flying with the spitfire mk9!

[@Andingo86]

Fantastic video guys!!!

[@dennisfarley6574]

Good review I especially like your ground crew.

[@the10thleper]

That is nice. How about a on board camara?

[@olsonaviation9382]

and i get 3.80 every time

[@Bellakelpie]

I had a relative (now deceased) who flew 488 combat missions over Europe in Spitfires during WW2. Before he passed away in 2013, we often spoke about flying Spitfires (me my models, him the real thing) and one thing he did say was that he never used flaps for take off. He said that the flaps of that period were more "air brakes" and they were used only for landing.

[@JohnyG29]

Yes, the Spitfire's flaps were either fully up or fully down. They didn't have any intermediate settings.

[@tomhuntFPV]

come on Stuart, everyone knows spitfires were either full flap or no flap! not scale to use partial flap! :-)

[@MotionRC]

Get him Tom! - James

[@stuartwarnerc]

If there was one man to catch me out, it would be Mr Tom Hunt, and I wouldn’t want it any other way 😉

[@geordienufc3132]

Excellent video, very informative although your machine gun imitation needs some work, lol.

[@avipatable]

It was a BoB film ref... :)

[@rodgerchalk5576]

Great flying Stuart. Question: Are your elevator high and low rates the same as in the manual?

[@stuartwarnerc]

Rodger Chalk lol, never checked, but typically I fly less than manuals suggest.

[@trullmann]

good video!

[@ricardovar100]

Nice

[@jasonhyland]

Looks great, if only you guys had any 6s packs in stock !

[@MotionRC]

On the way. Don't fret

[@jasonhyland]

@@MotionRC Excellent, I've delayed an at least one model until I can get the packs :) Slow boat ...... :)

[@gordonfraser6025]

When are you going to show the other decal options ? I fancy doing the clipped wing on you flew before, but you're not showing the options I need to order to make it happen. Please

[@MotionRC]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqS9q2qijt2mq8U

[@MotionRC]

www.motionrc.com/products/flightline-rc-spitfire-mk-ix-3d-printed-3dpup-plastic-parts#description-tab

[@MotionRC]

We don't have other decal options, we use callie-graphics.com/ for all sorts of decals one could want.

[@frankienv3906]

very smooth flying, are you using axis gyros..?

[@stuartwarnerc]

As a rule, I never use gyro's.

[@frankienv3906]

@@stuartwarnerc i never use them either, i dont trust them..lol

[@olsonaviation9382]

we have the 1200mm version.