Gerrys Ziroli P-38 first flights

The first 2 fights were successful. This plane is powered by 2 DLE 55 engines and is a joy to fly

[@GENERATOR-924]

Nice Model...........Bravo Man!!!! But.......cameraman was in another chanel........what a pity!!!!!! ;-(

[@n1114v]

mixalis mike 924 ......not the greatest footage is better than no footage.

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

@@n1114v To be fair, you had to know it would be a problem. Filming something like that is not as easy as it seems, which is why professionals usually do it. Perhaps better to re-shoot with someone more experienced handling the camera and upload newer footage. Awesome plane, seriously! Some people are just frustrated because they really want to see it fly.

[@marknelson5929]

Fantastic model, well done.... shame about the filming of the actual flight, me feels the cameraman needs a lot of practice!

[@garbagefpvproductions859]

I feels you need to learn how to grammar

[@mnwoodshop3877]

That is a beautiful plane.Well done on the build.The camera man on the other hand is a different story.

[@DESTINYFPV]

Yes really what is so damn hard about working a video camera it is so frustrating to try and watch these beautiful planes when the camera person is clueless on how to use a camera .

[@good2us1]

awesome plane, she's a beautiful but the camera person's gyro is not working.

[@danavannest4139]

Great plane. I love it. Your camera man needs lessons. Perhaps next time.

[@wardbartlett3459]

WOW Gerry ! The P-38 is a tough build, you however you accomplished it. What a beautiful job you did. How many hours had you dedicated from crate to air ? It doesn*t really matter but, what counts is that she flies as wonderful as she looks ! WELL DONE Gerry, from "WOODY" Fellow P-38 enthusiast..

[@axelgs11]

Camera man should have gone to specsavers 😕

[@RTD1947]

Counter rotating!!! Now we're talkin!!!!!!! A man and his machine!!!! No electric hair dryers for this guy!!! Nice job!!!! Yup my heart would be beatin too!!!! In the life of a pilot, there is no better time than this!!!! Nothing like having the owner standing next to you either!!! Thousands of dollars and time ridin on your skills!!!!! Jerry! Best flyin p-38 I have ever seen!!! Nice job building and flyin!!!

[@n1114v]

Rick Davey ......thanks for the kind words Rick. It's the best flying twin I've ever flown.

[@brbob4934]

Great plane. Only wish I'd seen it fly

[@arttafil6792]

I love Papa thirty-eights! My uncle flew one in the Pacific theater and then in Europe in WWII. HE WAS MY HERO AND THE INSPIRATION FOR ME WANTING TO BE A FIGHTER PILOT. I was able to live my dream as an F4 Phantom II Pilot in Vietnam. I was a Marine Corps Naval Aviator and flew with VMFA542 and VMFA323 in 66, 67, and 68 out of DaNang and Chulai. God bless you uncle Leo, I hope you’re flying unlimited missions with unlimited ammo and fuel!!!

[@tennriverluver3534]

If we can just teach you to fly and operate the camera at the same time!

[@stretchpadawan1]

Camera man shouldn't have gone to the pub before the flight. Gorgeous build though.

[@bobchatigny38]

Beautiful P38! Congratulation’s! I would find another cameraman!

[@putteslaintxtbks5166]

I grow up watching the P-38's fligh over in the 60's and 70's. I think I still saw a few into the mid 1980's. Always loved seeing them. I think the air base in Sioux Falls was one of the last to fligh them.

[@james66872]

I’m so glad that you got the landing on video

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

that dang retract switch sure gets in the way. LOL.

[@n1114v]

Lol.... oops!

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

A friends father flew one throughout the pacific war ww2 and lucky he never got bitten by it lots of stories though

[@jamesberwick2210]

Beautiful flight. My father's favorite plane. He worked for Lockheed, Burbank before the war on P-38s. I read a story on them that the RAF bought some, didn't want the counter rotating props. With the same rotation props it became a hand full. USAAF took them back, installed the counter rotation engines and props and put them into combat.

[@slyburner123]

Great first landing there! Congrats to this beautiful bird!

[@mikewhitaker2306]

Absolutely has to be most beautiful War Bird at least one of the most beautiful really nice scale

[@DeereX748]

Gorgeous plane, my favorite WWII fighter. Any reason you made the counter rotation opposite of the full scale plane? My guess is that it gives you a critical engine advantage if you have an engine out situation to make it more controllable. Flies very well and it is beautiful in the air as well as on the ground. Congrats on those initial flights, hope it's still doing well 7 years later.

[@n1114v]

@@DeereX748 I was only the test pilot..... unfortunately it was lost a week later do to radio problems.

[@jeffs7915]

Nice your right engine turns opposite the left. Listen to how many times he blips the throttle from the end of downwind to touch down, "11" times, for all those who chop the throttle and let it glide in, that's what throttle managrment is, when to and when not to, bahahaha!

[@scotthaddad563]

Thanks for the quick response. I did just that after writing my comment. Have a great day.

[@shahjee51214]

Beautiful plane and engines, a lot of work needed on camerawork.

[@busarider29]

Another cameraman that can't keep his finger off the zoom button.

[@flyboywbl]

how do you make the engines counter rotating? love to se a video on that!

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

Seeing you slap that left prop reminded me of something... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3SQl4WaeNKtes0

[@n1114v]

I like that!!

[@cyrildurosi967]

Excellent plane, very nice flight, best landing. Congratulation!

[@MrMaradona75]

if I could move you from America to work maybe I'd really like a lot.

[@drfiberglass]

I bet it would be a bitch if you lost an engine in flight...

[@MikeLaRock88]

Wow, that radio is very small. I've never seen someone with so much experience and skills use something like that. They usually have those big tables strapped around their neck haha Very nice plane 🖒

[@n1114v]

Infinity FPV ...... looks can be deceiving, the radio is actually a pretty decent size, but I know what you mean

[@urbanfox53]

Not really a good example of how to start ic engines without a glove, especially for younger viewers.

[@n1114v]

urbanfox53........ in the 27 years of starting model airplane engines I have never had a serious incident where a glove would have helped. A glove will help prevent a prop from cutting but will not prevent a prop from breaking your finger in the case of a backfire. I never wrap my fingers around the back of the prop, only applying pressure to the front of the blade so if there ever was a backfire it would simply slip out of my hands there for no injuries

[@beyondxtream4056]

Uhhhhh if you really know how to work with and start gas-engines, then you know you don;t need gloves. I handstart my GP176 , Saito FG90R3, DLE120, DA50 without gloves. As Andrew states. . it's the way you position your fingers on the blade and in which circular motion you move your hand out of the way, while prop-starting. That is what you need "younger viewers" to learn and be aware off, about starting gas-engines.

[@joeshmoe12301230]

It made me nervous watching him stick his hand in to activate the choke with the ignition on. If the magnet lines up with the Hall sensor it can cause it to turn over and smack the hell out of your hand. I had my hand hit once by a 24" prop on a 60cc engine because of this. I've never operate a choke with the ignition on since. Some lessons are harder learned than others.

[@luatala8008]

Much cooler would have had those blocks holding the wheels back instead of the guy.

[@n1114v]

Would have to be some big blocks!

[@frez777]

What a beauty! Great flying !!

[@billyfoster3223]

Lovely plane!😁🤟

[@txflyguy0076]

Don't you just hate it when Auto focus gives you a hard time

[@n1114v]

txflyguy007 ........ I keep saying to myself that I'm going to buy a new camera with better autofocus, but then I end up buying another airplane

[@matthewbrothers2823]

It's a problem we all have lol

[@tomewing3103]

What a magnificent flying site. Hey, the Picture Guy came ohhh sssoooo close on the second flight. And then you zoomed in. All in all still pretty damned good. AMA8855

[@aegidiomoresco5982]

What a beautiful airplane Andy, as usual and you did a great job flying .the RC community is lucky to have you. Keep the great videos coming.

[@jwnagy]

If one of these engines failed in flight, would it still be able to fly?

[@n1114v]

You definitely have to be on top of your flying skills but yes the plane is very flyable on one engine

[@fhagerber4079]

nice pity for camera work

[@Hermis14]

The fact is, the cameraman also wanted to see the real one rather than what is in the viewfinder.

[@herminigildojakosalem8664]

Very, very nice. I am green with envy. You are very fortunate. This is way too big of a dream to achieve here in the Philippines.

[@frundlemud]

Just a better camera, the flying was great.

[@n1114v]

@@frundlemud there is nothing wrong with my camera! You need to volunteer to be my camera man when I fly

[@centralplains7608]

Beautiful RC Model of a P-38‼ VERY POOR Photography👎🏽

[@n1114v]

@@centralplains7608 I cant fly and video at the same time! You get what you get.

[@centralplains7608]

@@n1114v No excuses!! Get a second person to do the vids. Others do. Why risk an expensive model cuz you want to be a 1-man-circus⁉

[@n1114v]

@@centralplains7608 what are you talking about! I flew the plane and someone at the field held the camera. I'm a professional camera operator and pilot, cant do both at the same time. Sounds like your volunteering to do all the camera work when I fly! My next event is in a few weeks......you better be there!

[@warbird_1]

got a yellow aircraft 38 ..i'm going electric i see you have counter rotating engines. how did you get them to do that?

[@n1114v]

Had the relocate the pickup on the right engine.

[@secularsunshine9036]

*Let the Sunshine In.*

[@douglaswight2370]

Nice plane. Great flight characteristics. When creating video, remember the 3 critical F's - follow, focus, and frame the subject.

[@n1114v]

I cannot video and fly at the same time! Just glad someone volunteered to do it at all

[@pavlo687]

I recognize that airfield! Used to be a member there! Close to Aramco Park out from Lebanon, OH. Nice P38! Didn't there used to be a concrete runway there?

[@n1114v]

Stephen Van Osdell ......nope, this field is in Lansing Michigan, cards rc club.

[@pavlo687]

Well, they must have copied each other! I'm not kidding - even down to the clubhouse. I haven't been a member in about 7 years, so I was wondering what happened to the paved runway.

[@pavlo687]

Field where I was - www.google.com/maps/place/Lebanon,+OH+45036/@39.458216,-84.2730495,414m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8840f42748704e49:0xa5e86d3394223b94!8m2!3d39.4353373!4d-84.2029922

[@SpcPoole]

Just an FYI all but the early 38s had inward rotating props. Caused too much tail buffeting.

[@lindamcentaffer5969]

Great plane, except the engines are on opposite sides from the full sized P-38. Blades go UP, as they pass the cockpit.

[@n1114v]

If the engines were swaped it would have caused torque issues if an engine was lost .

[@turkey0165]

Lots of Torque with those two engines!

[@n1114v]

Counter rotating

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

1:44 Please tell me the guy on the right isn't explaining to the guy on the left how the controller works just minutes before he takes that beautiful plane off. I might have sorted all that out with him before we started the engines. lol

[@n1114v]

I'd rather not guess where the retracts switch is.

[@MrMaradona75]

super fantastic model playn

[@n1114v]

Alessandro M. ....... without a doubt the best flying twin-engine I've ever flown

[@MrMaradona75]

unfortunately now that the expeditions with Europe have changed, I would cost a lot of aim.

[@Miller9016]

Nice drift by the end of the second landing😄the plane is a beauti🧡

[@letvalentino100]

Не ругайте оператора! Он больше смотрел на полёт самолёта, чем в видео-камеру!

[@richarddumaine9455]

Bonjour auriez vous des images ou vidéo de la construction svp.merci

[@robertfrancone9035]

Beautiful 38 but you need a seasoned camera person!

[@n1114v]

I cant do both at the same time!

[@robertfrancone9035]

@@n1114v I have the same problem! Also have a kmp p-38..."joltin josie". Yours is way better lookin.

[@n1114v]

@@robertfrancone9035 it was a great flyer!

[@scotthaddad563]

I’m just curious, where can the plans be had for scratch building the large scale beauties?

[@n1114v]

Ziroli plans are available direct from Nick Ziroli. Do a search on Ebay for giant scale rc plans....endless selection

[@flylooper]

One other questions. Can you buy motors that run in both directions like your do? That is a very cool feature.

[@n1114v]

Bob Burns ........these are stock DLE 55's . The way to make them counter rotate is by redrilling and mounting the pickup sensor on the prop hub using a timming gauge that you can buy on line

[@samuelapiazza47]

Beauty Warbird; fire your camera man.

[@n1114v]

I can't do both at the same time!

[@samuelapiazza47]

@@n1114v just giving you the business!!! 😉

[@tonydeaton1967]

I hope this bad-boy is still flying.

[@n1114v]

Nope! Lost it on the 4th flight

[@tonydeaton1967]

@@n1114v hell dude, that's terrible. Sometimes I hate this hobby. I seem to go for awhile with no crashes and then I'll screw up and crash something. Usually something stupid I do. Sorry for the loss keep at it!

[@Heli4213]

LOVE PEOPLE WHO STILL BUILD. AWESOME PLANE

[@joeshmoe12301230]

How'd did you get the RH engine to run in the opposite direction? Awesome model BTW. 👍🏼

[@n1114v]

Relocated the ignition pickup.

[@RalphReagan]

My dad was an armored on these in the Aleutians in the war

[@jamesaseltine2756]

Favorite plane of all time correct paint job too!

[@AlbertDolmans]

nice looking aircraft ! what is the longest distance at which a model can be controlled ?

[@n1114v]

We can only fly as far as we can see it, but are Radio Systems are good for up to three miles

[@joeys5429]

Yes Andrew 19kgs is a very heavy module hence the 55s are enough that did clear it up

[@scottparis6355]

Always a big sigh of relief when there's a successful landing after a first flight.

[@n1114v]

It was a fantastic airplane! Unfortunately we lost it to summers ago due to a mystery failure.

[@flylooper]

It seems as if the engines were in synch a lot of the time. In modeling, are there ways to make the engines fun at exactly the same speed? Otherwise, that's a beautiful example of how wonderful these models can be made to look. Great job.

[@joeys5429]

tuning is the secret

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

The engines are fun at any speed.

[@letvalentino100]

Очень интересный самолёт! Замечательный пилотаж! Классное видео, спасибо!

[@noc2_art]

Look at that beauty go... Out in the pacific scouting for Japanese subs :)

[@PoochAndBoo]

Subs!? Hell, he's out there looking for Zero's!

[@the_katman2181]

That looks amazing in flight. What a superb build. Congratulations.

[@liongod1000]

Great Pilot...Shit cameraman!!

[@MRBIG-lg9zl]

Any particular reason why Gerry didn't fly Gerrys plane on its maiden voyage???

[@n1114v]

Gerry felt more comfortable having me make the test flights since i have a lot of experience with planes of that type.

[@MRBIG-lg9zl]

@@n1114v Sounds reasonable. I have a Royal P38 Kit. Tempted to give it a go but have always built but never flown.

[@rafaeltorres2886]

Wowie what a fantastic build.

[@beyondxtream4056]

Cool plane, nice build, a real head turner

[@matthewbrothers2823]

Very nice model.

[@sentinel6507]

Cameraman must be cross eyed!

[@dedowd9335]

Great job! Nice plane!

[@Flakbait100]

That is a really nice field!!!

[@MrMaradona75]

I am an Italian boy and I'm building my P38 Lightning but I can not find a store here in Italy that sells suspensions Ziroli P-38 is there any of you who can send me a store in Europe that sells them? because unfortunately ordering them directly in America would cost me very sadly, hello and thank you again.

[@n1114v]

Alessandro M. ......im not sure, even in the USA we buy direct from robart.

[@MrMaradona75]

ok thanks and in Europe there are no stores that resell them?

[@n1114v]

Alessandro M......there are places world wide that stock gear for more common plans like top flite and other big names. I don't know of anyone stocking gear for plans built aircraft. There usually made to order by robart. Check the internet, you might get lucky

[@james66872]

Alessandro M. eBay

[@ronhellengreen4799]

Can't hardly see the plane!

[@n1114v]

Sounds like your volunteering to video when I fly!

[@ronhellengreen4799]

No, not my job! I loved the plane, just couldn't see it.

[@n1114v]

@@ronhellengreen4799 well.... I cant do both at the same time!

[@chrishaefeli3215]

does anyone know exactly what brand , diameter and pitch of the props? i am understanding these are dle55 engines and want to know what these are. thx guys

[@n1114v]

Since it wasn't my plane i don't Remember the prop sizes, ill see if the Builder remembers

[@chrishaefeli3215]

@@n1114v thanks Andy, appreciate it

[@n1114v]

@@chrishaefeli3215 I was told they were Xoar 21x10s

[@chrishaefeli3215]

@@n1114v , thx so much Andy, it is a 230 dollar mistake getting the wrong set. i appreciate your efforts. i am just now getting to watch part 2 what you posted last night.

[@ustinman8446]

New to the channel, Great build and Flight! Question, How do you transport these big boys?

[@n1114v]

John Mollicone .......welcome to the channel! I'm not the builder of this beautiful aircraft, just the test pilot. We transport these large aircraft in large custom trailers.

[@Rogueone162]

Fantastic job

[@davidlawrencebanks4610]

Very nice model, rubbish camera work

[@n1114v]

The same comment over and over again. unfortunately I cannot fly and video at the same time, it's hard to find somebody even willing to use a camera

[@stratcat3216]

camera work.. meh

[@johnkaufmann4711]

Awesome model.

[@frankanddanasnyder3272]

Nice picture of the blue sky.....no plane....

[@n1114v]

Funny!! Don't quit your day job.

[@rolandtheheadlessthompsong4346]

Beautiful

[@danielburke6536]

Such an impressive model. 👏

[@n1114v]

Yes it was

[@joeys5429]

i prefer the 30s my choice love to dead stick

[@n1114v]

To each his own

[@fredferrer2172]

Fantastic

[@AlbertDolmans]

Thank you !

[@rosswegryn-jones1902]

Wow! Nice flying guys!

[@danward8720]

Sweet looking plane!

[@zoesdada8923]

Beautiful

[@michaelmckee6310]

Beutiful, well done👍

[@santaclaus6602]

I hears it but I don’t sees it!

[@n1114v]

open your eyes, it was a beautiful flight don't want to miss it

[@karicoreth161]

Excellent !