Heinkel HE 219 Maiden Flight

[@tacfoley4443]

My old maths and German master would have loved to have seen this marvellous model. He flew the real thing in the last year of the war, and was credited with eleven 'victories'. His rear-seat man also survived when they were shot down while landing near over Hanover by an RAF intruder, and both were so impressed with the post-war treatment they got from the Brits that they both came to England, where they both became teachers.

[@leokimvideo]

Nice flying, a rarely seen model of a really advanced aircraft of WW2

[@KillerKev1961]

Thank you for posting! What a wonderful model, and so nice to see a rare example of the Uhu. Never seen one modeled before, and this example is wonderfully done. Cheers.

[@schitthe]

I’ve always loved the He-219. Great night fighter plane with advanced design.

[@AmbrogioDallacqua]

....anni 2000....Roger Nieto. Francia ...ne costruì e volo' ....molto bene ....

[@Corsair0829]

Very nice, and that was a great decision you made to wait until the other two planes landed, especially on the maiden flight.

[@fridayray8891]

such beautiful lines on this plane...amazing work, amazing talented work.🫡

[@funscalemodels9782]

Really cool! Having watched the vids of Platt building her, was great to see her with air under her wings!

[@xtra330]

What a beautiful aircraft, nice flight as well.

[@jorgechavira7729]

Powerful big prop engines, wonderful scale rc aircraft!

[@carlosteran5617]

Wonderful...one of the most beautiful planes ever done....and one of my 1:48 models of the Great Luftwaffe I didnt build yet !!!! I do love that plane.

[@andrewwood6285]

Wow great to see this! And landing ! Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@mohawkdriver4155]

Beautiful model! I bet it was a hoot to fly for real.

[@willrine8614]

Thanks for sharing this great experience. Beautiful model! Nice job guys!

[@RTD1947]

Nice job both building and the flight!!

[@mktaylor145]

Thanks for all your constructive comments. Although I didn’t build the plane, it’s possible I spent more time on it than any plane in my lifetime in the hobby. Watching it take wing (and come down safely) was one of the greatest highs I’ve experienced in RC! Platt is of course perhaps the greatest designer and builder ever of scale planes and one of his sacred tenets is “Build Light!” with which I fundamentally agree, but this model’s near all-balsa perfection contained some structural weaknesses (my amateur opinion based on large scale twin experience) that caused me to spend so much time in Rehab. Example: I didn’t think internal combustion engines of sufficient power to fly it could be contained in or tethered to the nacelles. So I spent a lot of time learning and installing electric power plants, first on smaller twins, then 219. I was pleased that 5 minute flight only used about 27% of battery energy Responding to some comments: I almost never cycle gear on a big warbird maiden. These gear work: spent a lot of time replacing cylinders and springs and air systems, etc., but just adds one more thing that could go wrong on a maiden. Likewise, the Platt-made radar array is gorgeous and ready to install, but removed for maiden. Since this flight, a couple of momentous events: Lynn burned midnight oil to touch up the finish/cockpit, etc. so we could show off in Owatonna in August. But while carrying it gently to the flightline after assembly, THE FUSELAGE CRACKED badly at midpoint where the wing tubes cross. Evidence of a weak point all my rehab missed! So I spent a few months designing and installing a fix. The up-trim remains a little mysterious: I have a theory, but need to read better German techno to prove. The 219 was supposed to be a “Mosquito-killer,” but never was. Despite having great performance in other measure, it’s ability to climb and chase in the “Mosquito zone” above 28,000 ft was limited. There are vague references in German engineering notes I’ve translated that “airframe adjustments were made,” and if you measure thrust line and wing root incidences on later scale plans, there seems to be an overage of “UP.” Is it possible they tried to improve high altitude climbing rate since they could get more engine power (or fuel octane?). And does my need for DN elevator trim at 900ft ASL mean that the model is truly scale, physically and functionally?? Otherwise, it flies very gently and true. Mark & Lynn

[@MothaLuva]

The 219 was originally intended for JUMO 222 engines which never came. They should have had a nominal output of about 2200 hp each, about 25% more than the DB 603s it ended up with. So, this could have been the reason they had to make adjustments on the airframe. The airplane was not particularly a “Mosquito chaser” (though in its very first operational mission flown by Major Werner Streib, of the 5 confirmed victories 2 were Mosquitoes). It was a dedicated night fighter. The Mosquito chasing resulted in the necessity for the Luftwaffe to hunt down the pathfinder aircraft which were used for marking targets for the main bomber force. Those being mostly Mosquitoes at the end of the war. Great job on building and flying this model! It’s basically my top favorite plane. I have a complete original main instrument panel, the gunsight and a lot of other switches and gauges from it.

[@maxrpm2215]

To good, this aircraft was way ahead of its time. Pressurised cockpit, ejection seats and sitting side by side.

[@jeddkeech259]

Idk why I find this rc stuff so cool and fascinating 🤣🤣 I think ima get into it lol

[@TalkingGIJoe]

a real beauty! thanks for sharing!

[@terryhenderson1287]

Very nice video Dennis.

[@MGB-learning]

Great build!

[@mktaylor145]

Jack Steward: I spent a lot of time on CG. It ‘looked’ too far back on the 1/6 plans I have, so I did full theoretical and empiric “mean wing chord” calculations, and wound up placing it about 5/8” forward of plans. Lynn found a precise historic description of CG on the full-scale, and I felt good that the latter 2 correlated pretty well. The need for a humongous amount of down-trim on test-flight was unsettling, suggestive of tail heavy, but countering that was the undeniable fact this plane handled superbly, once we got it trimmed. Even when I briefly let it get nose-up during trimming. Truth in advertising: I haven’t flown a lot of tail heavy planes because I always pay close attention, but it’s my conviction that down trim won’t fix tail heavy! After trim, this thing was better behaved than any P-38 or P-61 I’ve ever flown!

[@tomterific390]

Nice. Hope it's still flying.

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

Nice painting.

[@jasonramos5634]

Beautiful airplane

[@mktaylor145]

Again, thanks for all the helpful comments: Yes, Johnny Kavanaugh, your technical history correlates with the research I’ve done. I have failed, largely due to language barrier, to drill a level deeper to analyze whether they made a lot of + incidence changes to compensate for power limitations and poor performance above 8,000 meters. Even more mysterious to me as a modeler is whether I can rescind some of those changes since I have plenty of power and no altitude issues. Subtle clues like test pilot comments about trim at low altitude? Can’t find them. Fact of the matter is the model handle superbly with 1/4” down elevator trim. Maybe I should just leave well enough alone?!

[@Furebel]

I like how RC jets sound like high pitched regular jet

[@Packless1]

...designed as a night-interceptor and nicknamed 'Uhu' (Eagle-Owl) it was the first plane to get default ejection-seats for its crew...!

[@christopherneufelt8971]

Hi. They also had a version built for testing an under the fuselage turbine. Mit freundlichen Grüssen.

[@nigel900]

With all the detail, it would be nice to see 3 blade props…

[@bigdmac33]

Always thought that the Heinkel He-219 Uhu was a fantastic-looking plane but you rarely hear anything about it, compared to the Heinkel He-111.

[@nanouuu9375]

nice flight!!!!!

[@stewartgrant9832]

When you do a control check you include rudder and all rate switch effects and a you say the stick positions and check and say out loud the surface positions.

[@datvik7187]

Great video editing skills

[@ell442sugarbae8]

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[@TanTannaRen]

That is so cool

[@gabrielleandreamicca796]

Qué bonito ese Heinkel He-219 !!! Le hubiera faltado que se retraigan los trenes de aterrizaje y ponerle las antenas de radar. Maravillo !!!!!

[@mpojr]

Nice aircraft,however looks a tad tail heavy and controls seem a bit to sensitive

[@Grimhilde7]

a very rare and exotic Axis type that we don,t see modeled very often,even plastic static display models on the table at shows and contests ...! maybe it,s something to do with the difficult muted-blotch mottled night camo scheme that puts off many modelers...? {BTW,your paint job is Vunderbar!} does this one have retracts or is the gear fixed? or did you prefer to stay "gear down" only for the first test flights just to be on the safe side...? more details to be added later,i hope,including the Owl,s trademark Lichtenstein "toasting fork" radar antennas and an NJG1 unit crest. i think this is the first time i,ve seen a larger scale flying model of the type....? also,is it possible to later add more authentic 3-bladed propellers....?

[@funkwagenfranken]

Nice Work and greetinx from germany - the FuG 212 Lichtenstein will be added in future or?

[@Tconcept]

Do these flying scaled replicas have the same attributes as the originals? Ie flight characteristics, speed, engine power etc? Are they all scaled to size?

[@mktaylor145]

Jack Steward: addendum to the previous comment: after a spirited discussion, I let Lynn talk me into putting 16 ounces of lead in the nose, and that moved our CG forward another half inch for the second flight. Weather is starting to ease up, and I hope to test out my extensive fuselage reinforcements for a second flight soon. Mentally, I have decided that I will see how the first half of the flight goes before I decide whether to cycle the gear. The gear is air-driven and homemade very heavy by Dave Platt. Halfway through multiple revisions and replacements of cylinders and UP3 and lines, I did consider converting to electric but I am not very familiar with those systems and wouldn’t know the nuances or what to trust. The gear retraction mechanism and the braking mechanism are on separate air tanks. I have separate batteries for main motor power and receiver. Peak power and battery reserve are no longer heavy worries for me after the maiden flight. I have data logging ESC‘s and so the following observations are not just solely dependent on an old man’s memory: I used maximum power for only a few seconds during takeoff, and rarely used more than half wattage after that. That could change some, as the conservatism of test flights fades and I develop a natural urge to “buzz the tower” at maximum power in the future. My batteries theoretically can drive the engines for five minutes at full power, yet my battery usage at the end of this five minute flight was only 27%. Mark

[@av8tore71]

Very nice Sir!! Is this a kit or scratch built?

[@verdw6587]

Nice looking bird 👍👍 Any reason why you took off and landed on the grass as opposed to the run way?

[@mktaylor145]

Grass at Owatonna is very well groomed, and I find grass to be more forgiving for all the first-time unknowns

[@seangregorygurley7061]

Awesome

[@sebastianruhland5198]

That jet wasn't the Alpha Jet right ? What plane was it ?

[@spinnetti]

Nice! Took off in a hurry - needed a bit of pitch down trim? This is about up on my list to make scale landing gear for (also in 1/6th scale)

[@Irobert1115HD]

are you planninf on adding the antennas for the radar?

[@waynebrown616]

Sorry. Just saw your comment about the gear

[@raypurchase801]

Minutes later, a Mosquito shot it down.

[@slickusaf78]

A lot of design similarities between this and the A10 warthog. Makes you think. Hmmm

[@hotlineztribe9096]

Hello, getting back into building, is this a scratch built kit? Gorgeous plane, and flies beautifully!

[@dginia]

It was scratch built by Dave Platt for one of the Toledo shows and was not really intended to fly, as I understand things. It is an extremely unique model as it appears nearly nobody has modeled the design. Thank you for your comments.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@dginia Dave Platt! Did he ever finish that Fw-190? The judges busted him once for not having wheel well details.

[@ell442sugarbae8]

Baby how's your morning day's I have going so I was thinking to go for the doctor tomorrow on my way to go to makeup for stores are closed today so we are all on the same thing as the one we have is a good time you were going to ask me coming in to the office in the morning to see if you could send you a pic of the evening to see how you are feeling betting on the update I appreciate you to make me to send the money into my wife and off all the lights are off all sorry I didn't get back sooner than I thought but I don't want to know how much it wouldn't be done with this evening or tomorrow evening or tomorrow evening to see you at the bank to get to know you more then behind you and your family have a wonderful birthday to you happy you are coming in the elitist you to come home to you to see writing this message email with my credit card to pay Felix has been trying to call to make me happy you getting my texts are going to ask for the next two different ones and the door is unlocked and I will be able to do in lieu of time to make sure eye on the road right now can't wait to see you Christmas Eve service to the office in for you to make me happy for me to send me the address right to be in a relationship to make sure that you are doing well and enjoying the new year is treating you are doing well I love much to do with the fact I love much to ask me to send me the quote you sent me to the schedule size is a variety in white I live in a minute or two to three daughters to get to know how to explain the way to the end of the fridge in the garage for a walk to certificate of insurance to cover Amazon prime account details for the same thing Google play store cards to access box's of together with you today when you will be available for you to make sure what's your address again to see how you are doing good just Holi to you too baby with me to send me your email+1399437224 Euro trip is going to ask for a few dates to the bank account without the kids are going to be in the loop on the way back from the doctor with the rest credit card number for the update I appreciate it tiller you to have a great time in the next couple of the fridge for me plenty access to my account number is right next door of the fridge and the door to the garage to the wife of the fridge and the door is open for me to get without you in veggies for me to send me the lineup and how's the weather there is anything else I can get a new one diet is cojk to the office to get a chance to carry you through the process amazingly beautiful I love to have a good cherisuihed to get to know when you're on your end I love to have cash in hand and off to a good start on the way to the airport on the road right to be in a relationship to be a good choice you to make sure eye doctor breakfast at meeting flirting to get to know how to start to the bank account details for your face is a ecision the doctor to get where I love much for your time to read it tiller to get a hold to the schedule for next two different perspective and off all sorry for not responding on the way back to which the pay mentioned in the previous email list so can do after to make either to make quiet time Vegas is the correct one is a good size is your bed with a migraine and how's your morning to pick up the car to why the heck out lovedRetreat lively discussion to the bank account details offfiui send this to me then we Sweet pot of coffee to the schedule for next opportunity office changes in the future to be done by wifi in for you to make sure eye out loved the pictures of the evening when you are ready to be online in the access code on the way home now I don't think of you're ready for me to pick up a check for me to send wigs the CT scan on the road right to me or I dare I love shifted my phone ruining your doing baby WCB you to make cat and haha the one we are going on sitekk strip club is a variety of time to get the abicito! abicimmi while you are busy so I will be there in either case to make sure tuzio you to make certain to the bank to with me right now can't find..?

[@wimweender1306]

😍🥰👍

[@arielcampagnola1328]

No tenía tres palas en hélice???

[@mktaylor145]

The real one had 3-blade props. I chose 2-blades for the model because they are more efficient users of battery energy

[@1971Flieger]

Action at 05:15...

[@arielcampagnola1328]

👍👍👍👍

[@-Darkweider]

Props...Why?

[@janehill9764]

how come its always old guys flying these rc models?

[@mktaylor145]

We spend enough time off our cell phones to develop other, complex pastimes🙂

[@janehill9764]

@@mktaylor145 hahahahahahahahaha...good answer.

[@ual737ret]

Roflmao! First of all, these old guys worked all of their lives to get to fly their rc planes and get to spend their money any way they want. Second of all, flying rc beats the hell out of playing bingo in the old folks home. Thirdly, you young guys are all going to get old if you are lucky. What will you be doing when that happens ?

[@АндрейШмырев-х8н]

Неплохая модель..если бы еще трехлопастные винты и ,усы, локатора добавить...

[@darrylmontana31]

Hey guys here's an open invitation to participate in a virtual Fun Fly in Real Flight Multiplayer field "Montana Madness" every Tuesday night 9pm-10:15pm. It's a lot of fun with RC pilots from all over the world. Spread the word.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

It couldn’t get enough cannons

[@bootchop88]

a " co-owner " toy, damn.

[@ell442sugarbae8]

Baby how's your morning day's I have going so I was thinking to go for the doctor tomorrow on my way to go to makeup for stores are closed today so we are all on the same thing as the one we have is a good time you were going to ask me coming in to the office in the morning to see if you could send you a pic of the evening to see how you are feeling betting on the update I appreciate you to make me to send the money into my wife and off all the lights are off all sorry I didn't get back sooner than I thought but I don't want to know how much it wouldn't be done with this evening or tomorrow evening or tomorrow evening to see you at the bank to get to know you more then behind you and your family have a wonderful birthday to you happy you are coming in the elitist you to come home to you to see writing this message email with my credit card to pay Felix has been trying to call to make me happy you getting my texts are going to ask for the next two different ones and the door is unlocked and I will be able to do in lieu of time to make sure eye on the road right now can't wait to see you Christmas Eve service to the office in for you to make me happy for me to send me the address right to be in a relationship to make sure that you are doing well and enjoying the new year is treating you are doing well I love much to do with the fact I love much to ask me to send me the quote you sent me to the schedule size is a variety in white I live in a minute or two to three daughters to get to know how to explain the way to the end of the fridge in the garage for a walk to certificate of insurance to cover Amazon prime account details for the same thing Google play store cards to access box's of together with you today when you will be available for you to make sure what's your address again to see how you are doing good just Holi to you too baby with me to send me your email+1399437224 Euro trip is going to ask for a few dates to the bank account without the kids are going to be in the loop on the way back from the doctor with the rest credit card number for the update I appreciate it tiller you to have a great time in the next couple of the fridge for me plenty access to my account number is right next door of the fridge and the door to the garage to the wife of the fridge and the door is open for me to get without you in veggies for me to send me the lineup and how's the weather there is anything else I can get a new one diet is cojk to the office to get a chance to carry you through the process amazingly beautiful I love to have a good cherisuihed to get to know when you're on your end I love to have cash in hand and off to a good start on the way to the airport on the road right to be in a relationship to be a good choice you to make sure eye doctor breakfast at meeting flirting to get to know how to start to the bank account details for your face is a ecision the doctor to get where I love much for your time to read it tiller to get a hold to the schedule for next two different perspective and off all sorry for not responding on the way back to which the pay mentioned in the previous email list so can do after to make either to make quiet time Vegas is the correct one is a good size is your bed with a migraine and how's your morning to pick up the car to why the heck out lovedRetreat lively discussion to the bank account details offfiui send this to me then we Sweet pot of coffee to the schedule for next opportunity office changes in the future to be done by wifi in for you to make sure eye out loved the pictures of the evening when you are ready to be online in the access code on the way home now I don't think of you're ready for me to pick up a check for me to send wigs the CT scan on the road right to me or I dare I love shifted my phone ruining your doing baby WCB you to make cat and haha the one we are going on sitekk strip club is a variety of time to get the abicito! abicimmi while you are busy so I will be there in either case to make sure tuzio you to make certain to the bank to with me right now can't find..?

[@stewartgrant9832]

Why so little height? And all the time tight circuits with loads of bank? This was a test flight. Anything could have happened. The ECU fried or whatever. Single engine? And the gear down destroying any potential glide and controllability and sure to inflict greater damage with the gear being torn out and so on.

[@dginia]

It was not really very low, besides, you need to see and hear it. The gear stayed down so that it damn well would be down when landing or in case of a quick landing. Single motor ops are always a possibility, but less so with electric. And you are correct, anything could have happened, which is why much preparation went into this flight!

[@stewartgrant9832]

@@dginia Why would you leave the gear down for a quick landing? If the power fails there wont be a landing with gear extended because you can't glide far enough to reach the runway anyway, especially from the height it was flown at. If you can't see it at a safe height then you probably shouldn't be flying it.

[@spinnetti]

in real planes, you don't retract the gear on maiden either. What if you have a retract issue? Or the retract binds and kills the power or radio? I'm with the OP - leave em down on maiden

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@@stewartgrant9832 you always leave the gear down on maiden on rc models. They arent exactly like full scale.

[@waynebrown616]

Too bad the landing gear doesn't retract.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"Es tut mir leid. Ich habe hier das falsche Flugzeug."

[@rudyho3790]

Put me 4 cycle mills w/3 bladers....may be more authentic....just fine for ⚡⚡

[@dginia]

While a nice idea, it would have to be a bigger model for that to be feasible. For this one, the nacelle diameter is quite small. Also, the structure is not up to the vibration orf a recip engine as built.

[@williammurray1341]

Wish I had this kind of disposable income.

[@carlosteran5617]

Not working landing gear ???

[@dginia]

Did not want to add the worry of it coming back down for this flight . Already so many unknowns to deal with.

[@captainaxle438]

Slightly tail heavy

[@Channel-os4uk]

Uhu

[@Demun1649]

I don't like electric motors pretending to be ICE.

[@janaarts6287]

electric bullshit

[@pufango4059]

Sounds terrible

[@broadstfarm]

Why people put videos up with shit camera work!

[@texasfathead]

It needs real motor it's not electric b******* airplane

[@andreyandrey390]

Нацисткая символика на самолете. Ю туб поддерживает нацистов?