[MOC] Technic Spitfire

[apemax]

Well it's been just over six months but I've finally finished my Technic Spitfire. This has been one of the largest and most time consuming builds I've done and I'm glad I've finally finished it to be honest. First a bit of info about it:

Wingspan: 90cm

length: 86cm

Propeller diameter: 29cm

Functions:

Motorised Engine and Propeller.

Motorised Landing Gear.

Working Rudder, Elevator, and ailerons controlled from the cockpit.

Now we move on to the pictures. First up a few different view of it overall.

Next up a close up of all the functions and interesting bits.

A close up of the propeller so you can see the design a bit better. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.

A close up of the engine and XL motor that drives the engine and propeller. The final gear ratio is 5.001:1.

The left side is for the ailerons and the right side is the landing gear.

Close up of the M motor that powers the landing gear.

Close up of the control surface control system.

The tail section. This was a bit of a pain to get right.

The rear of the tail section.

The original way I did this was with gears but that made the Elevators way to loose so I came up with this instead.

A close up of the landing gear down.

A close up of inside the Cockpit.

A view from the cockpit as if you where sitting in it.

Next up a couple of pictures with the landing gear up.

Finally a video of all the functions.

And thats it. I hope you like it.

[Javert]

Astounding work apemax! When I saw you were building a spitfire I couldn't wait to hear how it was all going! That MOC is a beautiful work of art. I hope you're proud with your achievement because this is simply beautiful! BRAVO!

[piterx]

yes i do :D

[D3K]

Looks very good! You definitely caught the distinct lines of the plane well! :thumbup:

[legomuppet9]

Very nice! easily recognisable to me, I have a model spitfire on my desk

[zux]

Looks nice! The propeller spinning looks like the real thing. I bet you shouldn't put your fingers while it is spinning.

[Actaeon]

Amazing job! I love the junctions! The wheels are probably my favorite

[apemax]

Astounding work apemax! When I saw you were building a spitfire I couldn't wait to hear how it was all going! That MOC is a beautiful work of art. I hope you're proud with your achievement because this is simply beautiful! BRAVO!

Thank you very much.

yes i do :D

Thanks.

Looks very good! You definitely caught the distinct lines of the plane well! :thumbup:

Thanks. I put a lot of effort into getting the shape just right so I'm glad it worked out in the end.

Very nice! easily recognisable to me, I have a model spitfire on my desk

Thanks. I actually based it off of a model of a Spitfire I have.

Looks nice! The propeller spinning looks like the real thing. I bet you shouldn't put your fingers while it is spinning.

Thanks. Yeah I would imagine that would hrun a bit although surprisingly enough I haven't tested that.

Amazing job! I love the junctions! The wheels are probably my favorite

Thanks.

[kieran]

Really nice, I like that the lading gear deployment even sounds like I would expect a plain to sound in real life

[Rishab N]

Great work!

[kennywest]

I really like this. Looks like an 8880 C model (which is where you got the most parts from, I assume)

[dhc6twinotter]

It's always nice to see an aviation related moc! Great job getting the proportions right! Nice job!

[apemax]

Really nice, I like that the lading gear deployment even sounds like I would expect a plain to sound in real life

Thanks.

Great work!

Thanks.

I really like this. Looks like an 8880 C model (which is where you got the most parts from, I assume)

Thanks. I actually don't own the 8880 set. (Unfortunately, man thats a awesome model.) Most of the parts I bought from Bricklink. A lot of them specifically for this MOC.

It's always nice to see an aviation related moc! Great job getting the proportions right! Nice job!

Thanks. Always wanted to make aircraft. This is hopefully only the beginning, I have a few more aircraft I want to make when I have enough pieces.

[kennywest]

Thanks. I actually don't own the 8880 set. (Unfortunately, man thats a awesome model.) Most of the parts I bought from Bricklink. A lot of them specifically for this MOC.

Now I respect you even more ... those Technic studded beams are getting rare you know

(I actually own an 8880, it is what has brought be out of the dark ages ...)

[trekman]

Very nice model, wheels are the right size and shape. Spitfire is very timely with 70th D-Day landing anniversary

[apemax]

Now I respect you even more ... those Technic studded beams are getting rare you know

(I actually own an 8880, it is what has brought be out of the dark ages ...)

Thanks, Yeah I noticed that from the last time I bought some. For one of the models I want to make I'm probably going to need quite a few more...

Very nice model, wheels are the right size and shape. Spitfire is very timely with 70th D-Day landing anniversary

Thanks. Yeah that was a bit of handy timing.

[fossil1999]

Wow, I love it!

The. Spitfire is actually one of my favourite aircraft. I can't imagine the amount of time and pieces that took!

It looks like you got the propeller in the right proportion, and from the looks of it, I would not stick my finger in that.

This has to be the most awesome lego airplane I have seen.

I hope to see more!

[apemax]

Wow, I love it!

The. Spitfire is actually one of my favourite aircraft. I can't imagine the amount of time and pieces that took!

It looks like you got the propeller in the right proportion, and from the looks of it, I would not stick my finger in that.

This has to be the most awesome lego airplane I have seen.

I hope to see more!

Thanks.

The Spitfire is one of my favourite aircraft as well hence I decided to build it. The next aircraft I'm going to build is going to be a North American B-25 Mitchell. Similar overall size to my Spitfire, maybe a bit bigger. It's going to take a while though as I'm going to need to buy quite a few more pieces for it so when it gets finished depends on when I can afford all the pieces.