You need to order the C50 front plate and an extra set of side brackets for more stiffness.

You will need bolts and blind nuts to mount the motor bracket. I would suggest 4mm. The mounting hardware that comes with the plane could be used but is unnecessarily large and heavy for an electric motor (no vibration).

Once the motor mount is bolted into the firewall, mount the motor. Make sure you use blue Locktite on the mounting screws. Also, remember to use all 8 mounting screws. To prevent vibration, use nylon cable ties ¡V one on each side ¡V at the rear of the motor. Make sure you tighten each side evenly. This reduces motor vibration from large props.

You will need to make a "Y" connector to the speed control to connect together the 2 battery packs in series. I have added an additional female Dean Ultra connector as a safety switch. It is mounted to the side of the cowl and the switch is closed with a male connector that is shunted (solder a wire across the male connectors and cover with electrical tape or heat shrink tubing). I leave this switch open while connecting the batteries and closing the hatch. Once the plane is turned over and ready to fly, the male connector (shunt) is inserted into the female connector and the motor is armed. I don¡¦t like flipping the plane over with a large prop near my face. Even if the Rx is off, it¡¦s best to be sure that the motor cannot switch on by accident.

You will need to place the batteries as far forward as possible to have the CG at the correct location. I also mounted the receiver battery on the motor mount to keep this weight forward as well.

Before doing any tests, make sure that the brake is turned off on the speed control. The process is:

1 - turn off the Rx battery switch
2 - unplug the power battery
3 – turn on Tx and move throttle to full on
4 – plug in power battery, turn on Rx switch
5 – wait for beep, move throttle to off, wait for beep
6 – test motor to see if brake is off

When you do a ground test, I would suggest that you get help holding the plane. The thrust is substantial and the plane can easily get away from you. Please be very careful.

The Spitfire is a joy to fly. It will take off on half throttle in less than 50 feet. You really need to apply the throttle slowly to have a scale takeoff. Ground handling is excellent. You just need a little up elevator to keep the rear wheel on the ground as you pick up speed.

Once in the air, the Spit is great fun. It handles like an aerobatic plane with its speed, thrust and maneuverability. You will have no problems doing huge loops ¡V both inside and outside. Four point rolls, stall turns, inverted flight and even knife edge are easy. On knife edge, it will pull hard to the belly so be prepared to apply a lot of up elevator. I like to fly the plane with medium elevator, high rudder and high aileron.

You can actually hover this plane on ½ throttle for a little while. The scale control surfaces don't give you much authority but hovering looks a bit silly anyway so you don't need to do this very long. It makes it very easy to do your stall turns very slowly.

The Spitfire has flaps for landing but they are not necessary unless you have a short runway. It will glide in very smoothly and requires very little input to land properly. The landing gear is short and stiff and not prone to bending on landing so the plane will bounce if you come in too fast. However, there's no need to land very hot because of the low wing loading. You should not have any problems with stalling the plane. It will mush forward slowly.

Enjoy your flying! You will amaze your friends.