GREAT PLANES SPITFIRE - Required and Optional Items; Additional Required Items; Optional Supplies and Tools; Propeller Selection

❏ Great Planes Silver Series 45A Brushless ESC 5V/2A
BEC (GPMM1840)
❏ Great Planes 4mm Male to 3.5mm Female Bullet
Connector Adapters (GPMM3123)
If you wish to make your own adapters, the following part
numbers will be needed:
❏ Great Planes Gold Plated Bullet Connectors Female
3.5mm (GPMM3113)
❏ Great Planes Gold Plated Bullet Connectors Male
4mm (GPMM3114)
❏ W.S. Deans
®
Racing Silver Solder 1 oz. (WSDC4030)
❏ Hobbico
®
Soldering Iron 60 Watt (HCAR0776)
For a brushless motor installation, a 3200mAh 11.1V
Lithium-Polymer battery pack or a 2000mAh 9.6V NiMH
pack are recommended. Order numbers for the battery
packs are provided below:
❏ Great Planes LiPo 3200mAh 11.1V 20C Discharge
w/Balance (GPMP0623)
❏ Great Planes 8-Cell 9.6V 4/5 SC 2000mAh NiMH
Custom (GPMP0352)
Note: A cell balancer is required for the LiPo battery pack
listed above.
❏ Great Planes ElectriFly
™
Equinox LiPo 1 to 5 Cell
Balancer (GPMM3160)
A suitable charger is also required. The Great Planes
PolyCharge4
™
is designed for LiPo packs only, but is able to
charge four LiPo packs simultaneously. The Great Planes
Triton2
™
charger will only charge one pack at a time, but is
capable of charging NiCd, NiMH, LiPo, and lead acid
batteries. Order numbers for both are provided below:
❏ Great Planes PolyCharge4 DC Only 4 Output LiPo
Charger (GPMM3015)
or
❏ Great Planes ElectriFly Triton2 DC Comp Peak
Charger (GPMM3153)
For an economical alternative to charge NiMH packs,
we suggest:
❏ Great Planes ElectriFly Peak 400 DC 1-10C Peak
Charger (GPMM3001)
If using the O.S. .25 FX glow engine or the Great Planes
35-30-1450kV RimFire out-runner motor, we suggest using
a 9" x 6" propeller.
❏ APC 9" x 6" sport propeller (APCQ0906)
This is the list of hardware and accessories required to finish
the Combat Spitfire ARF. Order numbers are provided
in parentheses:
❏ R/C foam rubber (1/4" [6mm] – HCAQ1000, or 1/2"
[13mm] – HCAQ1050)
❏ 3' [900mm] Standard silicone fuel tubing (GPMQ4131)
This is the list of Adhesives and Building Supplies that are
required to finish the Combat Spitfire ARF:
❏ 1/2 oz. [15g] Thin Pro
™
CA (GPMR6001)
❏ 1/2 oz. [15g] Medium Pro CA+ (GPMR6007)
❏ Pro 30-minute epoxy (GPMR6047)
❏ Masking tape (TOPR8018)
❏ Thread-locking compound (GPMR6060)
❏ Denatured alcohol (for epoxy clean up)
❏ Drill bits: 1/16" [1.6mm], 5/64" [2mm], 1/8" [3.2mm],
5/32" [4mm]
❏ Great Planes 10-Piece Metric Tap & Drill Set
(GPMR8118, Note: 3mm tap & drill is needed for glow
engine installation only)
❏ Tap handle (GPMR8120)
❏ R/C-56 canopy glue (JOZR5007)
❏ Small metal file
❏ #1 Hobby knife (HCAR0105)
❏ #11 Blades (5-pack, HCAR0211)
❏ Medium T-pins (100, HCAR5150)
❏ Top Flite
®
MonoKote
®
sealing iron (TOPR2100)
❏ Top Flite Hot Sock
™
iron cover (TOPR2175)
❏ Liquid dish soap
Here is a list of optional tools that will help you build the
Combat Spitfire ARF:
❏ 1/2 oz. [15g] Thick Pro CA- (GPMR6013)
❏ 2 oz. [57g] spray CA activator (GPMR6035)
❏ 4 oz. [113g] aerosol CA activator (GPMR6034)
❏ CA applicator tips (HCAR3780)
❏ CA debonder (GPMR6039)
❏ Pro 6-minute epoxy (GPMR6045)
❏ Epoxy brushes 6, (GPMR8060)
❏ Mixing sticks (GPMR8055)
❏ Mixing cups (GPMR8056)
❏ Pliers with wire cutter (HCAR0630)
❏ Switch & Charge Jack mounting set (GPMM1000)
❏ Panel Line Pen (TOPQ2510)
Optional Supplies & Tools
Adhesives & Building Supplies
Required Hardware & Accessories
ADDITIONAL ITEMS REQUIRED
Propeller
Batteries & Charger
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