ft tutor

  1. J188

    New Member, need advice!

    Cheers everyone! Jake here from Toronto, Canada. Been a fan of FT for over a year and have been watching a ton of their videos - recently took the plunge in RC planes and purchased their FT Tutor starter kit. I'm quite new to the hobby but I plan to spend a good amount of time this year...
  2. mayan

    FTFC24: Build-ruary by Mayan (Build Skill: 4 Skilled, Pilot SKill: 4 not crashing enough)

    Hey everybody this will be the third time that I am participating in @FoamyDM 's challenge. The first year I out did myself building and maidening somewhere between 12-14 planes. The second time I participate I failed completly and build maybe one plane. This year I am going in the middle and...
  3. Mzaher

    Part Control Horn w/Steerable Tailwheel Option 2023-05-04

    The control horns have worked well on my FT builds in lieu of the wooden ones. The tailwheel was designed for my FT Tutor and has performed just fine. I've been using thin foam-safe CA for assembly and attachment to the control surfaces. Attached is also a DXF file of the tailwheel bracket if...
  4. P

    Help! Newbie "I'm dumb and need help" questions...

    Hello everyone, Apologies for the following newb questions. Not-so tech savy regional airline pilot here just trying to get into the hobby. Just re-discovered all things FliteTest and I feel an addiction kicking in. Long story short I have a little prior experience with random ready to fly...
  5. Flyingshark

    FT Tutor Main Gear Support

    Flyingshark submitted a new resource: FT Tutor Main Gear Support - 3D Printed Main Gear Support for the FT Tutor Read more about this resource...
  6. Flyingshark

    Part FT Tutor Main Gear Support 1.0

    This is a 3D-printed version of the main gear support for the FT Tutor, which is the only plywood/plastic part required for the taildragger version. (The tricycle gear has a couple pieces for the nose gear that I haven't tried to print yet.) I printed mine out of PLA with 100% infill, and it...
  7. R

    Please Help.

    I am helping my 13 year old son build a FliteTest tutor. The build went fine, but we are having trouble getting the electronics to work properly. We have a Spektrum AR620 receiver and a DXS transmitter. The tail flaps and rudder are working fine, but the motor will not turn. We have checked to...
  8. Incader

    Help! What Paint theme should I go for on the FT Tutor?

    I was thinking about a yellow lightning bolt Cub style with a white body? Or maybe even stars and bars?
  9. Acebandit123

    3 channel to 4 channel

    Hello all so I'm somewhat relatively new to the hobby, love building plans but have only successfully flown a mini trainer. I just got the new tutor and was wondering if anyone has made it so that you could flip a switch and go from a three channel to four channel flight mode. Kind of similar to...