1st Master series build FT Corsair!!!!

[DAWNSIGHT4]

A friend of mine that I fly with said I should start posting build threads of some of the builds I have done recently. So I decided why not? I am a scratch builder through and through. I have only bought one or two planes total. For the corsair, I decided I want to make this thing as light as possible. I want to be able to fly this thing with a setup similar to the ft Spear with a 1400kv 2826 turnigy motor, and a 9x5x3 blade prop. To begin, i started with cutting out the paper plans and posting it all together. Being a cheap high school senior, I used adams ready board, and some balsa strips for the spars.

Here are some pics

Some more pics will be out soon, i finished the wing late last night, and am hoping to get the painting started on the wing if the weather in Utah permits

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

Sorry for the original low quality build thread pic.

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

I have been working tirelessly, and due to the weather i have gotten a lot done the past few days. I finished the wing last night, and will continue on the fuselage this weekend. I am going to wait to spray paint that until i have the main body finished. I honestly really love how the color on the wing has turned out so far. I hope to have this build done and dusted by next week. Stay tuned!

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

These are just some pics of the finished wing. I still want to draw some panel lines on the wing with a shaded pencil, but i will get to that when i finished the body and glue it to the fuselage.

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

Here is a picture of the tail pieces

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

For the paint trim, i honestly kind of want to go with that late marines/Navy corsair look with that yankee blue, and white bottom almost like this one, but with a faded blue on the sides, and then just a pure white bottom to make this as light as possible

 

[Zetoyoc]

That is looking really nice. It is also a plane i havent gotten around to building yet. Ill have to pay attention and learn something for when i do.

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

Began the fuselage last night, I need to finish sanding and I hope to start spray painting later today.

 

[skymaster]

make sure you align all the notches, or it's going to end like mine all crooked take you time coming really nice. once i figured i had made some mistakes on my build i just build it to see what came out. since i had to twist and bend my foamboard got all krinkled up but it looks cool.

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

Yeah I have kind of been rushing things a little bit. I am going to mostly spend today finishing and rounding off the edges making it more finished.

 

[Berekiah]

For the paint trim, i honestly kind of want to go with that late marines/Navy corsair look with that yankee blue, and white bottom almost like this one, but with a faded blue on the sides, and then just a pure white bottom to make this as light as possible View attachment 156999

I like that color scheme and is very similar to what I did with my master series corsair. Although I used grey instead of the faded blue.

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

That looks great! I might actually do something like that. I have left over gray paint from a ft alpha I did about a month ago. Thanks for the pic and inspiration!

 

[DAWNSIGHT4]

finally got the whole project finished on saturday. I had my maiden last saturday in some really windy weather, and then a great flight in on monday to get it trimed properly i made some changes to the build to make the build experience easier like moving the servos back farther to get better throw with the pushrods, and then put in a larger esc and in the future fpv for proper balance. I also had to move the motor farther up for proper balance but she still flys like a dream! Honestly a lot like the original corsair with some torque issues mostly on my part due to the power set up. For the power set up, i used 9 gram servos 40 amp esc, 1400 2826 kv motor from turnigy, and then a 9x5 3 blade prop. It honestly still flies quite well all things considering. I still need to add some more decals to get a more finished look, but i honestly kind of like that old fashioned cartoon look. Im honestly not all about that super scale appearance. But all in all really happy with this build!!

 

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[DAWNSIGHT4]

again sorry for the poor picture quality, I hope to get a better camera soon.

 

[Grifflyer]

It's GORGEOUS!!!

 

[The Fopster]

Very nice. Canopy is particularly impressive!

 

[The Hangar]

I will be building the Corsair soon! Yours is looking really nice!

 

[Berekiah]

Very nice and great looking. I too am interested in the Canopy and how you accomplished it.

 

[Mattelson]

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Paint jobs looks awesome!
How did you finish off the paint on the exposed edges? Or did you round them off in any way? Me and my dad building one each at the minute and looking to paint up.
also do you think a 1400kv motor 35 esc and 10x4.7 prop would work?