dehager
Well-known member
Here is my latest build and a rather vague interpretation of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington's F4U Corsair. Just enough detail if you stand back a few feet and to be recognizable in flight. Patiently waiting for the weather to break here in Eastern PA so that I can go for the maiden flight.
For this build I opted to only use aileron and elevator. On the Mini P-51 I felt that the rudder did not really add to the flying experience on a small park flyer. The weight is 6.91Oz (196g) without the battery but I am still working on the CG. On my FT Mini Mustang I prefer the flying characteristics with the lower weight of a 2S battery and a 3S has little effect on the CG as the battery is directly above the CG. I have slightly trimmed the back of the powerpod so that the battery could be slid further forward but it will likely require a small amount of nose weight in the cowling, ~0.50oz. The P-51 was 7.65oz (217g) and I was able to use a spinner to help balance but no spinner on the Corsair. Overall great build and a big thank you to FT and Peter Sripol for an awesome design and drawings by Dan Sponholz !
- FT speed build kit
- Createx airbrush paint
- Waterslide Inkjet decal paper
- Vacuum formed canopy
- Motor "Radial" 2205 2300kV
- Battery 2S 850mAh lipo
- Spektrum AR410 Rx
- FT 20A ESC w/Xt-30 Connectors
- FT ES9051 5g Servos
- Prop APC 9X4E
For this build I opted to only use aileron and elevator. On the Mini P-51 I felt that the rudder did not really add to the flying experience on a small park flyer. The weight is 6.91Oz (196g) without the battery but I am still working on the CG. On my FT Mini Mustang I prefer the flying characteristics with the lower weight of a 2S battery and a 3S has little effect on the CG as the battery is directly above the CG. I have slightly trimmed the back of the powerpod so that the battery could be slid further forward but it will likely require a small amount of nose weight in the cowling, ~0.50oz. The P-51 was 7.65oz (217g) and I was able to use a spinner to help balance but no spinner on the Corsair. Overall great build and a big thank you to FT and Peter Sripol for an awesome design and drawings by Dan Sponholz !
- FT speed build kit
- Createx airbrush paint
- Waterslide Inkjet decal paper
- Vacuum formed canopy
- Motor "Radial" 2205 2300kV
- Battery 2S 850mAh lipo
- Spektrum AR410 Rx
- FT 20A ESC w/Xt-30 Connectors
- FT ES9051 5g Servos
- Prop APC 9X4E
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