ViperTech
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I have been toiling over a plan in my head to build my own Corsair plane. Now I know there are lots of plans out there and even a swappable design for the Corsair, which I down loaded and have printed out! I just wanted to try my own design at it and make it inexpensive. So here is the progress so far.
I started with a carbon arrow shaft, a screw, 1/4" hobby plywood, epoxy and some DT foam board cut into formers.
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I built a 38" wing with KFM3 and assembled the skeleton of the bird.
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Next the motor and its a BIG one ST3508 730 KV but only $12.00 and the ESC 40 amp
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Then I made the tail wing as close to a Corsairs as possible, as I stated in the title "Style" and added more former supports and the servo for the elevator.
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So that is where I am at with the project so far. You can see from the pictures I have covered the nose with foam board with paper removed from one side and wrapped it around the formers, my plan is to do this on the back of the plane also. It makes it very sturdy and looks nice! I will share more as the build progresses. I dont really have plans but I can give measurements if intrested. I am going by actual Corsair measurements just using inches instead of feet and adding my own TLAR as I go! Thanks for checking this thread! If it flies it will be awesome, if not, with that big engine and prop the crash will be epic!
I started with a carbon arrow shaft, a screw, 1/4" hobby plywood, epoxy and some DT foam board cut into formers.
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I built a 38" wing with KFM3 and assembled the skeleton of the bird.
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Next the motor and its a BIG one ST3508 730 KV but only $12.00 and the ESC 40 amp
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Then I made the tail wing as close to a Corsairs as possible, as I stated in the title "Style" and added more former supports and the servo for the elevator.
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So that is where I am at with the project so far. You can see from the pictures I have covered the nose with foam board with paper removed from one side and wrapped it around the formers, my plan is to do this on the back of the plane also. It makes it very sturdy and looks nice! I will share more as the build progresses. I dont really have plans but I can give measurements if intrested. I am going by actual Corsair measurements just using inches instead of feet and adding my own TLAR as I go! Thanks for checking this thread! If it flies it will be awesome, if not, with that big engine and prop the crash will be epic!