LTJG Tom Hudner's Corsair

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Just finished and flew a master series Corsair, and decided to paint it. The first plane I painted wasn't perfect so I was nervous to paint this as my second time painting, because I love it!!! It flies AMAZING and looks just as good! I flew my grandad's Corsair and was hooked! So I built this one. After only a day at the field I took it in to paint. It's based off LTJG Tom Hudner's Corsair, who received a Medal of Honor in the Korean War. I read about him and Jesse Brown, who was the first black naval aviator, in a book called Devotion, by Adam Makos. It's a great book, I highly recommend the read! I used a vinyl cutter we've had for a while but never used for it. Worked great! I'm considering building a second to resemble his wingman's (Jesse Brown's) aircraft.

 

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[The Fopster]

That's a great looking build - congratulations. Outstanding job!

 

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That's a great looking build - congratulations. Outstanding job!

Thanks! I'll post a video when I get a chance to fly it.

 

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Got it up Saturday evening, still flies amazing! I can't tell that weight was added. With the somewhat low-light setting and the incredibly dark paint it made it super hard to keep orientation. Almost lost it a couple times.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

just means you will become a better pilot

Got it up Saturday evening, still flies amazing! I can't tell that weight was added. With the somewhat low-light setting and the incredibly dark paint it made it super hard to keep orientation. Almost lost it a couple times.

 

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Here's a video of it!

 

[Colorado Jim]

I"m building the Corsair right now, will possibly maiden it on Saturday.
I recently bought a DX6 (still getting used to it) and I would like to get the plane dialed in before flying. Would you please share your Dual Rates, Expos, CG, and battery placement.
Thanks

 

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I"m building the Corsair right now, will possibly maiden it on Saturday.
I recently bought a DX6 (still getting used to it) and I would like to get the plane dialed in before flying. Would you please share your Dual Rates, Expos, CG, and battery placement.
Thanks

I'm running a Turnigy 2200mah 3s all the way forward. It lines up with the recommended CG (right on top of the front spar of the wing) and flies beautifully. If anything, just a bit behind it.
All my planes I run 70/100 low/high rates and that works fine for me. Usually I fly high rates first in case I need some extra control if something goes wrong, but I run all my planes unusually touchy so you might not want to.
Expo is set to 30% across the board.
Everything else just follow Flite Test's recommendations and it should fly amazing!

 

[Maxx]

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Beautiful work , congratulations !