PT-17 Stearman 1.0

[Flying Farm Kid]

That's a snazzy 3D printed engine up front there. Nice build!

Yea thanks it is but it is a bit abused and old now. I need to erc one this time that one was scratch built and put a better paint job on it.
I made the mistake of trying to paint it after I built it fully

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

And I have now upgraded from an ender 3 to a Bambu lab p1s
So 3d printing is so easy now
No more mistakes!

 

[paradawks]

Glad I came and checked this thread. Just finishing mine and it is also very tail heavy but under weight, so I'll throw a bunch of lead into the nose. I thought I did something wrong.

 

[Flying Farm Kid]

Glad I came and checked this thread. Just finishing mine and it is also very tail heavy but under weight, so I'll throw a bunch of lead into the nose. I thought I did something wrong.

Nope they are always just tail heavy on my next one I am going to make the battery compartment bigger so I can take advantage of that with a bigger battery and then longer flite time.

 

[paradawks]

I added a few ounces at the firewall and got it to neutral or maybe very slightly tail heavy with a 2200mah 3S pushed all the way to the front. Flew nicely, didn't even need trimming. For anyone else building one, I used a DYS 2836 1100kv motor, 40A ESC, and a 9x6 prop which I'll probably swap out for a 10x5.