roversgonemad
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I know the T-28 is post WWII, but I think it fits here better than the other forums.
With some Christmas money I received, I bought a PZ T-28 just a few days after Christmas. I have been flying a few of the FT foamies since about Thanksgiving, as well as my boy's Gamma Pro that I got him for Christmas. I have also been experimenting with a design of my own, that has flown a few times, but never very well. The simulator time has also been very helpful. After being out of the hobby for almost 30 years, the simulator has been wonderful!! A lot of crashes, but no $$$$ out of my wallet. Plus, it got me re-accustomed to the sticks and how a plane responds.
Long story short, I hadn't managed to muster up the courage to fly the T-28 until today. In hindsight, it was a bit silly to wait this long. I have been buddy boxing my 9 year old on the Gamma Pro and didn't even realize that the Gamma Pro is probably harder to fly than the T-28
After some brief taxi tests and a nose wheel adjustment I put it in the air. I was expecting it to require more constant input, but it flew so stable. It's definitely a low wing warbird, but handles very predictably and is quite precise in it's attitude changes. It also few very well right around half throttle. After some very minor trim input, it was tracking very well and went wherever it was pointed. I had previously dialed in a fair amount of expo and reduced the throws on the ailerons, but in hindsight, this was probably unnecessary. The plane was very predictable and did every single thing I told it to do. The only thing I didn't like was the roll rate, but this was self induced since I had reduced the aileron throws. Big giant loops were very easy and it does great coordinated turns. I didn't get too carried away since I really am still fairly novice, but the T-28 is really a great plane. It might not be an ideal first plane, but without too much stick time, I think it's very manageable as a second plane, or even a first if you have someone that can buddy box with you.
I wish planes would have been this easy to fly when I was a kid... I made too many balls of balsa bits and covering back then, and my first foamy ended up being more epoxy than foam before I ever really had a successful flight. It ended up so heavy, my little OS .10 couldn't haul it around anymore.
Here's a very bad video of my take-off and a little bit of the flight (ran out of memory on the SD card). Since my wife's camera couldn't really keep the plane in focus, most of the time you are stuck looking at my fat head (sorry).... Also, the audio is TERRIBLE, so don't have your speakers very loud. I might actually have to buy a decent video camera if I want flight videos.
http://s961.beta.photobucket.com/user/roversgonemad/media/RC%20Planes/Parkzone%20T-28/DSCN1852.mp4.html
With some Christmas money I received, I bought a PZ T-28 just a few days after Christmas. I have been flying a few of the FT foamies since about Thanksgiving, as well as my boy's Gamma Pro that I got him for Christmas. I have also been experimenting with a design of my own, that has flown a few times, but never very well. The simulator time has also been very helpful. After being out of the hobby for almost 30 years, the simulator has been wonderful!! A lot of crashes, but no $$$$ out of my wallet. Plus, it got me re-accustomed to the sticks and how a plane responds.
Long story short, I hadn't managed to muster up the courage to fly the T-28 until today. In hindsight, it was a bit silly to wait this long. I have been buddy boxing my 9 year old on the Gamma Pro and didn't even realize that the Gamma Pro is probably harder to fly than the T-28
After some brief taxi tests and a nose wheel adjustment I put it in the air. I was expecting it to require more constant input, but it flew so stable. It's definitely a low wing warbird, but handles very predictably and is quite precise in it's attitude changes. It also few very well right around half throttle. After some very minor trim input, it was tracking very well and went wherever it was pointed. I had previously dialed in a fair amount of expo and reduced the throws on the ailerons, but in hindsight, this was probably unnecessary. The plane was very predictable and did every single thing I told it to do. The only thing I didn't like was the roll rate, but this was self induced since I had reduced the aileron throws. Big giant loops were very easy and it does great coordinated turns. I didn't get too carried away since I really am still fairly novice, but the T-28 is really a great plane. It might not be an ideal first plane, but without too much stick time, I think it's very manageable as a second plane, or even a first if you have someone that can buddy box with you.
I wish planes would have been this easy to fly when I was a kid... I made too many balls of balsa bits and covering back then, and my first foamy ended up being more epoxy than foam before I ever really had a successful flight. It ended up so heavy, my little OS .10 couldn't haul it around anymore.
Here's a very bad video of my take-off and a little bit of the flight (ran out of memory on the SD card). Since my wife's camera couldn't really keep the plane in focus, most of the time you are stuck looking at my fat head (sorry).... Also, the audio is TERRIBLE, so don't have your speakers very loud. I might actually have to buy a decent video camera if I want flight videos.
http://s961.beta.photobucket.com/user/roversgonemad/media/RC%20Planes/Parkzone%20T-28/DSCN1852.mp4.html
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