Spitfire76's Build Log of Ben's PT17 Stearman

[Spitfire76]

Found this which should help me create decals.

Stearman Kaydet Military Markings

Golden Age Of Aviation History, Emphasis On The Stearman AirCraft Company,Early Aviators,Early Airplanes,Antique Airplanes

www.opencockpit.net

 

[Spitfire76]

All 4 servo's installed with control linkages. As with most of my builds I have installed an Aura 5 Lite although it was difficult to find a suitable mounting point. In the end I glued in a piece of foam board in the rear cockpit above the servos.



I still need to paint the rudder blue and add some red stripes to both wing and fuselage but will brush on rather than spraying.

I also need to secure the power pod somehow.

 

[Mr NCT]

All 4 servo's installed with control linkages. As with most of my builds I have installed an Aura 5 Lite although it was difficult to find a suitable mounting point. In the end I glued in a piece of foam board in the rear cockpit above the servos.

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I still need to paint the rudder blue and add some red stripes to both wing and fuselage but will brush on rather than spraying.

I also need to secure the power pod somehow.

Looks great!

 

[Spitfire76]

Secured power pod with a bbq stick (as usual).

Did a taxi test and it turns just fine without a tail wheel.

I did notice that the ESC is gets very hot. The issue is with the 3dprinted dummy radial engine installed no air is passing through the power pod.

 

[Spitfire76]

I did perform a maiden this week but it felt a bit tail heavy. It looks like I'll need to add quite a bit of nose weight and one potential place would be inside the dummy radial engine as suggested by @Mr NCT in an earlier post in this thread.

 

[Mr Man]

I did perform a maiden this week but it felt a bit tail heavy. It looks like I'll need to add quite a bit of nose weight and one potential place would be inside the dummy radial engine as suggested by @Mr NCT in an earlier post in this thread.

Yeah, I had to keep moving my CG forward as well. Is yours very STOL? (Just curious, because mine could be)

 

[Spitfire76]

Yeah, I had to keep moving my CG forward as well. Is yours very STOL? (Just curious, because mine could be)

Yes it did not take up much runway on take off. It seemed to balance level at the CG marks but flew like a tail heavy plane.

 

[Mr Man]

Yes it did not take up much runway on take off. It seemed to balance level at the CG marks but flew like a tail heavy plane.

Yup, just like mine. (Before I crashed trying to fly it inverted)