F4U Corsair Build
After watching Disney's " Planes" my step daughter asked me if I could build "Skipper". We had already built "Ripslinger" and " Dusty" and a couple other FT aircraft. I told her I wasn't sure but would see what I could do. Having recently learned some AutoCAD, it became a challenge for me to complete. One of the "must - haves" was to maintain the big round look of the fuselage; another one was to use only the materials that the FT planes use so it could be inexpensively duplicated and the third was to incorperate the "swappable power pod" . The F4U Corsair build has met those requirements and is a very scale flyer. It performs loops, rolls, and inverted flight quite well. The silhouette is easily identifiable and is fun to fly.
Have Fun and Fly Safe!
Tim
Build video with maden flight.
Here is the round fuselage build video. This looks more scale then the folded fuselage.
Distinct silhouette.
Build sequence for the Corsair
Ready to install Center Section.
Center Section attached.
Ready for the wings.
Wings attached.
Tail section installed.
Battery fits on top of Power Pod Plate.
Ready for Test flight.
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Other Pictures
Prototype next to the FT Mustang
Second build with black foam board.
Third Corsair... Plans proof build.
Skipper
Skipper's friend Dusty
Second Flight of Prototype
CORSAIR PLANS
- Corsair ( page 1)
- Corsair ( page 2)
- Corsair Plans (page 1 Tiled)
- Corsair Plans (page 2 Tiled)
- Corsair round fuselage
- Round fuselage ( tiled )
F4U CORSAIR SPECS.
WEIGHT WITHOUT BATTERY: 20 oz. ( 567 g)
CENTER OF GRAVITY: 3" ( 76.2 mm) from leading edge of wing
CONTROL SURFACE THROWS: 16˚ deflection - Expo 30%
WINGSPAN: 46 inches (1168 mm)
RECOMMENDED MOTOR: Park 425, 1000 kv minimum
RECOMMENDED PROP: 10 x 6, 10 x 7 prop
RECOMMENDED ESC: 30 amp
RECOMMENDED BATTERY: 2200 mAH 3s
RECOMMENDED SERVOS: (4 ) 9 gram servos
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