Official FlightLine F4U-1A Corsair 1600mm (63") Wingspan

[f4u ausie]

Absolutely exceptional ..
That first pic was from when alpha released it. What a difference. If my memory serves me correctly !!!?

[Grossman56]

A good comparison . Before and after!


Couldn't resist!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)_

[Aros]

Gorgeous!

[jetfool]

Two fantastic airplanes. Dan, your Corsair is a great SW Pacific faded bird. Congratulations.
Best Regards, Rex

[Grossman56]

A few more just 'cause. These were taken by Dave Gee!


Love them!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Grossman56

Beautiful and congrats.

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

Flight report:
After changing transmitter and receiver and going with the 10 channel Lemon and the Hobby Eagle A3L, she was taxied around to get directional control centered, taxied out and thoroughly range checked and with that, it was now or never time. She hopped into the air very smoothly, gear up and some small amount of trimming, a couple of clicks at most on ailerons and elevator. With the A3L set at about 50% and in low rates she flew perfectly, very similar to the Spitfire. I actually copied the D/R and Expo from the Spitfire which I also fly on low rates, this is great because now I can tweak the mid and high rates to see if it improves or not Flaps and gear dropped and no elevator retrim, she lined up with the runway and landed like a lady. With the barn doors hanging down, she does require a bit more throttle than the Spit but she makes up for it with that wide stance landing gear and the Robart tires make her literally stick to the ground. My first successful flight with her and so much better than the first one!!
I want to experiment around with the positioning of the 5000 battery, if I can get good results with her back about 1/2", I should be good to go with the 4500's which I have a few.


Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

The boys ready to taxi out....

Dave has the flight photos as well as some of Big Beautiful Doll flying, which considering she's12 or so years old is a rare thing for some reason.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Got Dangerous Dan in the air today but not after some great photo shots

[jetfool]

beatlerat,
Your Corsair is beautiful. Most won't know the difference between what color the little numbers should be. Enjoy it as is.
Best Regards, Rex

[beatlerat]

So I kind off screwed this up. FF75 was painted with white letters, and when I put the numbers on, I wasn't even thinking of being scale. FF57 and FF59 are scale planes with the yellow numbers. I have found the squad that carried these numbers, but not a list of numbers that actually existed. No worries, I'll fly it as is and not worry about it.

[Elbee]

beatlerat

This is a screen shot from the Tamiya 1/32 F4u Corsair model kit.

So there's a start at finding your exact airframe.

Best, LB

[Elbee]

I put this same number on my plane, but I can't find a picture of the real plane with this number, Any one have a link?
Thanks

I have run across this airframe before.

MotionRC has the numbers and markings correct, except a portion of the empennage should be painted white.

Keep looking, it is out there.

Best, LB

[beatlerat]

I put this same number on my plane, but I can't find a picture of the real plane with this number, Any one have a link?
Thanks

[Elbee]

Hugh Wiedman


The timeline of this is I submitted the AMA Pocal Foint article in late June of '24.

Jennifer (AMA Editor) said they had a lot of articles ahead of mine and that it would be some time before it would publish.

We did the first check flight on Sept 30 '24 at the Lake Afton Field.

The AMA article posted in the Jan '25 or Feb '25 issue, I don't recall which..

It is now June '25 almost a year later, so I can understand questioning the photos.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

Hugh You may be right. I believe Elbee was watching a real Corsair on takeoff at an undisclosed secret airport.

[Elbee]

Hugh Wiedman

You impugn my honor, Sir, KJP took that photo.

Best, LB

[Hugh Wiedman]

Great pic Steve, From personal experience, there's nothing like watching a piece of art you've spent months on, flying in the air and hopefully, landing safely.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

I'm not sure that photo of Elbee "flying" his Corsair is legit. I'm thinking it is one of those "cheap fake" AI photos that KJP called out about her boss the last four years. Just sayin.

[Grossman56]

Great pic Steve, From personal experience, there's nothing like watching a piece of art you've spent months on, flying in the air and hopefully, landing safely.
We've actually got to experience what the last gen of RC pilots felt with months if not years of hard labor put into building an airplane. Just think, they had no on board trimming controls, insane!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

There are at least 2 IMHO....hmmmmm


Precision and artistry coexist in the fertile mind.
These need not be adversarial to achieve aesthetic harmony.

Best, LaghuBudha