Official Black Horse Pilatus PC-9 1840mm ARF Discussion Thread

[Alpha]

Canada Goose Hi Mike, nice photo! Are "SteveT"'s mounts custom machined to a specific length and tapped with your specified thread? If so, I need to contact him...

[Canada Goose]

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Pilot Patrick Croasdale whose a member of my club converted his PC-9 to a T-6 Texan and it looks absolutely gorgeous. Check it out.

Wow, that certainly looks spectacular, a very well done covering job indeed.

My PC-9 is coming along pretty good. I tried to find longer bolts and nylon standoffs blah blah blah but after a long search on Google I found "SteveT" on RCGroups who makes custom aluminum standoff's so I'd like to give a shout out to Steve and show off my mounts :)

Cheers

Mike

[T-CAT]

I've always loved the PC-9, so this is fantastic to see. Although T-6A Texan II derived from the PC-9 and there are many differences between one another, are there any plans to offer this PC-9 in the color scheme of the T-6A Texan II?

That would be the ultimate for me. It can always be recovered in that color scheme, but of course it would be better to have it already covered in the T-6A scheme from the factory to eliminate tearing off the beautiful covering job they did on the current color scheme.

I'll quote myself from May, but I still think this PC-9 should be offered as a Texan out of the box . Patrick's conversion shows why, the look is outstanding and I would hope it would sell well (maybe the current and only livery it already comes in has sold well too) in the US.

[James]

Pilot Patrick Croasdale whose a member of my club converted his PC-9 to a T-6 Texan and it looks absolutely gorgeous. Check it out.

[Canada Goose]

Thanks! Great photo's. Did your rear pilot eject, lol. I'm just installing the retracts while the pilots are having their butts glued in the cockpit. So far I am very impressed with the kit, especially the covering job. I have not tested the fit of the wing yet, where did you have to trim?

[HazeB]

I couldn't find them either. I drilled my own, right in the middle where the wings join, about 1/2 inch out from the former. It seemed to make sense. Also you might wanna test fit your wings to the fuse. I had to do a lot of trimming to make them fit properly. I had a friend fly her today while I shot these photos.

[Canada Goose]

Can someone measure where the location of the servo wire exit holes are on the top of the wing close to the root rib please? I have looked and prodded and can't find where the round exit hole is in each panel as shown in the manual.

Thanks!

[Canada Goose]

Just started to unwrap this gorgeous model. I am totally impressed with the craftsmanship and the careful wrapping of all the parts....well done Black Horse!

[Canada Goose]

I just received mine and only had time today to open it up and inspect the parts. Very impressed with what I saw!! Mine will be EP but as HazeB said the flight times will suck :( Not sure what motor to use yet, have a new CC Edge 75 ESC and was planning on using 2x 4s 5000 lipo packs.

[HazeB]

Successful maiden flight today!. 3 flights total (1 dorked up landing) This is a great flying plane, like on rails. Rimfire 120/Castle 120amp ESC/6S 5000mah for power. Xwave retracts, HiTec 645MG servos all around, I made a custom pilot figure. Great performance but only 6 min flight time with this electric setup. I fly scale with normal scale aerobatics, nothing extreme. I've gotten used to flying 12-15 mins with gas and 6 mins goes by way too fast. I think I'm gonna eventually convert to a 26cc gasser.

[Twowingtj]

Does anyone know when this cool model will be back in stock in he US? Thanks!

Welcome to Hobby Squawk swill!

This was posted by Tom, one of the owners of Motion RC, back on Sept 12th. It should give a rough estimate. "The next shipment of Black Horse planes just left the factory today. It should be here in about 40 days or so. The planes in this shipment are the exact same as the ones on our website with a a surprise or two.

[swill]

Does anyone know when this cool model will be back in stock in he US? Thanks!

[Canada Goose]

Thanks Lee.

I think I will go with the suggested Admiral motor.

Aros, what kind of performance should I expect when using the GP20 with A) 2x 4S 5000 lipo's in series on an APC 16x10 E and B) single 6S 5000 lipo (same prop?). I'm your average sport flyer (no 3D) flying more "pattern" type of flight. I'm pretty new to EP and looking for good strong performance with decent flight times. Appreciate any comments.

[LeeL]

Canada Goose
The kit is made fit the Rimfire 1.20
All the mounting hardware comenin the kit for that motor.

[Scale Master]

I was thinking to throw a kingtech K-45TP (turbo prop in her and use a scale 4 bladed prop (16x10) or somthin like that. Any thoughts from anyone with experience with the K-45TP or the Black horse model?

[Canada Goose]

I'm thinking about getting this plane. Any suggestions regarding motor choice for electric? Rimfire 1.60 or the one recommended by Black Horse? I don't want to have to fiddle in order to get the motor to fit which seems to be the case if using the BH suggested motor. Cheers!

[LeeL]

Here is my PC-9 from motion rc I added an FMS multi plug connector to cleannup the wires. I needed to add ply battery trays aft of the supplied trays to get the cg correct with 10cell 5000 and rimfire 1.60 and electrifly 8amp esc 17 x 10 to 18×10 prop.
Please update the hardware package to get the best out of this fine model.

https://youtu.be/preJZ6nDTCc

[Twowingtj]

Looks good James. Today's Black Horse models look much more well made than they were many years ago. It would be nice if they could put a little more effort to mold the pilots in a little more realistic proportions.

[James]

Just unboxed the PC-9. What a gorgeous looking kit as all these Blackhorse kits have been this far. About to get started on the hinges

[T-CAT]

I've always loved the PC-9, so this is fantastic to see. Although T-6A Texan II derived from the PC-9 and there are many differences between one another, are there any plans to offer this PC-9 in the color scheme of the T-6A Texan II?

That would be the ultimate for me. It can always be recovered in that color scheme, but of course it would be better to have it already covered in the T-6A scheme from the factory to eliminate tearing off the beautiful covering job they did on the current color scheme.