Warbird Information Exchange

Just finished a Hangar 9 Corsair. I don't go for accurate detail...just a decent looking plane that I'll fly the crap out of. It has a Thunder Tiger .60 2-stroke and JR components. If the weather is decent tommorrow I'll probably put the 1st flight on it.

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Life's a Pitts

Looks great, good luck.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Where do you fly at?

Thanks Mustang D.

Phantom, my dad and brother both have private airstrips, so I just fly the rc stuff (as well as the real stuff) from either one of their properties. I have, however, flown rc's from several different AMA club fields in the past as well, such as Balsa Bee's in Alliance, and Short Circuits in Ellsworth.

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Life's a Pitts

I was thinking about getting a Hangar 9 aircraft. Do you think it is a good model?

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Yes. I've done Kyosho and Global kits before, but in my opinion this was the best kit yet. It was very straight forward with good components. I like the engineering Hangar 9 did. I guess I'll learn about the handling characteristics soon enough!

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Life's a Pitts

Good luck. I am thinking about either the P-40 or the P-51.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

I was just curious, there are some guys who fly stuff every Saturday and Sunday about 5 minutes from my house in Coventry. Just wondering if you were one of them!

The first flight went great today. I posted some video footage here:

http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=5f6ef9eb

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Life's a Pitts

Hanger 9 has some good stuff, but the Corsair has been known to have a weak join between the firewall and the fuselage. Recommend epoxying some tri-stock to the back side of the firewall to tie it to the fuselage a lttle better.

Well, just an update because it's a wintery day and I've got nothing better to do.....

I put about 40 to 45 flights on it up until October, and then the "sh*t happens" rule took effect. Basically I tried to fly it on a very windy day and it quickly dipped a wing on takeoff and when the wingtip hit the ground, it sheared the left wing off at the gull section, and broke the fiberglass engine cowl in a few spots. I contemplated just buying a new wing assembly, but then decided to buckle down and fix the existing pieces. About 50 hours of labor later (hey, it's better than watching tv!) she successfully flew again. I put some hard G's on it just to elimate any future worries, and it held together and performed great. Since I had to repaint the cowl, I decided to paint a checkerboard scheme.

I can't find the crash picture, but here's a pic of the wing structural repair underway.After this photo I replaced the ribs, re-sheeted, and re-covered:



Then, here's the finshed product:

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....and my other 2 RC planes for the heck of it:

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Mad dad always said, there are two different kinds of RC planes: those that crashed, and those that are going to crash.

A little more video at :

http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=032a2977

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Life's a Pitts

I guess referencing MazdaP5's post above would be appropriate!

The right wing decided to depart the airplane during a hard pull to the vertical. The airplane made a big flailing arc over the house and hangar, and came to rest in a corn field.

I blame the builder, which of course is me, for not properly bonding the main spar. Oh well, I got 60 or so flights out it. Nothing a few hundred bucks won't fix.

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Life's a Pitts