F4U-5 Corsair
Designed By Luc Dietvorst
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Design Features:
All Formers And Ribs CNC Cut
Unique Tab Lock Design
Two Piece Design Easy transportation
Motor/Battery compartment Easy accesable
Battery Acces Through fuselage opening
Specifications:
Wing Area: 53 dm2
Wing Span; 1665 mm
Flight Weight: Starts at 4800 grams
6 Channel Controls
Kit Includes:
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Full Size Rolled Cad Plans With All Parts Shown
Vacuformed motor cowl,canopy
242 cnc cut parts in ply and balsa
Balsa sheet and stringers
Designed for rotating retracts.
Required to Complete:
6 Channel Radio.Light weight Receiver:
Electric retract set rotating , wheels 100mm tail retract set small and a 45mm wheel
Light weight Servos: About 13grams (6x ailerons elevator flaps and rudder)
You need Control Horns , Steering Cables,Hinges,small parts,aluminium sheet for retract doors
There is no hardware in the Corsair kit
Motor: type SK3-5055-430KV turnigy or Flightline 5055-340KV
75 amp controller,
Some paint,glassfinish
Battery: 6s5000 lipo
Thick and Thin CA glue 5-6 bottles
Grass or concrete airfield
All info for retracts ,motor etc is on the drawing, The Corsair is a really fine flyer
all wood build very hard but rewarding and great fun
There are a lot of cnc cut sheets of ply and balsa in the kit (242 cnccut parts)
2 vacuumformed parts and a large 1:1 drawing
This kit is a hardcore builders kit and takes a lot of time you need expirience
The midpiece is the hardest part but build on a included build mould
we sheeted it with 1,5mm sheeting in 1 go,but strip is also easy