A Big, Old, Beautiful Corsair from FlightLine

This is another bird, that I am super excited about! The power is crazy!

I waited two months after the pre-order to receive this plane, and it was worth the wait. Getting over the initial nervous of an aircraft of this size. I am excited. Size is an understatement! She is massive, and my first plane of this size, for whatever reason, a single engine of this size is scary. It scares me more than a multi-engine of a similar size.

Opening the box, I am blown away, it was amazingly well packed. Each piece reveals how massive this plane is and that I need to pick my jaw off the floor. The panel details were amazing; the construction was up to the quality of FliteLine. The wing revealed all the servos were metal gear, and there were two servos to operate the flaps. Which is a neat way to get the operate a very scale flaps!  I am looking forward to operating these flaps. My biggest concern at this point only has a 5 amp BEC on the 80 amp ecs. I will probably be installing a separate BEC to feed those hungry servos. To note, there is a total of 10 servos on this plane, and three retracts to power.

All control surfaces as well hinged and operate very smoothly, and there is no need to break them in before installing the control rods. All control surfaces are using bull links which reduces the slop that can occur with the traditional `z bends`.  When building the plane, none of the linkages were at the correct length, I had to set these to the right size.. 

Assembling the plane went smoothly, and quick and simple. The hardest part was the control linkages. The stabilizers were super comfortable, because of the indexing in the rear of the plane. A few moments later, the aircraft was taking shape. It was looking like a Corsair. The wings have a balance lead, making only two connections needed to get the plane operational. The wings are held together with size bolts screwing into brass inserts, which extends the life of the aircraft. That small detail is a feature I enjoy. Finishing getting the plane assembled, I moved to decorate it with the cameo specs that were provided. There was a total of four options. They decals were extra sticky, and where easy to install compared to the ones on the FliteLine B-24.

Then there was the thrust check! I believe our faces say it all.

The maiden was a terrifying experience, not because the plane did not handle well. But because, I was so dang nervous. I am glad I owned the E-Flite 1.2m Corsair which also did not have a properly setup tail wheel. That experience helped me understand how the corsair would pull hard to the left once it was on the mains. She was amazing in the air. One thing I would love to have feedback on, is setting up a proper tail wheel for the corsair. It is something I been fighting on the E-Flite Corsair and makes the take offs just a nightmare.