PT-17 Stearman from Raleigh Aeromasters

by FliteTest | October 8, 2014 | (19) Posted in Reviews

The members at Raleigh Aeromasters flying club gave us this scratch built Boeing PT-17 Stearman as a gift!

This scratch built (depron) foam flyer is a custom build based on the Eagle-RC.com Boeing PT-17 Boeing Stearman plans. Currently, the eagle-rc.com website is offline, but the plans are available HERE

Just about everyone at Raleigh Aeromasters flying club signed this  PT-17.

Dr. Joey presented the custom made Stearman and we had a chance to do some flying with him!

This airplane handled great! As we performed knife-edges, loops, inverted and we were even able to hover it.

The paint scheme is fantastic on this scratch build airplane, they really put some time into this build.

We flew this at this years eWeek at Triple Tree Aerodrome. 

This depron scratch built Stearman looks like it'd be a fun relatively easy to build.

This is a really nice design and this custom design, based on the original plans, is really impressive. 

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(Currently, the eagle-rc.com website is offline) 
But the Build Plans are available on RCGroups:
PT-17 Stearman BUILD PLANS

Thanks again to Dr. Joey and everyone at the Raleigh Aeromasters! We'll put this scratch build Stearman to good use!

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COMMENTS

udo789 on October 9, 2014
Let's have more depron! Lovely plane and paint scheme.
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Canair on October 9, 2014
In Canada, Depron is like trying to source unicorn tears (which worked really well on my last build). Could you build this out of DTFB? Maybe paperless and 2 sheets glued together?
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Freaky_1 on October 9, 2014
Enjoyed it!
Love to see the spirit of what it's all about still living strong. Props to Joey and his club.
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BigSexy on October 9, 2014
Where can I see more info on that huge cargo plane Peter was sporting? I don't want to build one, I would crash it and cry because of the time I would have put into it. I just want to see it flying and maybe of its guts and what not!
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chodgson on October 9, 2014
The big cargo plane was shown at FliteFest, there is a bit of coverage of it buried somewhere in the livestreams from the event: http://new.livestream.com/flitefest/flitefest
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jrvalentin62 on October 9, 2014
Great plane. Any chance at getting some specs on the FT version, Mods that were made and power spec?
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earthsciteach on October 8, 2014
I usually don't like profile planes, but I really like the looks of this one in the air. Now, there are two profile planes I really have an interest in - this one and the one in Mr. Monroe's garage!
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Epitaph on October 21, 2014
I agree, I've never been into profile planes either, but this one is just great looking!!
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oldjoe1931 on October 9, 2014
Ok, here are the specifications:
Wingspan: 44 inches (1247mm)
Overall Length: 34 inches (964mm)
Flying Weight: 30.2 oz (856 grams) this include the 2200mah 3 cell
Motor Size: Firepower 15 Brushless 960 kva (35-42-10)
Prop Size: 11x5.5e APC
Speed Control: 45 Amp
Tail Wheel: Steerable
Landing Gear: Du-bro micro #943
Wheels: 3 inch Mpi Lite foam
Servos: 9 gram
Battery: 2200mah 3 Cell 40c
Foam Material: Depron 6mm or 1/4 inch
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MyDigitalParadise on October 23, 2014
I'd really like to know where they sourced the landing gear it is so hard to find nice gear like that small enough for foam airframes.
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Rickster on December 21, 2014
Landing Gear: Du-bro micro #943
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Epitaph on October 21, 2014
Josh says about foamboard being so easy to get, but that's not the case everywhere. Over here in Europe it's a very hard to come by comodity, yet Depron is something we can get hold of pretty easily. It would be great if FT could make some planes out of Depron, maybe like a "Depron version" and a "DTFB version" of the same plane? And please, if there is a posibility of a build video of this plane, it would be great!!

One of the things I loved about the series JAG (apart from Harmon himself <3) was Rabb's Stearman!!
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cbarnes0061 on October 10, 2014
I have had templates cut for this plane for over a year now and just never gotten around to building it. Might just have to now.
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cbarnes0061 on October 10, 2014
Would also love to know a little about the mods he did to the one given to you all. It appears as though they have made the fuse thicker at the front and put a KF step on both wings.
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Rickster on December 21, 2014
http://www.ramsrc.com/pdf/rams_stearman_project.pdf
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mudman1959 on December 16, 2015
Always did like the Stearman... Saw this one and I knew I needed to add it to my collection. I sized it up to 125% which brought it out to a 48 inch wingspan. I made a few changes and added a Radial engine to it to give it that stand off scale look. Hope to finish it up soon before the snow really starts to fly here... Mudman1959
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2540067
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