Stearman PT 17 kit

[davidchoate]

I watced that again, and yes, I see the difference of the two. And the cross wind! I am not ready to mount the wings just yet, but when I am, I may need advice. As of now I would bet My Life they were assembled perfectly . And straight, and enen dihedral on the bottom wing. I dont know if the paint and drying will affect them. I have not had problem yet with the 3/32" wood warping. I learned the ver fard ward way about that. Got a pile of wrecked planes to prove it too. But I serendipidously also learned that if I 'purposely' offset, or warp a wing, its an effective way to trim a rubber powered model . I have limited space, and got a little Bird Dog to circle insede a baseball field. with trees behind home, and along the foul lines.

[PsyberPhlier]

What size of motor is that? I am sorry of you have already said... I read through I didn't see it.

Ted

[Bill Gaylord]

What size of motor is that? I am sorry of you have already said... I read through I didn't see it.

Ted

The motor is a HobbyPartz Exceed 2205 1400kv.
http://www.hobbypartz.com/86ma01-2205-1400kv.html
The bell diameter just fits inside the dummy Guillows engine. Any comparable 300-370 series outrunner would probably work well, as long as it's no larger in diameter. This motor is definitely not the most powerful of it's class, from experimenting with other similar sized motors. A larger motor could always be mounted further rearward, but long prop adapters have issues and the far forward motor really helped in using a small lipo with no added ballast for a light build.

[PsyberPhlier]

Cool, Thanks for the info, Bill.

Ted