2wingsonly

This is a picture of my restored pt17. G62 with about an 87 inch wing span.

skylark-flier

Nice job on a great airplane!! Would love to see a video of this lady in the air. Sweet!!!!

STUKA BARRY

Who's kit is that? A Ziroli is 77" w/s and a BUSA has a 116" w/s, so its somewhere in between, nice looking model.....

skylark-flier

I believe it could be a Flair quarter-scale. They're somewhere in the 87-90" w/s range.

2wingsonly

87 inch was not accurate. I measured the top wing and it is 8 feet. I am not sure of the kit. The guy I bought it from did not know because it was built by a club member that passed away. One of the older club members told me the plane was likely 30 years old if not older. Any ideas guys on the kit?
This plane Flies so nice it is like a big gentle giant but you have to stay in front of it on landing or it becomes a handful real fast.

TomCrump

I believe that you have a Godfrey Srearman.

They were an early Giant Scale design from the 80's.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/gian...-ws-print.html

2wingsonly

Yes I think you are correct. Here is a picture with smoke.

2wingsonly

Couple fun videos of my plane. One take off was at too slow of air speed wow that was close!
http://youtu.be/lUivbxOP0Io
http://youtu.be/swZEBz0DhQE

a70eliminator

That's a really good looking old bipe, I have to poo-poo the wheels, they do no it justice, need to find some old fashioned ones,

2wingsonly

I agree on the wheels but they were cheap and functional at the time. I the kind with the disk in the center.

2wingsonly

Here are a couple stills from that almost crash take off.

a70eliminator

Definately an OH CRAP moment bet your heart was pounding after that one. Next time ease up right stick and use up the whole runway, I'm sure you will.

thepamster

Nice looking plane you have. Stearmans are cool.
That engine sounded like it was laboring to me, perhaps rich on the high end. Maybe thats why the one bad takeoff.
G62s are great engines. It should not sound that way. I recommend a tuning or carb rebuild if it is very old.
Loved your landings btw.

2wingsonly

I bet your right on the tuning. I have not touched the adjustment in years. I have always had it a little rich for the break in but now it's time to set it correctly. Thank you for the suggestion.

2wingsonly

You got that right more runway and stay on the rudder for the climb out.

2wingsonly

I spent a good part of the winter on maintenance . I replaced hoses and converted shock mounts to solid mounts. What I did not replace were the flying wires. The wires are about 10 years old and did not look bad however they broke in flight and I was lucky enough to see them during a low pass.