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ORIGINAL: chandley43231

hi guyswill be builing this winter an will make a atempt to build with the same idea as the arf mike barbee will be coaching me   want to put the flap set up like the 60 tf arf i have want to put on the robart electric retracks an 55 dle ra ill have pics an updates  hope the best to all

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ORIGINAL: craigcrumpler

After almost two years tomorrow is the day to fly it. I made quite a few changes to the airplane from the ''instructions''. If all goes well I will post some pics shortly, at any rate, I will definately not be doing another top flite kit of any kind ever again. I am not a master builder by any stretch, but this aint my first rodeo either. The top flite giant scale corsair is by far the poorest kit I have ever done, as far as instructions go. No problem with the parts, at least the ones that were cut, but there is a lot that is not cut. Calling the help number in the manual is a total waste of time. I think I am preaching to the choir as most of you fellows are way ahead of me so Ill stop. Any newbies wanting to build a warplane need to look elsewhere and save a lot of grief and frustration. Craig

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ORIGINAL: DaddySam

I guess I should say that I let my son maiden the plane. He is a good pilot but in retrospect there is a difference between being good and having enough experience to handle a plane like this. He is used to flying smaller planes and 30cc aerobats, and he did not know that he should have let it land, even if it meant rolling into the weeds at the end of the runway, or if going around, kept the wings level and gradually added power until stable flying speed was reached. I'm not saying I wouldn't have made the same mistake if I had been on the sticks, but we'll never know. It may or may not have been a tip stall. It was basically on the ground when he decided to go around again. It either tip stalled or the engine torque rolled the plane to the left when he added full throttle - I'm not sure. It had about a ten minute flight prior to this and flew great.
I want to thank all of you for your kind words and wishes, as well as the incredible amount of information and advice I've received over the years from this forum and especially this thread. I have to say that the tricks I've learned on this thread will definitely be used again, but right now I don't have the desire to spend any more of our breif NW flying season in the workshop. I've had a couple inquiries on the tailwheel and exhaust and I'll think about it for a few more days before I decide. I have the parts to make some more tailwheels and have had some inquiries on making some more of those too, but to be frank I'm all out of Corsair juice right now.
I was hoping to bring the plane to some of the warbird fly-ins but now I'll just work those days instead of taking them off.
If there is any positive to this I can say that all the mods you guys recommended worked like a dream. The only thing I would do differently is to try to make it even lighter, but I'm not sure that's possible without substituting a lot of wood and substantially changing the design.
Sam