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Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

01-12-2015, 09:40 AM

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ESM 50cc Corsair

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Posted By alfa1023

Heh guys, I am gonna put my Corsair up for...

Heh guys,

I am gonna put my Corsair up for sale. Just not flying it much anymore (got the Turbine bug) and need the room and $$ to build a new jet. Should have an ad up here and on RCGroups in the...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

02-17-2014, 02:07 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

LBJ, While you are at it, I would go ahead...

LBJ,

While you are at it, I would go ahead and strip the covering and glass the rudder. In my first few flights on our rough grass runway and before I went with Robart retracts, I had a nose over...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

04-21-2013, 01:08 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Mr. G,

If interested, I will make you a heck of a deal on my pneumatic ESM retracts that I pulled out of the plane (and are collecting dust somewhere). Maybe use them as a test mule for...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

04-20-2013, 05:37 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Mr. G,

I ultimately replaced my retracts with Robarts because of a similar problem. Mine weren't rotating 90 degrees, but had developed so much slop in the rotating mechanism that they would...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

04-11-2013, 07:49 AM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Mr G,

PM me your mailing address and I will send you a trace of the "spare" I have. I used 1/4" hardwood plywood for my actual ring and glassed it to the cowl. The first cowl ring was not strong...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

01-04-2013, 04:53 AM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

I agree that the ESM retracts definitely look the part. If only there was someway to get the best of both worlds.

Forgot to mention two other points about the Robarts. They have a positive lock...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

01-03-2013, 02:35 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Heh Guys,

If anyone is considering buying this plane, absolutely go with the Robart retracts versus the ESM retracts. As previously posted, my ESM retracts had developed enough side-to-side slop...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

10-04-2012, 03:47 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Hill,

That was my concern, thus the reason to glue them into the outer wing. Plus it works as a great handle to hold on to while manhandling the wings to get them together/apart. I also soaked...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

10-04-2012, 01:48 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Hill,

I did a similar thing as Marc - added an additional bolt/mount to hold the outer wing panels to the center wing panel. But with that said, there is no way I would do hard core aerobatics...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

09-07-2012, 10:14 AM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Hill202,

I have a DLE55 in mine and I probably have 4lbs of lead pellets fiberglassed in the front lip of the cowl in order to get the CG right. I originally had probably 1/2lb more, but have...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

09-05-2012, 11:24 AM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Doug at Robart sent me a youtube video of the installation of their retracts. The video shows their electric retracts (I am staying with pneumatic) but it gives you an idea of how they fit and look....

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

09-04-2012, 09:34 AM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Captain Ron -

You might want to give Doug at Robart a phone call about your existing Robart retracts and see if he can help you with them. I spoke with Doug earlier today and ordered a set of...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

08-22-2012, 08:43 AM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Higharc,

I bent an axle in one of my early nose-overs when I hit a pot hole in the grass. Was able to straigten it out, but figured it was now weak and ordered a replacement from these guys:
...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

08-22-2012, 06:19 AM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Retract question for you guys. My ESM air retracts have developed quite the slop in the rotating mechanism - when extended you can wiggle the wheel from toe-in to toe-out almost 1/2". If I get the...

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

12-14-2011, 07:04 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

At first I was unhappy that they changed from the aluminum tubes to the wood wing joiner. But it looks like they did a decent job in how they changed the inner wing support for the wood wing joiner....

Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes

12-07-2011, 04:50 PM

Replies: 2,686

ESM 50cc Corsair

Views: 515,466

Posted By alfa1023

RE: ESM 50cc Corsair

Just picked up the ESM 50cc Corsair from ARFPro's this afternoon - they just got in a new shipment. A quick review of parts (nothing missing, no damage) shows that they have changed the wing joining...

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