Took my new Corsair out for the first time and a bit disappointed in it. It wouldnt climb, it seems really underpowered compared to the T-28. Right from launch I can climb at least at a 45* angle with the t-28, but with the corsair, it seems as Iget the nose 10* up and it slows down and stalls. Iwound up cracking a wing nearly off because I couldnt get any altitude to trim it out, and it needed trimming, Very unstable at the slow speed it was going.

Itook the battery that I used in the Corsair, the one it came with, which was fully charged, and put it in the T-28 to see if it may be the battery, but Iflew for nearly 10 minutes with it in the T-18. Unfortuntaly I lost orientation after launching it the last flight and the breeze was kicking up, so it went upside down, or right side up, couldnt tell, it was too close to the ground and did a nose crunch. Plane is fine, but the end broke off the battery and fried it. Amazing how fat they get when shorted out.

So why would the Corsair be so slow? For about a minute, Ihad it flying, but took everything I had just to keep it in the sky, and never more than 10 feet off the ground, I was trying to trim it out , but it was too squirrely, even at the low rate I have it at. Needed up trim, and trying to keep it from stalling while trimming, with a slight breeze, was not fun at all, with the wind it was picking up speed, but geting too far away from me, when Ibrought it around into the wind it really slowed down, whcih made it worse. It was also rolling to the left, so combined with the down pitch and left roll it was a bugger, and it just was sooo slow too. Ticked off at the cracked wing though, it didnt go down hard, but hit the grass just right to cartwheel and crack it.

OTOH my T-28 looks like it went through WWII, it is dented, cracked, the nose is mushed, the prop shaft is bent, has packing tape all over it, the paint is gone in some places, but she still flies great. Icouldnt tell how many times it kissed the ground nose first, but still goes right back up. Great little plane. Ipretty much fly that one with one finger carressing the right stick, doesnt take much at all to bank and climb.

This morning was really calm, about 3 mph breeze, but humid, and I tend to sweat real easy, so sweat was getting in my eyes, which has caused me a few instances of oops, but when Iactually bring it down intentionally, the landings are very nice and soft. Itook the gear off since I'm landing in grass, so the are all belly landings. Idid land the Corsair once very nicely, after about 15 seconds in the air so I could try to make adjustments, and it landed nice and soft too, but it has more tip stall I see than the T-28.