I have recently obtained an old 40 size (I think) 6 ft. wingspan telemaster. I am in the process of repairing and recovering. I have no information on this plane, such as CG. Any help?

I have one of those with electric power and run it with the CG at 115mm back from leading edge.

Fly safe, Glover

Just finishted mine with Thunder Tiger Pro 46. Velcro battery on back wall radio compartment to balance.
More power than needed. Used 5 washers for down thrust and still not enough. Has flaperons and flaps. can slow to
a crawl. Love this plane.

Flaperons AND flaps???? How does that work????

I just won a 6' telemaster electric in a raffle. It's my first plane, and I had planned on going glow powered...

I've gotten opinions from some that it'll be no problem, others say I need to be concerned about whether the electric version is structurally capable of being glow powered. It sure is light.

Recommendations have been that I put in a .40 or an OS FX .25.

As this is my first plane, I'd love to hear any recommendations anyone can make!

I would bet it would fly fine with a .25 in it, because the Senior Telemaster will fly with as little as a .46, although I have stuck a Zenoah G20 on mine for giggles.

I would look at the firewall and fuselage doublers up in the front, if it didnt look strong enough I would double it all up with some extra balsa sheet and reinforce the firewall with some triangular stock and maybe some thin ply if needed, then I would stick a .40 on it and go have a ball.

The CG range for the Telemaster should be 25% -33% of the chord from the leading edge. I would start with 25% and move it back as I became familiar with the plane

Can anyone tell me how many ribs are in each wing I have the plans and directions (they suck) but I am trying to scratch build it. If you need anything from the plans let me know maybe I can help.

hey guys i have a telemaster i picked up a few years back rtf for a song, i had a really bad landing and broke the tail off. Here is my question, first how do i tell which one i have sr, .40 (i think it is a .40) second how or were can i get plans to fix it ... i have been told to pull every thing out of it and burn it, but i tought my wife to fly with it and i have 2 nephews that want to learn so can someone help me???????? thank you

A good way would be to post a pic with a yard stick on it for reference.

lSources of Telemaster Plans in addition to Hobby Lobby

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_78...tm.htm#7868050

Plans are also available through the kit cutters at aerocraftrc.com

Hi All,
I am starting a build of a Telemaster 40. When I opened the box and found that the instruction were the same as I could get on line through the Hobby/Lobby web site, I panicked. What? No pictures? Yikes! How will I get through this? How will I survive?
After I settled down, I dicided that I could in fact survive it, get through it, and succeed. As I was beginning the build it came to me that I could take pictures of the progress and post them here for all to see and maybe make it easier for someone who might want to build this wonderful airplane.
I am going to try and corrolate the pictures with the steps in the plans, so here goes!

When I looked at the instructions I felt that the build of the fuselage was the most confusing part, so that is were I decided to start. I will try to tell this story in pictures, and limit my words. A picture is worth a thousand words. Right?

The site it seems is having trouble uplaoding pictures today, so I'll continue as I can.

Telemaster build: These images cover steps 1-17 under Fuselage Section Sub-assemblies of fuse sides, stringers, and bulkheads
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These photos show the joining of the fuselage sides, installation of the main bulkheads, and landing gear mount.
Steps 18, 19, 20.

Here is how I built the rear section of the fuselage. Steps 21-25 under the Fuselage section.

Okay. That wasn't so bad. The fuselage came out straight as an arrow. Just be sure to build it over the plans. That way everything ends up in the right place and is straight.
Here are the last pictures of some of the fuse assembly details. I skiped step 26 because I will build a bolt on wing. My model will be glow powered so I followed steps 31-33.
So , Steps 27-41 are here. My sheet had no step 42. Da????

Steps 43-59 are pretty clear.
I will move on to the Wing.
Steps 2, 3, & 5. I'll put to bottom cap strips on later.
Steps 6, 7 & 8
I added a center brace. It seemed so easy. Why not?
Aileron and flap bays were easy but time consuming.

With the center brace in place joining of the two wing halves was easy.

The Stabilizer
Steps 1-8
Steps 9-12

Pictures of my wing mounting:

I added a few details.
Tubes to guide servo wires.
A beefed up servo rack.

I see a lot of wood shop tools in the background that make it nice for balsa models

Almost ready for covering.

Yes,
I dabble in wood working.
I don't know how I ever built a model before I had my band saw. It is easily my most used tool when it comes to building wooden airplanes.