I'm about to maiden my Senior Telemaster. Even though the plans didn't show wing struts I went ahead and added them but now my lazy streak is showing up. There are three attachment points per strut and I don't want to bother with adding them at the field if they really aren't necessary anyway. Any opinions out there from other Telemaster owners?

BTW: I built the 8' wing using bolt down hardware and went with one piece construction.

Regards

I have a 8 foot telemaster i fly really hard all the time, i have a 91 four stroke on it. I dive it hard and float fly it, it flys in the wind. it has been "hard landed" several times. the wing has never caused a problem or been seriously damaged. I even had to finaly build a new fusealoge for it but the same wing and tail feathers. Have fun with it i have others but i still love the telemaster , its just not as fast but it sure floats.
Jim S

Sorry i forgot No struts on mine, I don't think you need them till you get to the 12 footers..

Jim S

Thanks Waterlogged. First hand experience is what I was hoping to hear.

Did you take any unusual steps with the wing or just follow the plans?

Regards

Mine has no struts as well-I am powering mine with a Saito 72 and I loop and roll, in other words just lazy summer afternoon aerobatics and never had any issues, I did install a glow driver on the engine so I can thermal at idle and not worry about the engine dying -alot of fun

Thanke Plane Jim. I fly at a dry lake so dead engines present no problem (:-). I have however been looking at the glow power for four strokes as any true addict would. The $70.00 looks a little steep though. Perhaps I'll build my own.

Waaay back in the mid 80s we added a battery to our slow flyers so we could throttle way back. I just need to dig out the method from my rusty memory banks.

I scratch built new wings for my Telemaster after a tree incident. I use struts. I just fashioned a simple plate out of brass stock and drilled them out to use a 1/4" hitch pin that I purchased at Home Despot. The other end of the strut stays attached to the wing permanently. Works like a charm. I would definitely use them. But then my Telemaster weighs 13 lbs and has a 31cc Ryobi gasser. Hope the pic helps.

Thanks for the input fellows.

Let's see,,,that's two votes no on struts, one vote yes on struts,,, my lazy streak will probably carry the day (:-)

Regards

Mine is kit built with 24cc gas motor and I use no struts. My understanding is that the ARF version does require struts.