Guillows Giant Scale Balsa F4U-4 Corsair
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From: Postville, IA
was Just wondering if any 1 out there has Baught 1 of these it has a wing span of 30 3/4 the scale is 3/4 with folding wings
also was wondering how good it flys I have 1 that I am Building and plan on putting servos in it and using my 4ch control I was told by the company to use a .07 thunder Tiger GP ABC engine I plan on putting a Balsa wood skin on the frame work instead of the Tissue
let me know if you have done 1 of these and how it flys
John
also was wondering how good it flys I have 1 that I am Building and plan on putting servos in it and using my 4ch control I was told by the company to use a .07 thunder Tiger GP ABC engine I plan on putting a Balsa wood skin on the frame work instead of the Tissue
let me know if you have done 1 of these and how it flys
John
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You really need to take this to the 1/2A & 1/8A airplane forum. Over there we build al sorts of "small" planes and many have done Guillows conversions. I have a 36in wing span Guillows Cessna Skyhawk in the box I plan on using an OS .10 on. I have yet to successfully convert a Guillow's model but it has been done and there are some build threads in that forum. Be careful as these small planes are very weight sensitive. Most will say that the cost of building one of these is such that you could have had a nice ARF. But we do it for the challenge, don't we? Most of all good luck and have fun with it.
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From: gilmer/nacogdoches,
TX
i had great success with a piper cherokee, converted to electric bought the parts from china, built the kit, got it all together for less than 50$ and it is just so cute and fun, will range out pretty far but cooler looking up close.. do not skin with balsa, my recommendation is DOCULAM look it up on google and buy you some, it wont shrink enough to break the wood, but does shrink down and stick nicely to these guillow kits, plus it is very lightweight and can be painted easily.. weight is definitely a huge issue with these planes, but the guys in the 1/2a forum can definitely give you some specs/ guidelines.. they all said no more than 6 oz on mine and i thought no way, but actually it was quite easy to do it weighs about 5.8 ounces, so no problem, plus it flies really well/stable due to low wing loading, so definitely check out the 1/2a forum here on rcu.




