The Corsair is faster and better handling then my FW 190. My 190 still has its landing gear and my friends Corsair's landing gear is holding up well. On landing gear a lot depends on how smoothly you grease your landings as to how well they hold up. My Corsair is scheduled to be delivered today. As my friend Dan said. "I don't care how many planes you have, this one handles so well you can't help but want one." He was right. Mike H

Michael -

So many aspects of this Corsair are a cut above the usual.

When winter lets go of it's grip here (pretty serious this month), hope to maiden mine. The airplane is quite true in scale too. Wing loading is the same as my first trainer (RCM Basic Trainer) back in the early '70s!

The fuselage is actually longer than a true scale plane but it really helps with the handling. I yield to better flying characteristics on situations like this. I have enjoyed seeing multiple flights. First at the Arizona Electric Festival and then with my friend Dick here in Stockton. Dr Dave's official review is delayed by the weather you are having back there. Today it is sunny, completely calm with a high in the low 70s today. But back to work. Mike

Michael,

According to my drawings from Vought, it is virtually spot on in fuselage measurements to scale, especially the distance from wing t.e. to stab joint at the fuse.

Doesn't matter though, drawings are known to vary incrementally to one another..It appears that that the incidences are quite scale too giving that true Corsair appeal. Helps it fly 'tail-high' as the real thing does.

Any more flight reports yet?

Originally Posted by mickydee

Any more flight reports yet?

Post #16 is a great testimonial. Did you miss it?

Hi,

Yep, saw it. I'd like to hear more opinions from current owners before committing to buy this model. That's why I asked if there were more flight reports as opposed to just the one previously posted.

There are lots of Corsair choices in this size range. Also, there does not seem to be a lot of buzz yet on this model yet.

Mickydee

micky -

Another thread running here http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...?t=1769940(you probably already know) but not a lot up on this one yet, I think due to the time of year and weather.

Originally Posted by mickydee

Hi,

Yep, saw it. I'd like to hear more opinions from current owners before committing to buy this model. That's why I asked if there were more flight reports as opposed to just the one previously posted.

There are lots of Corsair choices in this size range. Also, there does not seem to be a lot of buzz yet on this model yet.

Mickydee

I would go for the Dynam Corsair. It's cheaper and a great flyer too!

Originally Posted by huntingfield

I would go for the Dynam Corsair. It's cheaper and a great flyer too!

For sure the Dynam is a good value, very tempting to hoard Corsairs with the good choices.!! It's fairly common for a lot of users to have the 3 cell 2200ma size of batteries on hand already for this Flyzone example, a plus for it's economy.

The perfect 'foamie' ( not sure I like that word so much it sounds like a put down) warbird just hasn't being built...yet. No matter which corsair you choose there will be some aspects to it which are 'wrong'. Doesn't mean it won't look like a corsair or fly well it's just that it could have been 'better'. Whatever, it will never be real and only a model. So....to me anyhow it comes down to just how bad or good it is to start with and what's involved to fix it. With this plane there are 3 things that disappoint somewhat. The tailwheel doesn't retract...the prop isn't a 3 blade and there's no flaps. Everything else appears fantastic. the landing gear in particular is in a class of it's own.
So far from what I've seen ( best to go to the other thread http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...?t=1769940(you) only the flaps need looking into. Once that's done IMO this plane, for it's size, is right up there in the nearly perfect category. It would be perfect if given a RNZAF livery.