This plane holds a special place in my heart. My grandfather flew one in WW2 (Marines). He would tell me the stories but what I remembered the most was how in detail how he explained how the Cosair handled. Now that being said, yes this plane NEEDS about 20 to 30 percent more power. I'm on my second one because we'll the first one blew the front end ( 8s). Blew up is being kind😅. By that time Jon I experienced everything you just pointed out. So I decided what would make this plane better. You know RC folks when there is a challenge.
I have the Flightline F4U Corsair, over 200 flights and still perfect like when I opened the box. Probably the best epo warbird I have ever used, 6s 5000 with 13 minutes of high speed flying and super solid retracts!
I've become much more comfortable with my left stick practicing long dragged out landings on my Maule. That doodoo floppy tailwheel doesnt play well with the rough pavement i fly it from. So, ive adapted. I appreciate the blooper reel. I feel a little better about how crappy the maiden flight of my FMS 980mm p40 went for me. Well, for IT, mostly. Currently steaming up some h20 for the crinkles in the nose... anyway, thanks for sharing the bad with the good, so we can all enjoy those moments together 😊 👍
The bigger they are, the easier they tend to be to fly throughout the envelope. The smaller warbirds can easily torque themselves off a runway. Bigger ones can too, but you get more time to react to it. Happy to hear you're enjoying the progression!
Actually, to fly a warbird scale you need enough power to perform big vertical maneuvers. I shoot for a compromise in scale maneuver size and timing. For instance, my loop would be a bit bigger than scale, but that increases the time it takes to complete it. With the model it would still be completed in less time than it would take the full scale counterpart to perform one at an airshow, but the timing will be closer if you cheat the spacing a bit. Over all, it appears more realistic, but requires more power. Nice review man, and yep, this one needs a power upgrade.
Shoot. If it has the power to take off, that's interesting enough for me. Everything after that, is just me crappin my pants, wondering what's gonna break when I land. And how much it'll cost...my wife's credit card 😊
Hi John,just love corsair and this size !..i don't think you mentioned on what battery it flies...i think that must be a 6s,but the company here in the netherlands says 4s...Thanks for sharing this review,when i got mine ,i now know what things I have to check,before getting it in the air.On our club we fly from grass,so the gear has to be strong ! God bless from the Netherlands !
It drives me nuts. We live in 2024 and these companies dont put out a flawless product.... fms should be fixing all this stuff asap. For how good planes look now everything else should be just as nice
Thanks for posting this one Jon! Greatly review as usual. The retract and tail wheel issues have haunted me too on certain models from this producer.I can’t wait to make time for putting together my new 1700 P-51 with the bigger motor and posting to your discord channel. This may be a great option to spruce things up a bit for those that want more power.
I found a company in California that makes CNC parts for RC planes and vehicles. I sent them the whole hub and prop assembly, and they made the whole hub aircraft grade aluminum, including the screw on prop adapter. Price wasn't too bad either, and the plane looks pretty cool, too. I bought a Cobra 250kv motor, and I already had an HV120 amp ESC. The tricky part was finding a company that would make the props. That was the biggest issue and why it blew. I didn't realize it or overlooked it, but the stock props could not handle the 8s RPMs, and at higher rpms, there is oscillation, and the props literally exploded Anyway, long story short, I found a company and sent them the stock props and told them the range of rpms and motor I would be using and presto, I had stiffer props (carbon fiber infused plastic). I also tore apart 😢the crashed cosair so I could really examine it. So the second one I expoxied the gear, did the same fix you did on the tail. Installed new prop hub assembly and also redid the motor mount so it would fit the different cross plate. Jon it now flies like a Cosair should. It's not overly powerful but it does boogie. Those slow lazy barrel rolls and big scale loops and your not at constant full throttle. Anyway great review as always and I apologize for the long post but the Cosair is a special plane to me and I just had to do it justice.
@TwoBrosRC It was quite a bit of effort, but it flies like it should now. Something that should have been done by the factory. I went above and beyond, but all it would need is a stiffer prop and the same size motor with at least a 120amp esc. The plane is a tough plane. I also forgot to mention that it's one of the few planes that has a metal spar about 1 foot long and about 2 inches wide above the gear and is bent like with the gullwing. My first one, like I said, I tore it apart and suspected there was something in the wing cause of the weight, and sure enough, there is a metal spar.
@@TwoBrosRC it’s 1600mm. They have multiple warbirds in this size range and they all do great. Like the b-25, spitfire, tigercat, p-38, etc. I’ve flown most of these and are fantastic in their own way imo.
Very nice review love watching the Corsair fly, I have the flite line 1600 mm bird cage vs flys like a dream even hit a tree top spon it around landed on it’s gear - some tree limbs were in the wing and prop but very little repair was needed was in the air in a couple weeks
F4U looks good in the air but high stall speed makes it hard to land due to seagull wing design. I kept crashing the 1200mm version one, so I never liked it. The FMS P40B is just much more enjoyable to fly. Faster, and more manoeuvrable
I had one and flew it a few times and sold it, just needed more power and with the price for it , wasn't going to spend more money on it to make it faster. Yes you could slap a 2 blade on it , but who doesn't like that big cool 4 blade. There's many factors in motors and props
Hey, I got in to 3-D watching this channel and still learning,I was just wondering have you ever flown the 850mm Pitts, and looking forward to future videos. Keep up the good work. 👍
I had the issue with my kingfisher where the plastic housing that the landing gear is attached to falls off easy. I put foam safe super glue on it, and it just doesn’t stick to the plastic super well
The stock esc in these is the wrong match for the motor and fms not the only company with glue issues on the landing gear hardware. 600 dollar plane and should not be an issue but it is. Freewing can be bad at no glue too!
It has always amazed me that FMS makes such fantastic EDF power systems, but they continue to struggle with prop power systems after all these years. Just doesn't make sense!
@@TwoBrosRC I'll take any public commitment to improving products! However, until they start making improvements to their prop power systems, I'll still only be a FMS EDF customer.
I would go in there with a spade and get all that grass up my friend.. your runway is deplorable. It could be one of the reasons why you keep breaking your gear.
one failure to one of the major components of aircraft is a pure disappointment, poor landing gear design and structure, not worth it to buy even if it is good at flying. The best Airplane is no problem of 5 major components of the aircraft
No airplane is perfect - if issues like this bother you enough to not fly something, you'll end up skipping out on a lot of great flying airframes that require a bit of work on your part.
@@TwoBrosRC yeah no airplane is perfect but that aircraft is a scale model make sure the quality for that size have quality also not just scale down model, someone paid for that, RTF/READY TO FLY MODEL IS PLUG N PLAY AND NOT TO FIX THE ISSUE CAME FROM FACTORY.
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This plane holds a special place in my heart. My grandfather flew one in WW2 (Marines). He would tell me the stories but what I remembered the most was how in detail how he explained how the Cosair handled. Now that being said, yes this plane NEEDS about 20 to 30 percent more power. I'm on my second one because we'll the first one blew the front end ( 8s). Blew up is being kind😅. By that time Jon I experienced everything you just pointed out. So I decided what would make this plane better. You know RC folks when there is a challenge.
I have the Flightline F4U Corsair, over 200 flights and still perfect like when I opened the box.
Probably the best epo warbird I have ever used, 6s 5000 with 13 minutes of high speed flying and super solid retracts!
My Fliteline Corsair is also several seasons in and is still in perfect condition. It is a fantastic model for sure!
I love the Corsair, back 20+ years ago I had a topflite model. Long story short it never got put together that I know of.
Many years ago I built a balsa model of that plane with a nitro motor. it flew really nice
I've become much more comfortable with my left stick practicing long dragged out landings on my Maule. That doodoo floppy tailwheel doesnt play well with the rough pavement i fly it from. So, ive adapted.
I appreciate the blooper reel.
I feel a little better about how crappy the maiden flight of my FMS 980mm p40 went for me. Well, for IT, mostly. Currently steaming up some h20 for the crinkles in the nose... anyway, thanks for sharing the bad with the good, so we can all enjoy those moments together 😊 👍
The bigger they are, the easier they tend to be to fly throughout the envelope. The smaller warbirds can easily torque themselves off a runway. Bigger ones can too, but you get more time to react to it. Happy to hear you're enjoying the progression!
Great easy fix on tailwheel, thanks for showing. The main gear, also.
Actually, to fly a warbird scale you need enough power to perform big vertical maneuvers. I shoot for a compromise in scale maneuver size and timing. For instance, my loop would be a bit bigger than scale, but that increases the time it takes to complete it. With the model it would still be completed in less time than it would take the full scale counterpart to perform one at an airshow, but the timing will be closer if you cheat the spacing a bit. Over all, it appears more realistic, but requires more power. Nice review man, and yep, this one needs a power upgrade.
It'd be nice if people would stop bashing stuff as not being "scale" just because it has enough power to do interesting things.
Shoot. If it has the power to take off, that's interesting enough for me.
Everything after that, is just me crappin my pants, wondering what's gonna break when I land. And how much it'll cost...my wife's credit card 😊
@@AL-RCjunkie Lol...so true Al!
That was a good review.
The inverted pass was sick.
The only request I have is gear down inverted.
Cheers
Hi John,just love corsair and this size !..i don't think you mentioned on what battery it flies...i think that must be a 6s,but the company here in the netherlands says 4s...Thanks for sharing this review,when i got mine ,i now know what things I have to check,before getting it in the air.On our club we fly from grass,so the gear has to be strong ! God bless from the Netherlands !
4400 SMC packs are what we were flying here. That should be in the vid! 😳
Nice review as always 👏 I have the 1400mm version on 5S for a little more oomph without the prop mod a lot of guys do..
It drives me nuts. We live in 2024 and these companies dont put out a flawless product.... fms should be fixing all this stuff asap. For how good planes look now everything else should be just as nice
We will look into this issue as soon as possible, thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for posting this one Jon! Greatly review as usual. The retract and tail wheel issues have haunted me too on certain models from this producer.I can’t wait to make time for putting together my new 1700 P-51 with the bigger motor and posting to your discord channel. This may be a great option to spruce things up a bit for those that want more power.
Looking forward to seeing what you do with it!
I found a company in California that makes CNC parts for RC planes and vehicles. I sent them the whole hub and prop assembly, and they made the whole hub aircraft grade aluminum, including the screw on prop adapter. Price wasn't too bad either, and the plane looks pretty cool, too. I bought a Cobra 250kv motor, and I already had an HV120 amp ESC. The tricky part was finding a company that would make the props. That was the biggest issue and why it blew. I didn't realize it or overlooked it, but the stock props could not handle the 8s RPMs, and at higher rpms, there is oscillation, and the props literally exploded Anyway, long story short, I found a company and sent them the stock props and told them the range of rpms and motor I would be using and presto, I had stiffer props (carbon fiber infused plastic). I also tore apart 😢the crashed cosair so I could really examine it. So the second one I expoxied the gear, did the same fix you did on the tail. Installed new prop hub assembly and also redid the motor mount so it would fit the different cross plate. Jon it now flies like a Cosair should. It's not overly powerful but it does boogie. Those slow lazy barrel rolls and big scale loops and your not at constant full throttle. Anyway great review as always and I apologize for the long post but the Cosair is a special plane to me and I just had to do it justice.
That's quite a bit of effort to go through for this plane - but it shows that you definitely care about it. Happy to see you found a solution!
@TwoBrosRC It was quite a bit of effort, but it flies like it should now. Something that should have been done by the factory. I went above and beyond, but all it would need is a stiffer prop and the same size motor with at least a 120amp esc. The plane is a tough plane. I also forgot to mention that it's one of the few planes that has a metal spar about 1 foot long and about 2 inches wide above the gear and is bent like with the gullwing. My first one, like I said, I tore it apart and suspected there was something in the wing cause of the weight, and sure enough, there is a metal spar.
Oh I fly it with a 7000mah pack btw. Handles beautifully.
I’m glad I chose the flightline Corsair instead of this one. Not that I’m saying the fms bad, but Flightline just so many less issues
Is it the same size?
@@TwoBrosRC it’s 1600mm. They have multiple warbirds in this size range and they all do great. Like the b-25, spitfire, tigercat, p-38, etc. I’ve flown most of these and are fantastic in their own way imo.
Very nice review love watching the Corsair fly, I have the flite line 1600 mm bird cage vs flys like a dream even hit a tree top spon it around landed on it’s gear - some tree limbs were in the wing and prop but very little repair was needed was in the air in a couple weeks
Happy to hear you got it back up!
One TH-camr dropped in a 120 Amp ESC and an 8s battery on a stock motor and it came alive
Interesting.
Thanks! this review helps a lot, i have two 1700mm FMS Corsair's, The V2 and V3 version I've yet to maiden
Definitely take the time to reinforce the gear mounts. A few minutes with foaming Gorilla Glue is all it takes.
F4U looks good in the air but high stall speed makes it hard to land due to seagull wing design. I kept crashing the 1200mm version one, so I never liked it. The FMS P40B is just much more enjoyable to fly. Faster, and more manoeuvrable
I had one and flew it a few times and sold it, just needed more power and with the price for it , wasn't going to spend more money on it to make it faster. Yes you could slap a 2 blade on it , but who doesn't like that big cool 4 blade. There's many factors in motors and props
My father was an aeronautical engineer who built these during WWII.
Hey, I got in to 3-D watching this channel and still learning,I was just wondering have you ever flown the 850mm Pitts, and looking forward to future videos. Keep up the good work. 👍
Happy to help out, but nope. Never flown that one yet.
I had the issue with my kingfisher where the plastic housing that the landing gear is attached to falls off easy. I put foam safe super glue on it, and it just doesn’t stick to the plastic super well
Try Gorilla Glue instead. That'll fix it.
I was searching for a Avanti review in you channel but no luck.
It's not a plane we're interested in, sorry!
The stock esc in these is the wrong match for the motor and fms not the only company with glue issues on the landing gear hardware. 600 dollar plane and should not be an issue but it is. Freewing can be bad at no glue too!
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Fløa & OAI - Good Times
It has always amazed me that FMS makes such fantastic EDF power systems, but they continue to struggle with prop power systems after all these years. Just doesn't make sense!
At least they're publicly committed to addressing the gear issues in the comment section.
@@TwoBrosRC I'll take any public commitment to improving products! However, until they start making improvements to their prop power systems, I'll still only be a FMS EDF customer.
Looks even faster a bit than Mustang.
Perhaps just a little.
1700 mm EDF 😉
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Run a two-blade
Nah.
I been flying for over 40yrs and i still can make doo doo landings
Don't we all.
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You are not 40 your at least 19
At heart
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I would go in there with a spade and get all that grass up my friend.. your runway is deplorable. It could be one of the reasons why you keep breaking your gear.
That isn't the issue with the gear at all. We clean it regularly and it comes back within days.
one failure to one of the major components of aircraft is a pure disappointment, poor landing gear design and structure, not worth it to buy even if it is good at flying. The best Airplane is no problem of 5 major components of the aircraft
No airplane is perfect - if issues like this bother you enough to not fly something, you'll end up skipping out on a lot of great flying airframes that require a bit of work on your part.
@@TwoBrosRC yeah no airplane is perfect but that aircraft is a scale model make sure the quality for that size have quality also not just scale down model, someone paid for that, RTF/READY TO FLY MODEL IS PLUG N PLAY AND NOT TO FIX THE ISSUE CAME FROM FACTORY.