Dancing Wings Stearman PT-17 RC Plane Maiden Flight 

I have this plane and fly it on a 4000 to 5000 mah 6S battery and it flies very scale like. I do think it could use a larger motor though. I bought this plane over a year ago from bitgo hobby and it took close to 40 hours to build because of poor fitting parts and other things. I received the plane with a defective ESC and contacted Bitgo by phone and email multiple times and received no response whatsoever. I ended up having to purchase a new ESC myself, which left a bad taste in my mouth about the company. I also modified the landing gear with coil springs instead of gas shocks, and it lands 100% better. The plane flies quite well with a 6S battery and I did not have the issues you were having possibly because of the weight on the nose. I have learned a lot from your videos about open TX and Edge TX and I think your videos are very well done. Thanks for all the work you put into your videos and good luck with this plane.

Wow, that was a handful. Nice job John and Dave. Being from western Kansas, I have to deal with wind gusts about every flight I take. Using the throttle when landing is just about the only thing you can do when the plane wants to float on you. Great flymanship gentlemen!

A little note. I checked several plans for PT17 steerman's they all have the CD located On the top wing perpendicular to the leading edge of the bottom wing with the airplane on a level position that means the Manual is recommending a way tail heavy CG don't know why. We'll fix that and do another maiden, I think the plane deserves Another shot. it will be a great airplane.

Nice review, John and Dave. It is such a pretty plane but it looks like a hand full to be sure. Looking forward to future videos. Thanks

She's a beauty though. Nice build! I love the colors. I just finished a dancing wings Cub. I bought the kit motor and all but used a eflite commander motor and better servos. I should have gobs of power. I weigh sub 1400grams and the commander is 2000 grams. This is twice the motor that came with the cub. Hopefully I haven't over done the power. I'll maiden it if we ever get a decent day around here! Great video brother man.. thanks!!

It could be that the manufacturer got the wing incident’s wrong. The bottom should be zero to the stab, the top should have a little positive so it stalls first.

Nice video and good review. 👍

It is possible that this plane will fly differently because it is smaller. Also my experience with the Bitgo company might not be the norm. I really like mine a lot and it gets many compliments. When I posted this comment I didn’t realize that this plane was smaller. Either way, I think it is a great plane and people won’t be disappointed if they purchase one.

@RCVideoReviews Thanks , I read other manual for biplane where specific upper wing. This manual not specific exactly which wing. The motor and ESC are not cooling , do you resolving this problem?

Good ‘ol emax

I know this video was nine months ago, but was there any resolution with the CG on this plane? I just purchased this plane. Thanks

Does the 1400mm version come with the flaperon feature? I see the 1600mm does

Actually when I purchased it the size was 1600mm. I noticed this one is slightly smaller

It seemed very underpowered and tail heavy all the way through both flights, as witnessed from the extreme porpoising and touchy elevator inputs. A bit more forward CG with a bigger battery (2600-3300mah) and some expo should have that thing flying like a dream.

Hello, do you have any idea with what incidence of wings it is flying ?

Hi , I bought PT 17 from Pichler company. It is the same model but I think your is better build. I have a bit not straight the rudder . What a motor you used? Is assembly on a airport complicated because two wings?

Hello 👋.

did u paint 🎨 it grey? I thought it used to be white.

When you setup CG on biplane , do you assembled upper wing too? Do you setup CG on 110mm by manual?

You answered my question from the last video, That is NOT enough motor. With all the other problems, not a value at half the price.

Yeah that is a very pretty plane .the maiden was a heart attack, that is probably the worst made I have ever had, The 2nd flight looked much more stable on the pitch axes with the Cg more forward. but it still needs more Work. I will be checking the geometry on the wings Because they could've gotten twisted in the Box , The incidents on the wings of a biplane is very critical. it's like driving a car that's completely out of alignment .never know just gotta look at it all over. every little tweak we'll help. it should fly very good we'll see.

This thing has been reviewed over and over, and the same results every time?

why so erratic, cg?

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Really seems underpowered and tail heavy. I just bought this one from hobbyking, but I’m gonna just go ahead and run it 6s in it and go easy on the throttle. I’m sure it will do much better with the extra weight of a 4000 6s shoved up front. Watched the dancing wings vids on this and the 64” se5a and they were pathetic and very underpowered. China factory is not recommending the right setups at all. those factory guys can barely even fly the things lol. I’m gonna run 6s 4000 on the se5a (64”) with a 400kv 17” prop and a 500kv 15” prop on the steerman. Nexa same thing those power recommendations are pretty weak. Like the nexa grasshopper clearly needs more power than 770 on 4s. It’s much better to have that power and just be gentle on the throttle.