we fly the same PC-21 (me and a friend) but with 6s (only ESC upgraded) from almost 2 years and it still fly like the first day. it does knife edge really well.
Very nice model. The total design of the plane is right on aerodynamic and balance spec's. Great job on your informative presentation and flying. Thank you.
Pilot looks like, "wait a minute, where's my arms?? You mean I'm not in control??" Great video Chris, it's a cool plane, maybe one of these days. AirHammer out!!
I love this and the Nanchang. Reasons i love the Pilatus is the canopy has a latch so stays put. Landing gear is short and never bent on me. Battery bay is huge with easy access. I fly on 5 and 6s 4000. I did upgrade to the Maule 1050kv motor on 4s but the better combo is the 3948 kv900 from the FMS P51 Voodoo and a 100A esc. The motor just fits in on stock mounts. Add an APC 10x8 and this thing is a beast. All my 1.2m warbirds have this upgrade. Bearcat, corsair etc.
Love your videos. Great content and production values. Can't imagine how much editing work is required to get this out to us. Keep it up. You've inspired me with your foamie kit bash videos to repaint my Vampire post crash and try my hand at panel lines and weathering. And yes, the PC-7 and all variants are still warbirds to me. :)
If I were going to do a re-designed version of this fine model, I would like to do a decreased size of the canopy, and a little slimming of the rear height of the fuselage. But, that would be my only change's. Nothing else.
Looks like something fun just for light flying and there's enough room for a sound system. I have a question do you use flaps on windy days? I get mixed reviews at the club. Great video Chris
Thanks! If it’s pretty windy, probably best to reduce to partial flap deflection or no flap. This helps the airplane cut through the wind a little better.
Awesome! I’m not certain regarding the gains, I just kept what they have in the packaged gyro in the airplane. Generally when I’m programming the AS3X gyro, I just start with their defaults and go from there.
@Thercgeek increasing the sensitivity to x2, in the manual, improved stability, and help avoid stalling it again on landing. Two years into this hobby I am still stabilization dependent 🤣
I have this plane. It's a great size to throw in the car and take out flying. I have the version without the gyro. If I ever have to replace it I will buy another and toss the included gyro.
FMS must have added more weight to the nose of that model cause on mine i had to stick a 3300 4s battery all the way up to the front of Hatch Opening to get it to CG right
I agree I extended the battery tray forward. I was having to add a lot of weight. I fly it on a 4S 3300. I have had this one for 3 years. It is one of my favorites. Currently rebuilding it after an incident. I fly off grass so I also clipped off the bottom of the main landing gear doors. They would break off occasionally.
There used to be an arf available from black horse models many years ago. That said, there are a number of plans out there including this one that includes a vac formed plastic set: parkflyerplastics.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=151
This thing is back?!?!?! Now I'm convinced the geek is getting paid advertising this plane. Sales plummeted with this thing because people were having a hard time flying it with CG issues a few years ago. Not a warbird, by the way.
Honestly, I’m not aware of any of that. I haven’t had any issues with cg at all and I truly love how this thing flies. I was very surprised by how well it flew in fact. Oh, and I am using the term warbird loosely given it’s an aircraft in military service. 😆 What would you prefer instead? I’m happy to change it.
It's funny how everyone is getting their panties in a knot because he's referring to it as a "Warbird!" Yet I've heard no one complain about the T-28 being called one. Or the T-6. Has anyone operated this model off of grass?
Haha, apparently a military airplane operated by a military Air Force designed for war fighting isn’t a warbird. 😆 I haven’t flown it from grass, but someone commented that they did and it worked well enough.
Yes, I have flown mine off grass most of the time. Keep the nose up when landing or you will be buying a lot of nose gear retracts. I buy the replacement retract for the mains and swap out the trunnion. They are built with a bushing. The nose retract is all plastic. The case breaks if you bounce the nose on grass.
Balance of the prop was decent actually. The motor is what makes that high pitch whine/growl at partial throttle. It’s definitely not prop vibration though, it doesn’t sound like it.
@@Thercgeek Ah no I didn't mean your model specifically, it's just on some foamies I have had props that were pretty out of whack but when it's only 3 blades it's not too tricky to fix.
Wow, pedantic much? Versions of this plane used for many different military roles. Original design goal was to give future jet pilots high perf stick time at turboprop prices. Lighten up bro.
Odd cos this and the Nanchang are the 2 tricycle geared planes iv never had bend on me. The P39 and T28 always used to bend at the nose as the gear is long compared to these short legs
Buy the retract for the main landing gear and switch out the trunnion for the old one out of the broken nose gear retract. They are stronger and it’s cheaper to buy the one for the mains. I also reinforce the case on the outside where it splits. 1 layer of glass cloth and some epoxy for plastic. I haven’t broken one since I did that.
