Horizon Hobby - T-28 Trojan - 1.1m - Unbox, Build, Radio Setup, & Maiden Flights 

Thanks Michael! We're glad you think so ;)

I second that, thank you. I’ve got mine on the way now I can’t wait

Agreed, every time I purchase a plane, I look for Brian. Now as an experienced pilot, I still look here for tips. Thank you and camera crew.

Thanks! Glad you're doing it too. We appreciate it very much!

AWESOME! We're so glad you finally took the plunge ;) GOOD LUCK!

SWEET! Thanks David!

Awesome! Glad you did too, Jeff! So much better, I suspect (than the DXS???)

@@BrianPhillipsRC I had the very old dx6i prior - I kind have been leaping toward in tech pretty quickly here. Lol Thanks again 🙏

If they do an intervention, make sure to convert them over to the RC Addiction ;) Thanks for the kind words

Glad to help! We appreciate you being here with us!

I agree! We noticed she was really good only after we started...we didn't know from past camera skills...it was just a very happy accident ;) I've seen many of these videos you mentioned myself and it leads to lots a frustration indeed!

Good luck Brendan! It's a great plane, and I'm sure you'll LOVE it!!!

You're welcome Marc! We really want to help people just getting into the hobby...there's so much to learn, and I want to help you out how I can!

Awesome Juan! So glad you're here with us, and GOOD LUCK!!! Great plane, so much fun!

Thanks Brigitte ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merci Brigitte;)

Totally agree! The kids were super excited about the drift on the end of the house. They thought it was super cool, and I agree. The white on top of the roof is such a stark change from black roof!!!

I think another viewer inquired about some skis! I give that person credit for the idea but I was thinking the same thing! Snow landings for sure!

Welcome aboard! Fixed wing is so different, I bet you'll be super surprised, but you'll be able to fly just fine. Just remember to look out ahead of where you're flying, so you can make sure you have a clear path. You'll be flying like an expert in no time if you're 11 years into RC Helis

Glad to hear it! Thanks!!!

Excellent! Very glad we were able to help! So much more here, as you advance through the ranks!!! Good luck, and happy flying!

I will be flying my 1.1m soon. About what throttle speed you recommend on this at landing if wind is calm? I don’t want come in too fast and bounce, but also not stall. I been flying the 1.1m exact model like this one on Realflight Evo and little small warbirds in 400mm like Eachine but I can’t land those for much training. 😂

I would say around 20 % throttle when landing, but then again, I'm pretty new to this hobby. Good luck and I'm sure you get those landings!@@MayfieldCreekObservatory

Awesome! Glad we could help!!!

AWESOME! You will love it, if you get the opportunity!

That's awesome! Love sharing the joy of this hobby with people, and it's a great encouragement to us when we hear we played a part in getting someone involved!

@@BrianPhillipsRC you’ve cost me a lot of money 🤓

Mike - Thank you so much! You'll LOVE this plane, and the stuff for it too ;) Thanks for helping to support us so much!!!

Thanks, will do!

Thanks so much Darian, and welcome!!!

Exactly Timmy! This plane doesn't NEED flaps, but I want it to have flaps ;) So much fun, RIGHT!?!?!

Thanks, will do!

Glad you like them!

Thanks Elio! Glad we could help you get setup!

Glad you enjoyed it, and I'll pass along the thanks to the camera crew ;)

We are so blessed to be here!

Thanks and agreed!

Awesome! Thanks Steve! Glad we could help you out! So much more where that came from!

Good point...make sure you're in HI RATES Not 100% sure if you got it yet.... You CAN, and will after you follow these steps - I've had this comment from probably 50 or more, just as adamant as you, and they got theirs working ;) Step 1) Make sure you're BOUND with SAFE SELECT ON. If you're NOT 100% sure - DO IT AGAIN, and make sure the surfaces "Dance" through the mix TWICE at power up...NOT ONCE...Once means you're in AS3X only mode. Step 2) Go to MONITOR MODE, and watch the switch change the condition of the channel you THINK is assigned to the SWITCH YOU WANT TO USE - If it doesn't change state, go to System Setup and make the Channel Assignment to that switch. Now exit the menu and verify the changes took in Monitor Mode. Step 3) Now that you're 100% sure you're BOUND in SAFE Select, and you have an operational switch for channel (I think 5-8) assigned, go ahead and pull both sticks DOWN and IN, and then toggle the switch to a count to 10 (NOT 5)....most people don't count a FULL CYCLE of the switch...so they never get to 5 full back and forth cycles... On step 9 of 10, you'll see the surfaces twitch, and on 10 of 10 they'll "recenter" again. Here's PROBABLY what you're doing wrong...it's a super easy mistake to make, and you'll immediately get it if you are doing this wrong... Switch Up to Switch Down = 1 Switch Down to Switch Up = 2 Switch Up to Switch Down = 3 Switch Down to Switch Up = 4 Switch Up to Switch Down = 5 Switch Down to Switch Up = 6 Switch Up to Switch Down = 7 Switch Down to Switch Up = 8 Switch Up to Switch Down = 9 Switch Down to Switch Up = 10 When Horizon Hobby wrote those instructions they said 5 times, so this is what they meant, but it's confusing if not elaborated upon... Switch Up to Switch Down = 0 Switch Down to Switch Up = 1 Switch Up to Switch Down = 1 Switch Down to Switch Up = 2 Switch Up to Switch Down = 2 Switch Down to Switch Up = 3 Switch Up to Switch Down = 3 Switch Down to Switch Up = 4 Switch Up to Switch Down = 4 Switch Down to Switch Up = 5 ...pretty confusing, right??!?!? Step 4) The ONLY issue that might prevent this all from working is that your sticks are WAY out of calibration... if so, the Tx might not realize you're in the Lower Left or Lower Right position, thus preventing the designation when you hit flip 10... so if this ends up being the case, which I highly doubt, then you need to calibrate your sticks and then follow back from step 2 maybe. Good luck - you can do it!

SWEET - Thanks Jesse!

Totally!

Thanks Jake! We're glad you're enjoying the footage!!! This would be a GREAT plane for a new pilot. She is very well behaved and wonderful to fly!

You can do it!

She is good ;)

It really is! I hope you'll get one ordered ;)

Thanks, and Yes ;)

Thanks! So glad I could help!!!

The Lapel Mics have been a huge pain to use, but the audio quality is way better. When we do the very occasional video without, it's a BIG difference. I want to get another type of mic at some point that would help in those situations, but not sure what they're called.

Glad I could help! Thanks Phillip!

It is beautiful to see, but not so appealing as it's cold and makes dexterity a bit worse ;( Float or Ski fights may happen. I don't want to promise what I don't have firm plans for, and then disappoint.

LOL - Thanks!!! It was unexpected, and we felt bad kinda ignoring the guy, but he figured it out ;)

Thanks Chris! Glad we could help you out!

Thanks Buck!

Thanks Musky Bob!

I heard the terminology from a guy we make fun of on the channel from time to time ("pesky elevators" - he's the guy who says you don't need an elevator on a properly built sailplane). He was extremely smart, and EXTREME into the hobby, to the point of militant... He was absolutely no poser...he KNEW what he was talking about. I heard the term "tractoring" the prop from him. I too understand the "pusher" prop VS "tractor" prop in relation to the placement on the fuse, but this "windmill" terminology I hadn't heard until you mentioned it ;) You have a few more years of experience than I, but I'm ALWAYS learning new and interesting terminology. Sometimes I fear I'll use the wrong terminology and embarrass myself - Oh well - too late ;) LOL

I think this plane would LOVE some flaps ;) Retracts would be sweet if you could use a single servo to run them all....simple and light, but might be a bit of an "ask"... As for flapperons, if you fly this plane with pretty good amount of dihedral and outboard flapperons, I bet it would be really hokey....BUT if you use spoilerons, She's loose lift and fly good with deployment.

Indeed it is! You need to get one too ;)

It sure is!

Nice!

Thanks J dawg G!!!

Gotta fly like the Pirates - Close one eye as you pass the sun...SERIOUSLY...that's a good tip I've shared on this channel a number of times, and I too fly with the sun in my eyes, but will TRY to put my back to the sun when possible. Glad you got off easy ;) Prop is no biggie, compared to what could have been - Keep at it. You'll be an expert in no time Rob!

@@BrianPhillipsRC Great advice on closing one eye, that makes sense, I also did some research and ordered non polarized grey fit over sunglasses to see if that makes a difference. Lesson learned wait till the sun is overhead or behind my back and try not to fly yellow planes directly in front of the sun! LOL

Thanks Johnny! So glad you're out there watching our videos too! This plane is sure to bring you a ton of joy, and so glad you got it on sale ;) As for the gloves, they're Nitril Gloves - amzn.to/3G63AAY

Ho hum I thought…wrong! Bought too at that price, and in one word, value! Was going to pass on it but came to my senses. Love putzing around scale but thought let’s stick a 4s/100c in it and,holy crap! Hooked on roaring around doing aerobatics now. Imagine this little gem scaled up to 2 some meters… A team, Brian and wife,aka camera crew, 🙏

She's more ;)

What?!??! You're gonna have to explain this now!!! You're using a helicopter to lift a pump!?!?!?!!??!

@@BrianPhillipsRC This is a grate big giant Industrial landfill that is full of fly ash from coal burning power plant, there are to big pumps that go to a leachate pond, their position makes it hard to get a crane too. So they use a helicopter 30 minutes they have both pumps in place and ready to be installed, they also use the helicopters to cut brush back on the main high power lines,If you have never seen it done it is pretty wild the helicopter picks up a cable with a half dozen rotating blades and runs it down the edge of the power line. You can probably find a video on you tube some where of them doing this. It is hard to explain what I do for a living, but I am a consultant for AECOM. we build and maintain anything , we do a lot of work for the military. I think I have one of the best jobs in the world. I get to see and do many things. I am getting old and not allowed to do some of the wilder stuff I use to but know I teach or direct others how to do these things.

@@BrianPhillipsRC The work some of these guys do from helicopter s takes balls of steel , if you have never seen a man charge himself with over 500k in electrical power and work on a high power line 200 foot off the ground,it’s wild there are videos on you tube. The land here is very rugged in WV .

Thanks Terry! We do have zoom on the Samsung Galaxy S9, but it's all digital, NO OPTICAL (lens) zoom ;( At some point, we want to try a DSLR, but to date, we've found the smart phone cameras to be VERY good! Thanks again for being with us Terry!

It is a great plane too! So solid in flight performance, and she'll let you do anything you want to her ;)

You are becoming quite the celebrity on our channel. You've been mentioned a few times, ALL POSITIVE and nothing at all embarrassing!!!

@@BrianPhillipsRC 😂

NICE!!! Glad to hear! I bet you were warmer than we were - LOL ;)

You're welcome!

Glad you like it

If you want simplicity, and reliability, this bird it for you! She flies so good, but I honestly can't say I've flown a T-28 that flies bad. This one is the BEST flying T-28 I have.

You can do it! Awesome plane, and you'll learn to fly and land if you keep at it!

@@BrianPhillipsRC I will keep at it. I typically am a hand launcher, so landing gear are new to me. My trouble is trying to land on sandy dirt. Always ends up on the tail!! I will keep working at it though!

You’ll love it. Just jam that battery all the way to the front. It is prone to prop strikes and just riding in ground effect forever. A lot of the guys at my club have put a slightly larger dubro wheel on the front to help with cg and against prop strikes. For your first few flights give yourself a lot of runway. Go ahead and order a few props. My gf ordered mine as a b-day present (I helped pick it out) during the same sale. I flew it last weekend in 8mph wind w/ gusts. It flew like a dream. I crabbed in and greased the first landing. Second one I tillered a bit of runway. It’s a great plane. Just expect a propeller budget.

@@kragf1802 Thank you very much !

AWESOME! Glad you had such a good experience Jeff! Great plane! Great fun!!!

@@BrianPhillipsRC love your channel. You are making a difference in our hobby. Great information. It would be awesome if you made a video that explains jargon and components to a viewer that knows absolutely nothing about the hobby.

We have a second thoughts video, but it was still snowy. The plane will do just fine on short grass, but you might want to hand launch it, but that's no difficult feat.

so just give it a hanger-mate!😉👍 see that I'm a problem solver 😂

this is a different breed, add it to your hangar

Conscendo Evo is NOT a bad choice!!! You will LOVE it. TOTALLY different flight experiences, and both very good. Plus, this is still "pre-order" ;(

How do you keep them in position?

@@BrianPhillipsRC I just have a piece of tape stuck to my hand ready to go. When the stab is aligned, just don't breath on it and slap down the piece of tape to lock it down. Check the measurements again and if still good put on the rest of the tape. Once the tape is all on I've never had any trouble with the stab shifting/moving. That's just how I do it. I learned it from the old GWS park flyer kits.... ParkZone uses the same method on their Radian powered sailplane as well if I recall correctly. P.S. - just got the T-28 myself, but haven't had a chance to maiden it yet.

Should fit, if not carving will be no biggie.

Awesome, thanks a lot 😃

Glad you enjoyed it - I was super bummed that we had to give the cold shoulder to the guy, I would have chummed it up with him, but since he was going to drive up the runway, I didn't have a great alternative. We've had this happen a couple times, but usually not while filming - LOL.

@@BrianPhillipsRC I hear ya on that, we actually have a DHL driver that is in the hobby and will take a minute to rip an rc crawler if we're outside when he arrives we much appreciate the shipping industry as I'm a retired truck driver gotta love rc...

Are you talking about "looking at eh NX6?" - yes, I have. Sailplanes....I just did a few the other day ;) ASW-17 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rxw64XooIvU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oC40sZqTwCY.html FOX ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j-s1aW5cFdc.html Loads more too, if you go through my PLAYLISTS, you can find TONS of content....like over 1300 videos ;)

Flaps would be a long video, but this plane is worthy ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC when you state a long video, now that could a long one. Your normal build videos are 3 plus hours. But knowing me I'd watch ever minute of it. LOL

Thank you Jack! You'll LOVE it! BUT you won't many any premium on your Tylenol stock - LOL!!!

LOL - I already have the video done, and we're just waiting to publish, since we have a bunch of new content coming in the next few days ;)

I thought they had done it with DSM2 since then, but I had the 1.2m, so shouldn't say...I didn't have the 1.1m. This plane flies VERY GOOD!

Well, we had some snow a few weeks ago that came and went, but this last batch has been here for now a few weeks. It's pretty, and has made for some really cool foggy mornings. Very cool to drive up and over, then under the rolling fog! It was like I was flying through the clouds!!!

Did you change you picture???

Thank you fred!

Sorry to hear that!

totally

I appreciate your opinion, and definitely don't want to end up in the ER, except that Esteban works at the hospital ;) That being said, everyone has a different tolerance for risk, and I guess I'll be accepting the risk of an ESC malfunction.

No problemo! We appreciate you stopping in Charles!

Glad you did! We try to explain things to help people into the hobby, get up to speed. There's SOOO much to learn and so much of it, the RC Manufacturers just assume we all know...but many don't! We hope you'll come back and keep watching so you can keep learning along with us! Welcome Elio!

It would be great to see the twin otter fly on that virgin snow!

That would be cool!

@@BrianPhillipsRC or the EC1500 on skis! ; )

I want to advise not to use floats on hard pack only fresh powder

@@BrianPhillipsRCawesome plane Brian. Quick question. Just did my maiden but issue was plane has too much up elevator? Mine was just going up and up. Lol. Was able to land safely. My 3s 2200 was exactly how the book says but not sure if i have to manually adjust the clevis down a bit? Any suggestion ?

Thanks Richard!

Totally! GREAT 1st or 100th plane ;)

Very interesting!

Awesome, and thanks! Yes when you follow our links, you just log in once you're there and use your account. Thanks for asking, and very glad you're getting some great planes!

You can if you carve some foam, but I'm not recommending you do it either... I got TONS of flight time on the 2200mAh 4S - why do anything else ;)

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Robert!

I've heard it's the best beginner plane, but I haven't flown one yet.

My favorite aero scout move- safe on,zero throttle,full stick deflection opposite rudder/aileron,play with pitch and slip it down from pattern altitude off end of runway and still manage to land. 😸

Either would be good, but the Cherokee is just beautiful, scale, led's, flaps - it's awesome, but the Trojan is more forgiving in a few different ways, and it's SMALLER, so this might help you make a good decision ;) As usual, I say BOTH!

So glad you got the NX6 and a SMART pack! Those packs are GAME CHANGERS!!!

They don't want to work with me. I've asked and been turned down numerous times. They have their "house" branded RU-vid channel (similar to Horizon Hobby) but they think people make purchase decisions based on what they share - LOL - I would maybe watch for tech support, but I'm NOT buying based on what I see the MFG suggest...I'm buying based on what real people say. If you talk with them, tell them you want to see BrianPhillipsRC reviewing their stuff ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC Thanks for your reply Brian. I think for the moment you are the best independent RC reviewer with uncut build videos. I wish you all the best for your RC home office.

The snow makes it look cool, doesn't it?!?!