This Saturday at the field one of our members brought out a Parkzone Corsair. There it was sitting right behind his SE5 WWI war bird. This plane looked new except for the dust and chipped prop. He had a "For Sale" sign on it with a price of $90. I had looked at the PZ Corsair at my LHS and even with our member discount it was going to be $180 plus tax. $90 was half price so I asked why he wanted to sell it. He simply says he doesn't like the way it flies it is too twitchy for him. The only Corsair I have flown is the one in the Phoenix Flight Simulator and that one flies really nice.
$90 from my airplane fund and I was mine. It did not have a receiver, but I had a Hobby King Spectrum compatible park flyer 6 channel receiver on the shelf. After a little clean up, a new prop (Same prop as the PZ T-28 which I had a spare.) and installing a receiver it's ready for a test flight.
Test flight was off our grass runway. A couple of nose overs till I realized you need to hold UP elevator when you open the throttle. It took off in 6 feet and was a handful for a minute until I could get it trimmed. Once trimmed it would fly hands off in a nice straight line. Handled the wind very well as well. Power was very good (I don't know if the motor is stock.) using the 2200 mah 3S battery. Slow speed was really good, stalls flat. Lands very easy and with a bit of up elevator just before wheels touch will do a nice 3 point and not flip over, even on the grass. I like this plane it is smooth and really quiet especially flying at half throttle. Glad I decided to go flying on Saturday.
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