RC Corsair

by Pat Devine
(Alexandria, Va)

F4U RC Corsair

This F4U -1 RC Corsair was built in memory of my father, Big Al.

It is a Byron Originals kit with digital engine sound ported through a exhast cluster. and digital machine gun that are ported behind the oil coolers.

She is built to 1/6th Scale. She is 68-1/2” long with a 85” wingspan.

This plane has never been flown and probably never will be.

RC FU Corsair

I just wanted to show some detail of the area around the cockpit.

The number on the side just happened to be his birthday and, the pilot labeling was made for me by a local sign shop.

The cockpit is fully detailed and, the pilot is a classic Gijoe in authentic 1942 Marine Corps flight gear.

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Very nice!
by: Matt

Wow Pat, that is a nice looking bird. I think I would be afraid to fly it as well. The black and white really makes it look like the real deal.

I take it your father flew one of these during WWII?

Is she electric powered with "digital" engine sounds? Can you tell us more about that? Where did you get such a thing and how realistic does it sound?

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Hey Matt
by: Anonymous

Here's the deal on the motor I used on this RC Corsair. I used to race RC cars so, I tore apart a performance transmission and geared it to 3:1 with a stock racing motor.

The digital sounds are RAM sound modules. These modules are are installed in a sound manifold that I designed that projects the sounds through a 1/2 inch nylon hose. This nylon hose leads to each exhaust pipe within the cluster.

Because of the design of the manifold ,the engine sound echos within the enclosures and exits out the pipes that are of a smaller inner diameter causing a very realistic engine sound. These may be an RC Corsair, but she's sounds much like the real deal!

The machine guns have their own enclosures with the same design except that the sound is ported though the gull wing behind the oil coolers.

Just a note, the pilot is a classic GI Joe in the proper attire for service in the pacific during WWII. :)

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covering?
by: Anonymous

What is she covered with? Looks nice and shiny on that last pic.

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F4U paint job
by: Pat

This RC Corsair has a fiberglass fuselage primed w/ auto primer. The top half of the camo-line was painted with Topflight insignia blue lustrecoat.

The primer was such a perfect match for cloud white that I couldn't bring myself to paint over it. Since this was my first paint job, I thought I did a pretty good job.

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