Matt Vicaradge

Hi All,   I decided last year to teach myself to fly then join a club (so I didn't look like an idiot! Or so I thought.)  I had a look around the Internet and found a lovely looking Art tech Corsair, everything in the box and a Flight simulator too! After half an hour on the simulator I deemed myself ready to fly. So a went to a quiet field and went for it! After a hand launch I managed 3/4 of a circuit and crashed. Fuselage was in 2 pieces. I didn't know what to do so I tried super glue and melted the model, I ended up using expanding foam to fix it up, which worked a treat.   When I finally turned up at a club everyone had a good laugh at my exploits but on the same day I was flying and being coached by an very helpful group of chaps.   I guess the moral of the story is get around a few clubs and meet some experienced people before even thinking about spending money. It doesn't matter if you feel a bit stupid most people are genuine and willing to help.   I also thought it would be neat to cut a perfect slot in the expanded foam to mount the ESC in, it looked really neat but overheated on the second flight and let the magic smoke out, it looked cool seeing a WWII plane going down with smoke streaming from the wing join!   Sorry if this a bit wordy, I just thought others could draw solace from my stupidity.

Dont Know, It seems to work when I use it, I'm using Chrome.   Its basically some calcs on power and prop sizing with formulas to convert from a 2 bladed prop to a 3 or 4 bladed.  

I've been doing some digging and it seems I had a 11x6 so I guess I'll try out a 12x6   I also found the following site; http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/propuls2.htm This seemed to agree with what's been said here.    Thanks again. 

Hi, thanks for the info. The Prop got smashed to atoms and thrown away last summer following the "accident" I've only just started to think about a repair job.   The websites that stock this plane tend to be a bit light on technical details like prop size and motor power and esc ratings and pretty much any other useful info you may need.   Still I can't bring myself to buy a mainstream trainer when I can get this back in the air for a few quid!   Thanks again for the advice, I shall continue to trall the net for the prop size. 

Hi All,   This is my first post and I'm looking for some advice on prop selection. I have an Art-tech Corsair with a nasty 3 bladed prop that makes belly landing seem a bit dodgy, I have no idea what size 2 blade to fit instead and how this will affect the power train, Has anyone done anything similar? Or can anyone offer some wisdom on the matter?   It would be greatly appreciated,   Thanks,   Matt.