E-flite UMX PT-17 Stearman BNF WWII Warbird Biplane with AS3X Technology

This is a relaxing flight video of me flying my E-flite UMX PT-17 Stearman BNF Warbird Biplane with AS3X Technology. In this video I fly the plane and just let the viewer enjoy what they are seeing and hearing on screen.

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RC Equipment Used Or Mentioned In This Video:
- E-flite UMX PT17: https://amzn.to/2IkbVHp
- Spektrum DX6 Radio: https://amzn.to/2RgoDes

Many of you might remember my unboxing, maiden flight, and review video where I compare this beautiful little plane to the Hobbyzone Champ Ultra Micro and the Parkzone Mini Vapor Ultra Micro RC Plane. In hindsight, I really should have compared it to the E-Flite UMX Pitts, since that is the most comparable plane to this they make.

Here is that video if you missed it: https://youtu.be/ZkyID3PLW4M

Like I previously predictaed, this a plane I will fly scale much like I do with my E-flite UMX B-17 Flying Fortress, but not quite as bad. I still have fun doing loops sometimes as seen in this video and just flying it around all scale.

This is how E-flite and Horizon Hobby describe this UMX model:

"Built by the thousands to train pilots for the U.S. Army during WWII, hundreds of the PT-17 biplanes still fly. Many served as crop dusters and were given radial engines that doubled their horsepower. Not just tough, its well-mannered flight characteristics helped make it a general aviation treasure that’s a popular sight at air shows around the world.

The E-flite UMX™ PT-17 is modeled after the beautiful PT-17 owned by Pat Hartness, founder of the Joe Nall event held at Triple Tree Aerodrome, in South Carolina. Fully assembled right out of the box, you can be ready to fly in the time it takes to charge the battery. From the distinct outline to the cylinder fins on the dummy radial engine, scale detail can be seen throughout. The result is an impressive looking model that offers full four-channel control for great handling on the ground and the maneuverability to perform scale aerobatics.

The advanced AS3X® (Artificial Stabilization – 3-aXis) system built into the Spektrum™ 6-channel ultra micro receiver is what helps give the UMX PT-17 an incredibly solid look and feel in the air. It’s technology that works behind the scenes to help counter the effects of wind and turbulence by combining 3-axis sensing with exclusively tuned flight control software. As a result, your workload to fly smoothly is significantly reduced while control feel is always rock-solid so you can make maneuvers like low and slow passes laser-straight.

All you need to start flying the UMX PT-17 as soon as possible is a 4+ channel transmitter with Spektrum DSM2®/DSMX 2.4GHz technology."

Here is some more history on the plane the PT-17 Stearman itself:

The Boeing-Stearman Model 75 or Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.[1] Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman or Kaydet, it served as a primary trainer for the USAAF, the USN (as the NS & N2S), and with the RCAF as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civilian market. In the immediate postwar years they became popular as crop dusters, sports planes, & aerobatic and wing walking use in airshows.

After World War II, along with surplus P-51 Mustangs, the thousands of PT (primary trainer)-17 Stearmans were auctioned off to civilians and former pilots. Many were modified for cropdusting use, with a hopper for pesticide or fertilizer fitted in place of the front cockpit. Additional equipment included pumps, spray bars, and nozzles mounted below the lower wings. A popular approved modification to increase the maximum takeoff weight and climb performance involved fitting a larger Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine and a constant speed propeller. An iconic movie image is a Stearman cropduster chasing Cary Grant across a field in North by Northwest.

The US Army Air Forces Kaydet had three different designations based on its power plant:

PT-13
with a Lycoming R-680 engine. 2,141 total all models.[2]
PT-13 Initial production. R-680-B4B engine. 26 built.
PT-13A R-680-7 engine. 92 delivered 1937-38. Model A-75.
PT-13B R-680-11 engine. 255 delivered 1939-40.
PT-13C Six PT-13Bs modified for instrument flying.
PT-13D PT-13As equipped with the R-680-17 engine. 353 delivered. Model E-75.
PT-17
With a Continental R-670-5 engine. 3,519 delivered
PT-17A 18 PT-17s were equipped with blind-flying instrumentation.
PT-17B Three PT-17s were equipped with agricultural spraying equipment for pest-control.