Complete E-flite UMX PT-17 Stearman Biplane Unboxing, Review, and Maiden Flight

This video is the Complete Unboxing, Review, and Maiden Flight the E-flite UMX PT-17 Stearman BNF Warbird Biplane with AS3X Technology. In this video I talk about my first impressions of this plane and do some demonstrations with it, including take it on its maiden flight with John behind the camera and his son Will cheering me on.

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I also compare it 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.

It is it going to be a plane I have to fly scale much like I do with my E-flite UMX B-17 Flying Fortress, but not quite as bad. I will get to have some fun with it doing loops and just flying it around all scale.

Here are my flight review notes:

Cons:
- Rudder was out of trim pretty bad out of the box.
- Aileron rolls are not an option stock out of the box.
- I needed to add down elevator per flight reports of others to make sure this flew correctly, which it did after that adjustment.

Pros:
- It is very detailed and scale.
- Has plenty of power for a 1S plane.
- It performs loops with ease.

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, and for aerobatic and wing walking use in airshows.

After World War II, 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.