BEC - Castle BEC, also provided by Castle Creations.Electronic speed control - Phoenix 80, generously provided by Castle Creations.Brushless motor - KMS 4130/07 provided by Hobby People.Nitro motor mount (Anybody need a spare?!).Fuel tank (obviously not required for this build!).Complete accessory/hardware package:control horns, pushrods, collars, clevises and all fasteners.Fuselage, with cockpit, two pilot figures and canopy all pre-assembled.Two piece wing with aluminum joiner rod.I someday hope to own and fly a 30-40% size plane, and this T28 is a step in that direction. It is an excellent way to transition from the smaller park flyers into the larger 60 size warbirds. I was very excited to get the chance to build and fly this large ARF version of the T28 Trojan. I have not ever built or flown an electric radio control plane of this size. And unlike many of the other vintage planes, there are upwards of 400 restored T28 Trojans flying in the hands of the civilian pilot ranks today. What is not to like about an airplane described as above? The T28 was noted for the way its cockpit put the pilot up on high instead of nestling him deep within the cockpit instrumentation and controls as was the case in most warbirds. the oil-tank, which you checked during your preflight inspection before every flight, had a capacity measured in gallons, not quarts or liters, and if the plane wasn't leaking oil onto the ramp as you walked up, you didn't fly, because that meant it didn't have any oil.įrom Ring Wraith's entry on the T28 Trojan at. Because the T-28 was an infamously oily aircraft. The dzus-key was the badge of distinction for T-28 pilots. T-28 pilots therefore all wore a "dzus key", a sort of screw-driver like tool mounted in a pocketknife grip, with which you could open the dzus fittings by rotating the slotted head 90 degrees. All of the access panels and hatches were opened and closed with a special fastener called a dzus fitting. The massive radial engine, with its huge cylinders radiating outwards from the crankcase like the spokes of a wheel, was enclosed in a cowling that towered overhead. You walked up to it on the ramp, and the wing was at shoulder height. Photo Courtesy of It was a hulking great mass of an airplane.The 'B' version of the T-28 had an engine of 1425 hp. The original 'A' model, powered by an 800 horsepower Wright 'Cyclone' engine, was used by the Air Force. The T-28 Trojan was a training plane produced by the North American corporation from the late 1940s through the late 1950s.
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