Parkzone T-28 Trojan

by Jim Hiller
(Johnson City, NY)

An excellent stock flier, very smooth and very aerobatic with the stock 480 brushless motor, when pointed upward it will eventually stall.

Smooth take offs and very slow landing capabilities without stalling. It will take off in a few feet from hard surfaces and a few yards on close cut grass.
The only problem I have had is with the motor and wing landing gear; the front and rear of the motor is plastic and cracks easily. If you want to make it into a super performer, do what I did - I put an E-Flite Power 10 motor coupled with a 3S 2200 battery in it and it will scream with unlimited vertical performance and will speck out in seconds.
The Power 10 bolts right to the original motor mount and no modifications needed to the cowl. The only change is to the ESC which should be booted up to 40 amps. I didn't even have to change trim settings on the radio.
The flat out straight line speed increases considerably. Best of all the Power 10 is an all metal motor, unlike the stock motor. I reamed out the stock prop to make it fit the 10 prop shaft. Try it if you want to get your pulse rate up!

Also the wing landing gear mounting is weak and when it pulls out, drill numerous small holes in the flat mounting plate, roughen up the contact surface with the wing with sandpaper and fill the peg holes and flat surfaces on the wings with adhesive silicone and you will never have a problem with them again.