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Permalink Reply by Nathaniel Caner on July 17, 2010 at 5:14pm

Johnathan,

I think you'll be happy with your choice it's a good TX. The PT-40 was my first plane 20 years ago! I still have it, though it's gone through a few modifications in the past 5 years. I put a set of floats on it about 5 years ago when I got the urge to try flying off the local lake. It was a little underpowered with the O.S. 40FP I had installed in it, so I went to a Magnum 80RFS 4-stroke, flew great and the extra thrust really helped get it off the water! A .40-.46 2 stroke will be great with the standard gear if your doing glow. I had a radio failure after flying it for 19 years without a single crash. Flew fine for the first 2 laps around the field, then I banked on the final downwind leg and it remained in the bank with a shallow descent angle, no recovery was possible. Fortunately it crashed in the long grass on the edge of the runway. The damage sustained was a testament to the kit. The firewall was broken and the covering on the wing basically shattered (from torsion I think). Anyway it's hanging up in my shop waiting for an overhaul (it's second in 20 years) I'll eventually strip the covering, and convert it to electric, that's the current bug I've been bitten by (pun intended!). Electric is so much more fun, no messy cleanup after a day of flying!

Anyway enjoy your PT-40! Make sure to join a club and get an instructor to teach you how to fly, you'll be happy you did!
I could tell you more stories about trying to teach myself how to fly.....ohhhhhhhh boy!!!!!!!!


Happy Flying,


Nathaniel

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