Big "T" Pilots speak out

 

                              I fly all kinds of cameras and video on the Big-T. I do a lot of field research as part of my job here at Kansas State University. We have been using  your plane to take aerial photos of our experiments.  We use special remote-sensing cameras that allow us to measure the status of the vegetation. Its seems odd to have a $2,500 research camera strapped onto a foamie. However, it works great!  This summer we are expanding our avionics package (GPS guidance and such).  I would love to try some of these ideas on the Monster T.  The durability of the Big-T is a must for our research because there is never a runway at our experimental sites.  I usually "land" in pastures, weed patches, corn fields, or wherever I can dink it in.  The Big-T shakes off that abuse like it is another day at the office.

  I will try to send you a few pics.

  Jay

Ross also built a low wing T52 type plane - check that out in the T52 customer comments page.

Ross DuMonte sent us this excellent picture of his Big T. 

He writes: The Big T has five flights on her and I must say that she is one outstanding Kit - from the materials you send with it, your in depth directions, down to the way she fly's. I followed the plans and she weighed in at 4lbs. 9 oz. If and when I get tired of flying the BIG T, I'll start on the corsair, or buy another engine. Only three of the flights were mine the other two were from other stick jockeys at the airfield. so it may be a while before I build the Corsair. Made some disbelievers into believers that a couple pieces of foam can look and fly that nice.