ParkZone’s T-28D comes powered with a potent 480 brushless outrunner motor that provides spirited climb and sport aerobatic performance. Its tough Z-Foam™ construction is exceptionally resistant to damage but can be easily repaired with any medium-viscosity CA or epoxy.
Modeled after one of the Cold War’s premier military trainer aircraft, the brushless-powered ParkZone® T-28D Trojan park flyer is a thrilling sport-scale experience that everyone from intermediate to expert pilots will enjoy. Designed for use with full range DSM2™ aircraft transmitters, this Bind-N-Fly™ version comes out of the box with the realistic USAF paint scheme applied and electronics installed. To get it flying, just attach the wing and tail while the battery is charging and then bind its factory-installed DSM2 receiver to your full range transmitter. Bind-N-Fly convenience, outstanding flight performance and beautiful scale detail—with the T-28D Trojan you get it all.
Reader Reviews
This plane is a fantastic flyer for a quick build foamie. Once trimmed up, it does what you tell it to do. It is fairly rigid for a foam plane, which makes it more predictable in the air than most foam trainers that flex a lot in bumpy air and with abrupt maneuvers and recoveries.
I think T-28D is definitely easier to fly (leisurely) than my Mini Super Cub, and it can handle light wind. The ailerons make it fully aerobatic, and it is a nice straight tracker through a variety of maneuvers. At half-to-3/4ths-throttle, it's really not much faster than the Cub, and the 28 is noticeably more stable in less than perfect air.
It is little harder to land than a high wing trainer due to the tendency to float a long way in idle, landing speed is a little faster, and the low wing is a little less stable (though not much) and easier to catch on the ground.
There are a few mods you can do to slow it down. The best mod I've discovered is to substitute a 35% lighter Super Tigre ST .10 engine with a 10x6 prop (with this combo you can use the stock ESC). The ST .10 costs less than $25 and provides maybe twice the power as the stock motor (with an 11x7 prop and faster battery) but is much lighter for slower glides and lower landing speeds, especially with the ESC brake engaged.
The plane is reasonably durable. If you are concerned about noise, this plane is quiet in the air (basically silent a few 100 feet). The base paint color is air superiority gray, making it a hard to see in the air. The Navy version should be a lot easier to see, but there's no BNF version, only RTF and PNP (needs a receiver and battery). For those trying to decide on a good trainer--if you can fly and land the T-28 computer sim--I would not hesitate to buy this as a first plane.
Overall--this plane is pure fun, it has a reasonable price tag, and plenty of quick-mod capability built right in.
