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Members helping R/C Electric Flight Enthusiasts through sharing. Note: These reports are submitted by fellow R/C modelers and represent their individual personal experience. Others may have different experiences depending on the variations in the described device, level of release, and/or modeling and flying experience. |
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New - Check it out, a Great Laser Cut Kit |
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The Wattage Hawk -The Hawk flys quite fast, big loops from level flight and tight rolls. It's glide is fast but shallow. I am very happy with this aircraft and setup, another very sucessfull Astro 010 application. |
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Light Weight Pop Apart Landing Gear "Timex Landing Gear" Article |
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Astro 010 3.3:1 Gear Aeronaut 9.5X7 Carbon Prop 1900 Mah Lithium Polymer 3 cell Battery pack & Added 2 Servos & Ailerons. With Covered with Oracover the RTF Weight is 20.5 oz Email Irv Cooper |
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Click to see a really simple & cheap Motor Mount !! |
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Wattage Live Wire 010 with 2:1 MPI Gear Box, 8X6 Carbon Graupner Folder, & 10-Nimh 5/4AAA cells |
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Cheap, Aluminum Light, weight Folding, RC Plane Holding / Work Stand Build it out of items you can find for cheap or even free. And only takes about an Hour to asemble it. |
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| 4 Engine
Conversion 'Quad Star' of the Multiplex Twin Star 4 Speed 400 6V Motors & Gunther Props in parallel on 8 2400 mah Nicads |
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Multiplex Pico Cub MINI Review Powered by an Astro 010 Brushless & Shultz sensorless esc Irvin Cooper |
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Comments & Images By Jeff Bean |
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Don Granlund's Poormans SloFly (PMSF) report and download plans. |
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Email Irv Cooper |
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A construction article and review of the Garrison Aerodrome 'MANX' Email Irv Cooper |
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Sig Kadet Senior
'Bashed' Construction Article |
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A review with tips on finishing foam and a 'Steroids' power system on a budget for the PicoJet. ijcooper@juno.com |
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| Irv's Esso Bee, Indoor/Park Flyer Scratch built from some original ideas and elements from the Lazy Bee Speedy and Yard Bee Plans 35"span 340sq" 14 oz EMail |  |
| Tips on assembling and use of the Sermos / Power Pole type connectors. ijcooper@juno.com |
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| A do it yourself Auto Battery Pack Discharge Controller for about $10 |
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SLIDE IN POWER UNIT FOR ELECTRIC POWERED PLANES by Don Granlund |
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| Make your own High Quality Name / Letters / Decals from Contact Paper by
Ron Fikes at srfikes@earthlink.net |
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| "Tiny
Moo" Slow/indoor/parkflyer " The Article
includes plans in (JPG Format) or you can order scale Plans from Ron
Fikes at srfikes@earthlink.net
Also Check out Ron's Winglet-2 - 16 oz Speed 400 fun flyer, 7 cell 500ar batteries, Jeti 10 ESC, 6X3 Graupner Folding Prop, 32.5" span, 8.5" chord. Ron is offering scale plans direct from Ron Fikes at srfikes@earthlink.net by Ron Fikes from Palo Alto Ca .srfikes@earthlink.net |
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| Clever easy to adjust Pull Pull
Control Setup for Light Weight Aircraft
by Don Granlund |
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Timing your Brushed Motor made easy(ier) By Irv Cooper |
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Trimming Your Sailplane for Optimum Performance... by Brian Agnew(Published in R/C Soaring Digest, May, 1993. Revised October, 1997. Permission granted) (Submitted buy Tom Rent ) |
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| TwinStar Seaplane Float Converstion
By I Cooper ijcooper@juno.com |
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| AN E-Version of the Kyosho Agwagon to Electric using the MAXCIM N32-13D brushless motor. I have always wanted to have an electric Piper Pawnee but unfortunately I could not find an ARF for it.. Eventually Kyosho came up with the Agwagon and I decided to make an attempt for the conversion. |  |
Here is a new 'Twist' on mechancial Mixing By Irvin Cooper |
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"Blew Angel" John Swetland's Sp400. Get Free Plans (dxf file) of this succesful design. "Free Plans" Or EMail John Swetland to send for full size plots |
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MPI MAXX #MCC345 Cermack 1.6 / 2.1) Gearbox Setup Speed 400 / Dymond MAX 48 Recommendations and test results; By Irv Cooper: |
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| Electric powered direct control autogiro by Lester W. Garber, Duluth, Minnesota 35 in. diameter rotor, 18.6 oz., 2.8 oz./ft2 rotor disk loading. Power: Rocket 400 motor, MiniOlympus 2.33:1 gear reduction, 7 - 500 AR nicad... - http://www.autogyro.com/models/garber.htm |  |
Electric Sig Tristar - Canard Pusher by Russ Tront, Canada RTF weight under 50 oz. using an Astro FAI-15, 8x1700 cells, and a Graupner 9x5 folding prop - 28 amps static |
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A Readers Construction Article on the By Patrick Taggart chopin3@ix.netcom.com |
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Mike Pfeiffer produces spectacular results with his Magnetic Mayhem Powered Aircraft, both geared and direct drive. Convert the Magnetic Mayhem from bushings to ball bearings. This does not change the flight performance, but the motor life goes way up ! |
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Tower EP 2 Meter ARF Electric Sailplane R/C Truck Motor & 8X4 Folding Prop 8 Cell 500mah, Micro Demo 102 BEC ESC, Futaba AM 4NBL NEW - Update - Modified, Lightened and Flown with a Speed 400 with 4:1 Gear Drive !! |
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An Electric Version of the Great Planes .40 "Pfeiffer" Cub 2 Koysho Magnetic Mayhems on a single Custom Gear Box & 2- 8 Cell 2000mah packs ESC - Steve Neu micro, 60A, Radio - Futaba 7ch Rx, mini-servos |
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Carving Helical Pitch Propellers By Bill Kubiak
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Electric Conversion By Ron Fikes srfikes@earthlink.net |
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Electric Version By Ron Fikes srfikes@earthlink.net |
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Use a Fuse & VOM as a Low Cost Amp Meter A how to article on using a low cost ATO type fuse as a shunt and your VOM/multi meter to have a low cost high amperage meter to measure the static load current to your electric motor. |
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