Electric

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/8/2003 1:17:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
VicenteRC at aol.com writes:


> Subj:Re: Electric 
> Date:4/8/2003 1:17:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:VicenteRC at aol.com">VicenteRC at aol.com</A>
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> Which models and electric motors?  I have a friend that is interesting in 
> electric pattern planes.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vicente Bortone

One more time. Recently, a fellow here in Florida (I forgot his name), set-up 
a Funtana (about 2m sq scale aerobatic model) with the Hacker system Jason 
talks about.. If I remeber correctly, he said 36 Panasonic 3000mah NiMH 
cells, or around 45 volts when fully chrged. 

I think it turned either a 19" or 20" prop and maybe 8" pitch, at enough 
output to easily hover the 12.5 lb plane, then accelerate out of the hover 
straight up. He had it set-up for 3D and was able to perform a good freestyle 
routine, complete with elevators, walls and lots of high alpha/low speed 
stuff. It was quite impressive, for any type model let alone electric power.

This model is a "wet" power model originally, sold by DA I think. It was way 
overbuilt for electric since the fellow did very little lightening of the 
plywood construction, yet it performed with fine authority.

Vicente, tell your friend that pretty much any wood kit can be made to fly 
electric. Just needs to modify the floor where the battery is located to 
provide lots of cooling to the battery. And if he could lighten it up some, 
all the better. This Hacker system was about  the best I have seen for 
modeling

Matt Kebabjian
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