Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals

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Jerry:  I recall Tony indicating he had a Neu motor...perhaps a 1515/2Y, but 
was having some mounting issues with it.  Do you know if he finally got to 
fly with it?

Mike Moritko
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Budd" <jerry at buddengineering.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals


> When I flew Tony's ePartner at the Nats last year I flew most of the level 
> flight maneuvers at 3-4 "clicks" of the throttle ratchet above idle.  It 
> gave me an adequate flight speed for the rolls and kept things from 
> getting too rushed, especially when the wind was blowing. The electric 
> setup really doesn't need much energy going into the vertical maneuvers so 
> there wasn't any downside.  The upside was a very even, constant pace that 
> made it relatively easy to manage the flow of the sequence.  I suspect 
> that the current Masters sequence will benefit even more from the 
> characteristics displayed by a well setup and flown electric model.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>>Richard:  I once asked Tony Frackowiac how he managed the throttle on his 
>>PL Partner.  He indicated that full throttle was used only for verticals. 
>>In horizontal flight, only 1/3 throttle or even less was used.  Like you, 
>>I've found electrics to be a real "shot in the arm"....a fascinating 
>>advance in technology that has really increased my motivation.  I've been 
>>building/flying glow powered models for over 55 years and finally sold all 
>>of my glow motors/accessories a few years ago to begin the transition to 
>>electric....and I haven't looked back!!  Hope the Kokams continue to give 
>>you good service.
>>
>>Mike
>
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