[NSRCA-discussion] Neat airplane

[Ron Van Putte]

On Sep 13, 2006, at 6:27 AM, brett terry wrote:

> Another low-price pattern plane using the same power system is the  
> Fashion 50.  Has anybody tried one of these planes?  Atlanta Hobby  
> has a good deal on them here:  http://www.atlantahobby.com/ 
> shopexd.asp?id=6119
>
> I think an OS 50SX or YS .62 would be perfect.

I have a Fashion 50, which I converted to electric using the BP  
3520-7 motor, a BP 60 amp ESC an Apache 18.5 volt/3700 mah battery   
pack and an APC 13x6.5 E prop.  The conversion was very simple:  I   
used a piece of 1/8" plywood to bolt the motor to and used the   
existing blind nuts in the firewall and some nylon spacers from Ace   
Hardware to bolt the plywood to the airplane's firewall.   I had to  
use the spacers to get the motor far enough forward in the cowl.  It  
weighs 5 lb 7.7 oz.

The recommended CG location is  not very good.   It is is more than  
an inch too far forward.  Anyone  trying to fly the Fashion with the  
recommended CG will need more  elevator throw than recommended and  
will find the the airplane will require excessive down elevator to  
fly it inverted.  I just installed everything in my airplane where it  
was convenient and it balanced just over one inch aft of the  
recommended point.  Then I did my own CG location calculation and it  
was right on the CG I already had.  The CG could stand to be a bit  
further aft, but I haven't tried moving anything yet.

I love the Fashion 50 I have.

Ron Van Putte

>
>
> On 9/8/06, John Pavlick < jpavlick at idseng.com> wrote:
> I was looking for some low-buck warbirds (don't ask) when I found  
> this:
> http://ak-models.com/streamline46.htm The price is right. Could be  
> fun with
> an OS 91Fx. I think something got lost in the translation so I'm
> disregarding the projected weight. <LOL> Might be a little hard to see
> though...
>
> John Pavlick
> http://www.idseng.com
>
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