[NSRCA-discussion] New Himax F3A Motor

[mike mueller]

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_9443515/tm.htm
 Ron there's a thread on the motor.
 I have 2 of them. They look very efficient and there are plenty of numbers to back it up in this thread. Mike

--- On Tue, 5/4/10, Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:

> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] New Himax F3A Motor
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:34 AM
> I got some of the "early bird" Himax
> F3A motors from Maxx Products.  I don't have one in my
> airplane yet, but loaned one to John Fuqua to
> evaluate.  The results look promising.  The best
> motor John has is the Fury from Shulman Aviation.  The
> Himax doesn't perform as well as the Fury, but it costs a
> lot less.  The other motor John has tried is the one I
> am currently using, the Dualsky 6360-12T.  The Himax
> motor seems at least as good as the Dualsky.
> 
> I was interested to observe Kyuho Lee from Gainesville
> demonstrate the capability of the Himax motor by
> demonstrating a hover with his airplane after our contest
> was postponed last weekend.  The winds were very high
> (one of the reasons the contest was postponed), but he did
> not seem to have any difficulty regarding power.
> 
> Does anyone else have any data on the new Himax F3A motor?
> 
> Ron Van Putte
> 
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