[lektrik_flyers] Re: New Project
- From: "Lamb, Joe" <joe.lamb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:08:46 -0400
Well, the plane in question is currently a bundle of sticks, bits, and pieces
in a warehouse somewhere. I do have a Thomas Morse Scout that I built to about
the same specifications as i intend for the SE-5. It's a rubber free-flight
model currently, but the overall proportions, wingspan, and wing area are
similar. If I'm not working Friday evening I might string the motor through it
and give it a go. It'll be the model's first flight, and the fuselage is
prohibitively short for rubber power, so don't expect much. Of course, that's
if I can get off work.
> ----------
> From: lektrik_flyers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Bill Beavers
> Reply To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:32 PM
> To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: New Project
>
> From the description of this plane it sounds like you
> are needing maybe some of the lightweight GWS type
> stuff, or a mixture of GWS components and others.
> Just off the top of my head and having looked at a
> picture of this plane on some websites, I think I
> would go with a GWS Pico Stik power unit and ESC OR a
> small direct drive brushless of comparable size (more
> power less current draw) with an appropriate ESC. I
> think the GWS Pico normally comes with an IPS geared
> System (John Cooper will know he flies one). If this
> were me, (just because I am a brushless junkie and
> power freak), I would go with a comparable brushless
> to the IPS or brushless using the IPS gearbox and ESC.
> bphobbies.com has tons of combinations, and combos
> for sale at the right price, so they would probably
> have just what you need for that little jewel. I
> would like to see the plane in person to know for sure
> what might work best, but here are my first
> thoughts...
>
> Feiago IPS size motor
> (http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=V001105&pid=U117989)
>
> IPS Gearbox
> (http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=V779955)
>
> CC Phoenix 10 brushless controller
> (http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=V779955&pid=U268745)
>
> 7.4v Li-po battery probalby around 1200mah for size
> maybe even smaller like 350 to get it smaller.
> (http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=A2416228)
>
> This may not be the system you need, but it is a start
> on looking at what might be right for it.
>
> Come out to the Vilonia Middle School Friday evening
> and we'll take a look at it. I can't wait to try out
> that parking lot for takeoffs! ;-)
>
> --- "Lamb, Joe" <joe.lamb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > I just placed an order for a Guillow's SE-5 WWI
> > fighter. It's a rubber freeflight kit that I hope to
> > convert to micro R/C. I did a little online
> > research, and after reading numerous dire warnings
> > about the unavoidable catastrophe that awaits
> > first-time R/C flyers and their lovingly-built stick
> > and tissue masterpieces, I decided that this is
> > definitely the route I want to take.
> >
> > I plan to built this thing as light as possible,
> > with capped wing ribs, laminated balsa tail
> > surfaces, and the whole works. At worst, we'll have
> > a very scale crash and I'll be out 35 bucks.
> >
> > I would appreciate any advice any of you could give
> > me in choosing motor/prop/battery combinations, as I
> > know nothing of electric power. The wingspan is
> > about 22 inches, and there's a ton of wing area, so
> > the wing loading should be glider-esque, but I still
> > want plenty of power... just because.
> >
> > I've built a couple of these WWI Guillow's kits to
> > get myself back into the swing of modelling after I
> > had to quit the hobby for college, and have been
> > impressed by the quality of these new laser-cut
> > kits. Have any of you folks been converting
> > rubber-powered kits to R/C? Are there any tricks to
> > it that I need to know other than making everything
> > improbably light, and are there any advances in
> > covering material that are lighter and might add>
> > more rigidity to the structure than tissue?
> >
> > And I'm scared to death of aileron flutter. Never
> > dealt with any of that in freeflight.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any input. Thanks.
> > Joe Lamb
> > > ----------
> > > From: lektrik_flyers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on
> > behalf of Bill Beavers
> > > Reply To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 6:07 PM
> > > To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Sunday PM
> > >
> > > Well, git 'er dun David! ;-)
> > >
> > > I did go out for a while and test the Mad Dog. It
> > > flew pretty well, but I still think I have to do
> > some
> > > tweaking on it. It seems VERY stable though and I
> > > think on a less gusty day it will be a dream to
> > fly.
> > > I did have an incident with it though on the
> > landing.
> > > When I tried to land it on the grass, the small
> > wheels
> > > don't do to well in the grass (I landed a little
> > flat
> > > and should have had a longer approach) and I
> > ripped
> > > the gear of it. No biggie, they were just epoxied
> > on
> > > and will be easy to fix but the hit on the ground
> > > caused a punture in the monokote so I will have to
> > do
> > > a little patch job on that and get better on the
> > > landings. But it was fun to fly.
> > >
> > > I also have hopped up the Multiplex Jet with a
> > > brushless E-Flight 400 motor but I still couldn't
> > seem
> > > to get enough thrust. I was using I think a 7x4
> > prop,
> > > so I may need to drop back to a 4x4 or something
> > like
> > > that. I think it will help its performance
> > though
> > > when I get the prop/thrust thing right.
> > >
> > > I am almost finished with a modified hopped up
> > > Parkzone P51 Mustang. Putting an E-Flight 480 in
> > it
> > > so I hope it will fly with enthusiasm when I give
> > it
> > > a maiden flight.
> > >
> > > Well, when are we going to get after it? I can
> > > probably fly some afternoon this week, and on
> > Friday,
> > > I think I will fly over at Vilonia in the New
> > Middle
> > > School parking lot after school because it looks
> > like
> > > an AWESOME place for takeoffs and landings and
> > with a
> > > big field out behind, holds a lot of promise for
> > > sometimes flying. Does anyone want to join me out
> > > there Friday PM if the weather holds out? I just
> > > think it would be a nice place to try some stuff
> > that
> > > requires gear and I like the take offs and
> > landings
> > > almost as much as the flying! ;-)
> > >
> > > Hope to see some of you either this week or on
> > Friday.
> > >
> > > KIITA (Keep It In The Air)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- David and Susan Reid <bzpond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've gotta build a new Tensor this week so I can
> > fly
> > > > some.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Bill Beavers" <bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: "Lekrik Flyers List">
> > > > <lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:47 PM
> > > > Subject: [lektrik_flyers] flying Sunday PM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Are we flying today? I think I will go out
> > around
> > > > 4pm
> > > > > to Wooster and try out the Mad Dog if the wind
> > > > dies
> > > > > down. It is a little gusty rigt now but not
> > to
> > > > bad
> > > > > and seems to be lessening. I wasn't sure if
> > there
> > > > was
> > > > > an official fly on or not, but look forward to
> > > > trying
> > > > > out a couple of these I have been working on.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Bill Beavers
> > > > > Director of Technology
> > > > > Vilonia School District
> > > > > beaversb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > http://vilonia.k12.ar.us
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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