TheFlyingBrit
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Looking forward to flying the Mustang, I love warbirds. I would even consider giving my Edge 540 away if I was offered a swap for a Stuka, love the JU87B or a Mosquito.
Anybody else scratch building tonight?
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TheFlyingBrit
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Having second thoughts about the Hornet, might be closest thing I will get to a Mosquito in a while
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Having second thoughts about the Hornet, might be closest thing I will get to a Mosquito in a while
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TheFlyingBrit
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Other preferences to buy first
BlockerAviation
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Quick question, Can i run a 10x7 apc prop on a c-pack setup?
Paracodespoder
Elite member
Sure can. Be easy on it for the first few minutes to be sure though, I ran a 1280 gws slow fly on mine, it ran hot and would sputter a little at full throttle, but it didn’t harm it.
BlockerAviation
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I'd rather say on the safe side and buy a 10x4.7 from xoar then. Thanks
OliverW
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I don't see why you couldn't run it on the apc. It should have no problems apart from if you nose it over the motor will probably rip off since it has basically no flex to it
BlockerAviation
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True, I was more wondering if the 10x7 would have too much pitch for the motor.
OliverW
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Ohhhh gotcha. I don't think it would, but don't take my word for it as the magic smoke may leave lol. Can't hurt to check the motor specs
MillerTime
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What do you think the odds of this flying are? It started out life as an FT Explorer (it was a rough life) the wing motors are setup as flaperons with reversible esc's. Im fairly certain that wing motors are not strong enough to hover but I thought it would be an interesting experiment.
BlockerAviation
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I just wish the motors came with a chart with the specs for different prop sizes, voltage, thrust, ect. Like rimfire does. I'll check the max amp for the motor and see if I'm good with my amp meter I guess.
BlockerAviation
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I give it a 20% chance of flying and a 100% chance of it being epic either way!
Wildthing
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Just bench test it with a watt meter attached, couple short burst to full throttle check motor temp and also see what amps you are pulling to make sure you have enough esc and if the motor isn't getting hot run it a bit longer until you are confident it can handler it or is it to much prop.
BlockerAviation
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That's the plan!
Wildthing
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I use the manufacturers specs as a guideline and from there I start bench testing to see if their specs are true or false
. Also with a thrust stand I can try different props to see which is more efficient and which are junk.
Yes, it works great on 3s. It's too much prop for 4s though, ask me how I know...
TheFlyingBrit
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Not fetched anything with me to work on tonight I am going to be bored. Good news though finished adding nose weight to the Bushwacker its now nicely balanced at the CG point. The motor is unbelievably better particularly with the 12x6 prop, I should have no problems with power now LOADS of THRUUUUUSTTTT as the actress said to the Bishop.
Just need to finish off varnishing the areas I touched up with paint.
I also finished off balancing my mk5 Tiny trainer and for the first time in the history of building FT scratch builds, I had to add weight to the tail never happened to me before. I painted it last night so apart from a coat of varnish its also virtually completed.
I am planning to go flying Friday and arranged to meet up with my new MPB (model plane benefactor) John, he wants to try out my Radiomaster transmitter. So made him a deal he can try the transmitter if he maidens my Edge for me ands gets it trimmed. I will fly most things but the Edge looks really good and don't fancy crashing it so it makes sense to let someone more experienced in 3D planes maiden it first. Still not had chance to fit the Lipo sensor yet, or set it up on my transmitter so I will have to get that done tomorrow.
Also planning to take the re-fitted Bushwacker, Spitfire and the F22 Raptor along with the Edge should be a fun day out.
Shame I have everything I need now to finish off the Sea Otter and was planning to work on it tonight, but was running late. So didn't have enough time to load everything in my car before leaving for work. That's another job for me to do tomorrow night, along with varnishing.
LOADS of THRUUUUUSTTTT as the actress said to the Bishop.Just need to finish off varnishing the areas I touched up with paint.
I also finished off balancing my mk5 Tiny trainer and for the first time in the history of building FT scratch builds, I had to add weight to the tail
never happened to me before. I painted it last night so apart from a coat of varnish its also virtually completed.I am planning to go flying Friday and arranged to meet up with my new MPB (model plane benefactor) John, he wants to try out my Radiomaster transmitter. So made him a deal he can try the transmitter if he maidens my Edge for me ands gets it trimmed. I will fly most things but the Edge looks really good and don't fancy crashing it so it makes sense to let someone more experienced in 3D planes maiden it first. Still not had chance to fit the Lipo sensor yet, or set it up on my transmitter so I will have to get that done tomorrow.
Also planning to take the re-fitted Bushwacker, Spitfire and the F22 Raptor along with the Edge should be a fun day out.
Shame I have everything I need now to finish off the Sea Otter and was planning to work on it tonight, but was running late. So didn't have enough time to load everything in my car before leaving for work. That's another job for me to do tomorrow night, along with varnishing.
MillerTime
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I just benched tested last night's creation, it is a little too windy to fly today. Everything went well the craft has a heavy battery in it and currently weighs 1200 grams with the "flaps" on it weighs 500 grams. My biggest concern at this point is one of the motors must not be completely straight it wants to yaw to the right slightly. Maybe I should stop building planes at 1 in the morning.
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