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OK, a little background about me.
I took a 14 year hiatus from R/C while raising a daughter that loved horses. (they eat money and "poop" work) I tried getting back into it with an old corroplast taildragger that was heavy and thus was a bit too hot as far as flite speed for my reorientation. I ended up putting it in during my 1st solo. Back before my time away from R/C, I was getting pretty comfortable with banking & yanking before a botched landing damaged my 89" WS PT-19. I normally flew > 80" WS with large displacement 4-strokes running on glow fuel with CDI.
I stumbled across the Simple Strorch the other day and I thought that this was exactly what I needed to get through the jitters. I am primarily interested in electrics as a stop gap & maybe something for the grand-kids to learn on after I get back to my former prowess. I am interested in The Simple Storch as an "advanced" trainer albeit one that can be flown slowly with good control attributes with some aerobatic capabilities as i progress.
That being said, I want the lightest possible all up weight so the battery choice will be made with that in mind. I abhor adding "ballast" so I want just enough weight to balance the C/G. But, there's just a bit more to it. I am repairing a Flyzone Super Cub and any battery packs will also have to work for that airframe. The OEM battery pack was the FZ 1300 mah 3s that weighed about 100 grams. There was 35 grams of steel ballast plates glued to the fuselage under the cowl and I want to up size the battery weight to eliminate that. Since the added weight of the pack will be distributed over a 4" distance rather than having more than 1/2 of it concentrated right behind the firewall. I found a 2200mah 3s BATTERY PACK that weighs 175 grams that I think I can shift around to get a proper C/G and only add about 1 1/2 ozs to the all up weight of the Cub.
The point of all of this is, will a 175 gram battery pack be enough weight to balance the FT Simple Storch with the "C" Power Pack Kit with out adding ballast weight?
BTW, after I regain some confidence, this is what I will be flying. (This picture is not my Rascal 110 but it gives a good size comparison)
This is my Rascal 110.
It has a 3.25HP high compression (11:1) Saito FA-180 burning 15% Cool Power with CDI. It swings an 18x8 Prop @ 8150 RPM static.
Anyway, thanks for putting up with my long winded post. I I would appreciate any real world experience with balancing the C/G of the Simple Storch with battery weight.
I took a 14 year hiatus from R/C while raising a daughter that loved horses. (they eat money and "poop" work) I tried getting back into it with an old corroplast taildragger that was heavy and thus was a bit too hot as far as flite speed for my reorientation. I ended up putting it in during my 1st solo. Back before my time away from R/C, I was getting pretty comfortable with banking & yanking before a botched landing damaged my 89" WS PT-19. I normally flew > 80" WS with large displacement 4-strokes running on glow fuel with CDI.
I stumbled across the Simple Strorch the other day and I thought that this was exactly what I needed to get through the jitters. I am primarily interested in electrics as a stop gap & maybe something for the grand-kids to learn on after I get back to my former prowess. I am interested in The Simple Storch as an "advanced" trainer albeit one that can be flown slowly with good control attributes with some aerobatic capabilities as i progress.
That being said, I want the lightest possible all up weight so the battery choice will be made with that in mind. I abhor adding "ballast" so I want just enough weight to balance the C/G. But, there's just a bit more to it. I am repairing a Flyzone Super Cub and any battery packs will also have to work for that airframe. The OEM battery pack was the FZ 1300 mah 3s that weighed about 100 grams. There was 35 grams of steel ballast plates glued to the fuselage under the cowl and I want to up size the battery weight to eliminate that. Since the added weight of the pack will be distributed over a 4" distance rather than having more than 1/2 of it concentrated right behind the firewall. I found a 2200mah 3s BATTERY PACK that weighs 175 grams that I think I can shift around to get a proper C/G and only add about 1 1/2 ozs to the all up weight of the Cub.
The point of all of this is, will a 175 gram battery pack be enough weight to balance the FT Simple Storch with the "C" Power Pack Kit with out adding ballast weight?
BTW, after I regain some confidence, this is what I will be flying. (This picture is not my Rascal 110 but it gives a good size comparison)
This is my Rascal 110.
It has a 3.25HP high compression (11:1) Saito FA-180 burning 15% Cool Power with CDI. It swings an 18x8 Prop @ 8150 RPM static.
Anyway, thanks for putting up with my long winded post. I I would appreciate any real world experience with balancing the C/G of the Simple Storch with battery weight.
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