Love it! Great flying, great video mand you know how to fly that bird out of sleep
. I need to take lessons from you, when you available? I use the F pack motor and 5g servos and love that setup although I also agree that A pack and 5g servos are a good starting point for a little slower flying.
I have, they add a negligible amount of wieght. With the wing tips the wing rock is reduced, low and slow is better. Without the tips flat spins, rolls, blenders ect are easier. Comes down to high energy 3d vs low and slow 3d
Thank you! I have more video to come, and have not truly done what I feel will be the final promo vid flight. Thinking an f pack with 5g servos is needed to get that video that shows off all the aspects.Love it! Great flying, great video mand you know how to fly that bird out of sleep
I use the F pack motor and 5g servos and love that setup although I also agree that A pack and 5g servos are a good starting point for a little slower flying.
If only I lived in Canada
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If you'd fly with me then still my answer is yes.
Big prop and low kv is better for 3d, but I really doubt anyone would put the radial c pack motor in one of these planes!
Oooohh! You know I like my bipes! Looking forward to that one, too!
There was a snow day a few weeks ago in a nearby city, but thankfully no snow for us! Just under 70 for us today...THAT's a big 'Ol Bucket of Nope!
Yes, low kv and big prop spreads out the airflow over a larger surface. It also adds torque roll. There is a balance to be had. My beast bipe flys much better on a 16x12 then a 18x8, same amp draw. My edge is better on a 18x10 vs a 19x8, but a 16x12 is terrible. For the easy edge the high kv motor is offset by exaggerated control surfaces and a very low pitch. It would not work well on a 5x45, but works well on a 6x3. A 2206 1600kv on a larger prop would be better.
My plan is an f pack with a 5x5 prop - will that not work well then?
A 5x5 would be good for a speed plane. 6x3 seems to be about perfect for 3d. I think even a 7x3 might be better, shorter flight times, but I have not tested amp draw or even checked to see if it is a prop one can get.
True. I was wondering why use the FT "pack" motors if there are better choices. But I can also understand using what you have on hand.
That was part of the original idea for the plane. I figured by the time a pilot was ready to try his hand at 3D, he's probably got a couple F motors and 850 and 1200mAh batts laying around. Probably a few 9gram servos as well. Slap a model together in an afternoon, go crash it and do it again.
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Without testing amp draw I can not say it is a good choice. But it might be.
I do know that at 31amps on 4s the 2205 gets very hot quick using a 5x45bn. On 3s it dawns 25ish amps on the same prop. Issue with this motor is it can handle a lot, and is cheap, so people push it. If you do not know the numbers on a specific setup make sure you always test it with a watt/amp meter, and be sure the motor is not getting too hot!7x... with a F pack motor burned down an ESC for me just so you all know. It happened when I was testing a 60% scale down version of the FT Edge 540. The plane flew and flew great untill boom, lost controll and the rest is history, the ESC was just fired
