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Old 11-26-2011, 03:42 PM
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Default RE: Guts from the HABU

The electronics are similar, 800 watt ducted fan motor but with a beefier Castle creations Ice 100 ESC. The battery is not quite as big only a 3 cell 3300 MAh but it is all I had, a four cell would be ideal spinning the 5X5.5 APC prop it draws about 50 amps or so. I'm not sure about the prop adapter for you motor, the HET 2W-23 (that I used) is a similar High Kv DF motor it had a 3.17 mm shaft, so I just used a 1/8 inch prop adapter. The first on was a clamp on type and it didn't work (bent the shaft) so I switched over to one with set screws. Be sure the prop is well balanced spinning at 35,000 rpm it is critical that it is perfect on that thin of a shaft.
Bottom line is it can be done with that type of setup...