Sig 1/6 Cub on a diet
07-24-2003, 09:23 PM
#1
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Sig 1/6 Cub on a diet
Hi
just wanted to share my next project with you guys!
feelt the need for some water action today and dug out my old 1/6 Sig Cub, and a pair of foam floats.
Ripped the covering of the plane and cut away all balsa sheeting, makeing it much lighter!
thought of powering it with a cheap geard 550 motor, but the power was´t that great... looking deeper in the drawers I found a graupner 2:1 belt drive, and after some modifications I got my Mega 22/20/3 to fit, powerd it up on 10cells swinging a 14x7! man this setup got some punch! no question it will fly!
just need to get some oracover-light and some micro servos
this will be fun! I´ll get you some pix soon
just wanted to share my next project with you guys!
feelt the need for some water action today and dug out my old 1/6 Sig Cub, and a pair of foam floats.
Ripped the covering of the plane and cut away all balsa sheeting, makeing it much lighter!
thought of powering it with a cheap geard 550 motor, but the power was´t that great... looking deeper in the drawers I found a graupner 2:1 belt drive, and after some modifications I got my Mega 22/20/3 to fit, powerd it up on 10cells swinging a 14x7! man this setup got some punch! no question it will fly!
just need to get some oracover-light and some micro servos
this will be fun! I´ll get you some pix soon
07-28-2003, 01:38 PM
#5
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Sig 1/6 Cub on a diet
Weight of the plane as on the pic is 1264g which includes motor and ESC. bettery isa 10cell 1250, 420g, then add a couple of servos... um... maybe 1800g, then the floats on top of that.
so I´m guessing I´ll reach an AUW of 2,2kg, not too bad
so I´m guessing I´ll reach an AUW of 2,2kg, not too bad
07-28-2003, 01:41 PM
#6
Thread Starter
Sig 1/6 Cub on a diet
the motor choosen is a Mega 22/20/3, mounted in a modified Graupner 2:1 belt drive. it swings a 14x7 APC E at 45A, which hopefully gives me plenty of power to take off from the lake.
07-30-2003, 08:05 AM
#9
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Sig 1/6 Cub on a diet
YAY
ready to fly! AUW is 4,7lb, thrust is about that too, power is now 10xPanasonic2000 nimhs, as I only use full power for takeoff I think those cells will do.
was at the lake doing some taxi tests this night... floats very well and seem to rocket away at the smallets throttle input
now I just need to find out if it breaks loose from the water surface too
I´m surprised that the AUW is that low... plane with floats and all
ready to fly! AUW is 4,7lb, thrust is about that too, power is now 10xPanasonic2000 nimhs, as I only use full power for takeoff I think those cells will do.
was at the lake doing some taxi tests this night... floats very well and seem to rocket away at the smallets throttle input
now I just need to find out if it breaks loose from the water surface too
I´m surprised that the AUW is that low... plane with floats and all
08-06-2003, 03:18 PM
#12
Thread Starter
Sig 1/6 Cub on a diet
Hi
posting some pix! I changed to a 13x6,5... the 14x7 was way over propped and the ESC shut down from heat. the 13" prop is still a bit too large, but it works for now. getting 7-8min flights now.
Power is great! I easily outclimbs the other .40 sized float planes powerd by FS52
enjoy
posting some pix! I changed to a 13x6,5... the 14x7 was way over propped and the ESC shut down from heat. the 13" prop is still a bit too large, but it works for now. getting 7-8min flights now.
Power is great! I easily outclimbs the other .40 sized float planes powerd by FS52
enjoy
