AMB

OK guys all goes well hope to get this in the air this weekend, with all I have built only flown the "top wingers" 10 thru 53 diesels of course, should be interesting
As you know designed for a 400 geared electric did my usual mods and beef-ups and went to a dural main gear the light wire one gone and steerable tail wheel. TT10 Davis head 9x4 zinger wood
engine is a easy hand flip start 3 to 5 max and off running 2oz tank martin
wingspan 39 inchs
Oh my a few Diesel spots on the counter

a proof read good idea also had TT70 head on post of course its a TT10

AMB

Rats- too gusty to risk a flight maybe it will calm down a little later today new plane do not want to take any chances , my apache ll with the Irvine 53 could have cared less big lots of power easy to handle in adverse wind conditions martin

the tiger is pretty light for this wind issue

Hobbsy

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That's a good lookin rig Martin

AMB

Well flight aborted my wifes son came over looked at the plane ( he is a navy plot ) and said no way on the soccer field it should be a rocket, so will try the Nuevo 1300 electric to TT10 high wing conversion tomorrow he flys ,I will take some pix
will hit a field with more space for the tiger 400 later in the week martin

Recycled Flyer

Iagree, it is very purposeful looking indeed.

Well done Martin.

AMB

Ahhhhhhhhhh an other abort fly day winds gusts about 20Knts + having withdrawal symptoms on this one martin

RDJeff

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I'm anxious to hear how this thing flys! I bought one at the LHS this fall, and was worried about the airframe being up to an I/C engine, so I put a Park 400 outrunner in, with lipo battery. I had a Tiger 2 with a PAW .40 on it, but crashed it pretty hard and wrote it off. Now I'm finishing off a Tiger 60 with an OS 61FX. Love those Tigers!

Jeff

AMB

Airframe beefed up 1/16 and 1/8 ply inside triangle stock at joints that extra oz or so no issue with the TT10 up frontmartin

Mr Cox

That's a lot of engine to replace a simple 400 electric, it should hover on that prop I imagine. What is the total weight?

AMB

Wt 793 Gm 28 Oz 1.75Lbs span 39 inchs 239 sq inch inch area

Wt stock with 400 electric motor 2 cell battery 499Gm martin

AMB

Wt 793G- 28 oz wing area 239 sq inchs span 39 inchs martin

stock wt with electric about 500 Gm

Mr Cox

Ooops, that's an hefty 58% weight increase...

I've converted a Super Chipmunk (400 ARF too) to glow and it lost weight in the process (compared to the recommended weight, I don't have any electric stuff myself). But then I used a Norvel .074 engine and it has plenty of power for about the same wing area as your's (242 inch^2). The electric 400 engine is more like a 1cc engine in terms of power I think, so an MP Jet .061 might have been better suited?

AMB

thats about 3 1/2 0z increase but also a .10 engine maybe 9x4 or 9 x5 prop, do not think it will be an issue will also check scale with a calibrated weight to make sure no wt error

martin

some of the weight from the dural aluminum landing gear was a very lightweight wire gear stock and engine of course

also an MPjet 061 is 94Gm the TT10 with muffler 164 thats a bit more than 2oz