cmartin3d

Now I know that the latest craze among modelers is to take a perfectly reasonable plane and make it buzz like a hornet. I however like the grunt of glow and am currently swimming upstream, I want to find a good electric aerobat (prefferably 3D), and stick a real engine in the nose. Any suggestions?

blueline

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[b][/bNow your talkin!, good luck with your project. I'll be watching with interest.

AMB

There is a bunch on good stuff out there now (built up not foam) ArFS great planes, Hobby people, out there the !/2 A site has some good posts on conversions, I myself have a hooby people decathaon with an o74 norvel with a diesel head and and a great planes SE5 that I bashed for an AP09 Hornet these are great sources for planes for 1/2A just redue the fire wall and put on a mount martin

cmartin3d

Awesome, there are people love glow power! I want to hear about all of your elec to glow swaps, keep it coming in. BTW, anyone heard about the E-FLITE Extra 260 3D ARF? the pics show a pretty light airframe, but plenty of room for the goods. let me know what you think[8D]

there is a link to all the specs at http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=EFL2475

AMB

If you hack off the the electric mount and epoxy a firewall made of plywood flush to the existing one toss some triangular pieces between that and the fus sides I would say you have it made, the rest of it looks pretty strong you can always put in a couple of stringers in the fus. if you feel better almost no weight the of course engine mount bolted to the new wall
you will plenty of access to put in blind nuts to the back of the wall for the mount, get out the dremel martin
have done this a couple of times you may have to chop the battery tray to get in a tank then just use some light ply at the right height for the tank

cmartin3d

what if two hardwood rails were to go through the firewall into the radio comp. that would give a solid mounting surface and put the engine out far enough to reach the front of the cowl! I tried this on a mini funtana and it only added .75 oz!
Do you think that this plane wil be able to do flatspins, blenders, waterfalls, or high alpha knife-edge? Can anyone out there give me an insight into how this bird flies? then again it is a new release, oh well.[sm=confused.gif]

cmartin3d

I just completed structural work on an E-Flite Mini Funtana that I put a Mangum .15 in. The mods are pretty straight forward, the nose was reinforced, the wings were glued on, and the battery compartment was converted to hold a 2 oz sullivan flex-tank. The engine is mounted on two 1/2" rails. The setup is pretty light (little under 30 oz.), can't wait to see it fly.

AMB

Way to go batteries are for radios only martin

Sturtz

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I've converted several elec planes so far. They make great little flyers.

CG Shock 3/D.

Wattage Ultimate Bipe. "Still fly this one."

cmartin3d

Just finished my latest project, a Mini Funtna conversion to a Magnum .15. It flies really good, suprisingly different from the electric version. The elec version was kind of twitchy, where the new model is a great pattern flier!. it will do precice aerobatics as smoothly as my twist. Has anyone gotten this plane to flatspin? I can't get it to flatten out and decend, it always wants to drop a wingtip.

Possible future projects:
- Great Planes ElectriFly Super Sportster EP ARF 48"
- Great Planes E Performance Series EP YAK 54 3D ARF 41"
- Sig E-Force Electric 3D ARF
- E-Flite P-38/F-5E Lightning 400 ARF
- E-Flite Cap 232 BP ARF
- E-Flite Ultra Stick 25e ARF

Some are impractical, but cool. should make for good brainstorming. Feel free to add more to the list, and I want to hear about YOUR conversion!

Kmot

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Man, this thread has warmed the heart of an old man who feels like glow power is going the way of the dinosaur. Every model airplane magazine I see has mostly electric powered planes and even old standbys that are being powered that way.

I would love to see any 'electric plane' that was made especially to be electric and that was converted to glow power. This is awesome!

cmartin3d

This is the mini Funtana

BankYank

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I put a OS .15 into a Mustang i built from Mark Ritttenger plans. Flew fantastic. Only problem was it was just to small for me.
Pat

Kostas1

A video with a converted to glow airplane?

Test005

Here's mine:
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E-flite Tribute 3D
os.10LA
2oz tank
Nuke 3ch rx
120mah nimh
4x BB306

Build Thread


video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq83d5bpOBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7siryD17M28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8heIEqXgs

driesbabe

Maidend a Ultra Stick 25E yetarday with a ASP 25 on the nose, realy nice plane.
The next one is a Mini Ultra Stick with a 15 should be a blast.
A freind of mine has a OMP Katana EP with a ASP 15, much better plane than the E version, will fly totaly unlimited 3D
Regards
Dries

cmartin3d

Sorry Kostas, ther isn't any way for me to get video onto the thread without a video camera!. I flew the mini funtana again with a 8 x 4 APC. Vertical is about 3/4 throttle, and it does 3d beautifully. I found that by moving the cg 3/16" behind their range, it flatspins like mad (and I think I like that)!

prop planter

cmartin, the new gp yak 54 you mentioned above has some issues. There is a thread in the elec forums about this plane and it looks to be built too light. Many confirmed cases of the elevator failing, and some clame the wings have failed. Most of them that built it say it is way to light for glow conversions. Something to do with vibrations. Also they said it wouldn't be possible to fuel proof everthing.

Lekky people may just be overly pessimistic huh?

Kostas1

Hey,

this thread for the GP e-YAK started from me!!!!!!!!1
Hehehehheeee,

i would like so much to see a glow converted Gp Yak.
But many people say that it has light stab!

AMB

The ultrafly Yak54 (have one is quite a bit heavier) 37 oz looks pretty rugged martin

cmartin3d

I'm not a big fan of yaks. They fly awesome,but are rather ugly. Here's one, what about Seagull Model's Extra 300, It features a 43" wingspan and is kindof lightweight (33oz flying weight). I've included some of my "Beauty Mods"!

[link]http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SEA7000[/link] for info

Wufnu

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Here's a good cheapie:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=478229

Make sure if you cover it with poly that it's waterbased polyurethane and not polycrylic. If you use the polycrylic from the spray cans eventually it will get sticky.

acoe

I have two versions of the Great Planes Super Sportster EP: one with an AXI outrinner and a 3S2P pack and one with an OS 25FX. The mods were minimal (reinforce the firewall, replace the stock wooden mount with an adjustable glass mount, and replace the stock control rods with 2-56 rods). I actually did the conversion twice, since I lost the first one due to onboard battery failure on its third flight (CYCLE YOUR NEW RX PACKS [:@]). I also needed to add about 3/4 oz in the tail for balance.

Both versions of the SSEP fly great, but watch out for flutter! (that's why I stiffened the pushrods all around).

cmartin3d

how much did the SSEP weigh said and done?

3d?