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Old 11-14-2003, 03:38 PM
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Ive alwys been interrested in the Lindberg plane The Spirit of St Louis,I located a kit I think it is made by dare ,or something like that,but it's electric and I would really lie to run a saito .30 motor in it .Is this possible.I also want to build ailerons into the wings which the kit doesn't have
but that doesn't seem too hard. any suggestions would be a real help![X(]
Old 11-14-2003, 03:44 PM
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If possible could you provide a link, or some details on the kit? Like what it's made of, size etc?
Old 11-14-2003, 04:24 PM
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The kit is made by dare hobbies . It is a balsa kit /lazer cut parts it lookes pretty nice.dare hobbies has a web site I dont know how to make a link but you can find it pretty fast by doing a search on yahoo I did.[8D]
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[link=http://www.darehobby.com/airplane-kits-01.htm]Dare Hobbies[/link]
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Hey thanks for that link to dare hobbies thats pretty slick I wish i knew more about this doumb computer
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That's a nice site!

They say the Spirit of St Louis is around 12oz. A .30 4 stroke would be way too much. You're looking at an .049 size for that plane...
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Default RE: can i convert an electric kit toglow power

OK so The .30 is to big. That's alright I havent bought one yet.But is it possible to do something like this with a smaller motor?can the plane handle it and what kind of changes will I have to make?[8D]
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Great planes has a similar plane, [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXBLH1&P=7]here[/link] you can look at the manual from this page. It look like the GP one has some sort of pre-fabricated fuselage so it may be different from the one you're looking at.

Whether you're able to do the conversion and what is required will depend on the specific kit, so the way I see it you have a couple of options:

1. Ask in the electric forums to see if anyone has this kit and take it from there

2. Phone up Dare Hobbies and ask them directly if the conversion can be done

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