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Super Jake build/conversion thread - 4/16/2012 3:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		Okay well It looks like I'm winging it on the super jake.  I have never even flown an electric and to be honest i havn't been in the hobby for very long, but I don't care.  I'm doing it.  I just got the fuselage finished, and the motor mounted.  I hooked it all up and ran it through my meter.  Did solid on a 60 second test.  I'm running a hobbywing fun fly 40A ESC, a Value hobby G10 motor, and Value hobby Gforce 3S 2200 mah 20C Lipos.  The ESC and Battery got just a little warm and only pulled 25A with a 9 X 6 E prop.  Not too shabby and it felt like it had loads of thrust.  I don't really know how to calculate this so if anyone has a fromula I'd like to see it.  I think the plane is going to come in at a touch over 2 lbs maybe 2.5 lbs when its finished. A little heavy I think, but the motor should have no problem getting it in the air.

I cut a little off the cowling for a couple of reasons.  I didn't want to push the motor out front any more because it is already nose heavy enough so that should help at least a little bit when it comes time to balance the plane, and it's kinda related to the later but also just so I didn't have to use stand offs.  It is going to be a little bit of a pain to mount the nose landing gear, but I think i can pull it off.  I'm new so I will have plenty of opportunities in the future to do thing differently.  If any of you have any input on where I can put the battery and ESC to help with the COG on this plane I would appreciate it.  Also what are your thoughts on mounting the servos in the back of the plane?  I'm tossing that idea around a bit and I'd like a little input.  

Thanks



Danny


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