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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/15/2006 6:50:58 PM   
Chris 1



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Status: offline 		wow! that looks good! man keep it up

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/15/2006 7:25:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks. I took this the other day with the boss' camera while he's
away on vacation. (heh-heh...) Finally figured how to download
the pics.
Even with the battery shoved all the way up the nose I'm still a little
tail heavy. Should have some pics of the finished plane soon.
Provided the boss stays in Florida.

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/15/2006 8:07:12 PM   
vinman31


 

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Status: offline 		great idea. what is the wing span.
you have to get some finished pic's.

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/15/2006 11:06:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		dude nice!!! what is the size on the plane??

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/16/2006 2:04:29 AM   
Neurotex



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Status: offline 		Nose to tail is 11". Wingspan 17" After glopping the motors on
with Automotive Goop it's about 22.5 grams. A little heavier
than I was hoping for plus it's a tad tail heavy. Well, it is a
flying boat after all-
Should have some pics of it completed soon.

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/16/2006 3:14:43 PM   
Neurotex



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I've now ran into a charging problem maybe some here have ran into.
The battery only cahrges for a 1 min- 10 seconds before the charging
light goes off. This leaves with with about a minute of possible flight time.
I tried a second charger- same thing. Both chargers charge my other
AA to the full charging time so it's not the charger or Double A batteries.

I was thinking of trying to charge the lipo directly from 6 Double A's from
just a battery box I made. I believe the lipo is 3.5 volts. Would the charge
of the 9 volt battery box fry it? Also I would have to keep close time on the
charge but if I could get the plane to run at least 5 minutes I'd be satisfied.

The only other thing I can think of is the lipo's going dead on me.
And that means a tear down for the new battery.

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/16/2006 3:18:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		this might be a little hard but, you could replace the battery with a new one.
you said it was tail heavy right? get a bigger battery, that might help balance the plane out.

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/16/2006 3:32:27 PM   
Neurotex



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Status: offline 		That's an idea! Should get over 10 minutes of flight easy.
Sure would like to know exactly what's up before I start rip'n.
I'm going to at least trim it first- maybe this is best for now
since it won't get very far on a minute of juice.

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/16/2006 4:39:42 PM   
Tommyr


 

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ORIGINAL: Neurotex

Finished and ready for test flights. Well almost.






That is one AWESOME PLANE! GREAT job!

Tom

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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/16/2006 9:16:12 PM   
critterhunter



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Status: offline 		That is one good looking plane. Great job. Well, having yoked the electronics out of my first AA for transplant into various bodies that strike my fancy, I picked up my second AA the other day. This one I intend to leave stock for the most part...maybe moving the battery forward again and possibly bending the tail boom to correct the up climb it has stock.

I had removed the lower wings on my first AA and it does fly well that way but faster, and thus wasn't able to fly it in the barn where four or five of us fly our AAs. So, don't do this if you currently are flying in a smaller indoor area. Wouldn't matter in a larger place like a gym, of course. The penny in the nose trick also works great for outdoor flight to cut through a little wind and/or stop the up/down syndrome. Again, however, this won't work in the barn as it makes the plane a bit too fast even with the bottom wing on.

A question for you guys who have heated the boom to correct the tail climb...Does this speed up the plane? Don't want to do this mod if it will hurt my barn performance by increasing the speed.

For those asking about using rechargable batteries...I've been using Energizer 2500 (2700?) ma AAs from Walmart (about $10 to $17 for an eight pack). Make sure they are at least 2500 (2700?) ma on the label as I've seen them sell lower capacity ones by Energizer for the same price. I charge them on my Pirahna Digital Peak Charger at about .3 amps (slow charges are the best for AAs like these) overnight when needed. Also drain them down good and dead every fourth or fith time in a flashlight before a charge. These batteries are a great value and last a good two to three times longer than regular batteries in devices I've used them in. In my JR Sport 600sx computer TX I get about five to six times longer run times than the stock JR TX battery that came with it. In the AA I don't notice any longer charge times or lack of range. In fact, I think my charge times are less than regular batteries. This goes along with the trend of these things lasting longer, performing better, in such devices as my Digital Camcorder than regular non-rechargable batteries. Pick them up and you won't regret it.


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RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace! - 4/17/2006 12:44:50 AM   
micro_builder



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Status: offline 		pretty sharp looking, Neurotex. i think thats the first full stick and tissue job i've seen so far (others i've seen were profile versions). she should fly pretty nicely with all that wing area.

another way you may be able to get your CG right is to put the motors on the LE of the wing, rather than the TE. all you have to do is take the props off, flip them over, and put them on the opposite motor, and it'll go from pusher to puller. takes less than 3 minutes to do and would probably lift some of that weight off the tail.

the lipo should last a long time, i'm still using one from the first planes i bought back almost a year ago. but from your description, it sure does sound like the lipo. the stock one is a 130mah cell, so anything bigger than that would work as a replacement. the TX charges at a certain mA, and the RX will only allow that mA rate to charge the cell in the plane (due to a diode on the RX), so the battery box might not even charge the plane. plus, someone just reported their plane going up in smoke cause they used the wrong type of charger. they burnt up their laptop, carpet, floor, lots of smoke, not to mention the plane was entirely destroyed...lipos need their own type of charger, so i'd stick with the stock TX charger (unless you start using differant cells, then you can put your own plugs on the cells, and use your own charger to charge them and not waste TX batteries).

again, nice job on the plane. hope the maiden goes well, try to get some pics!