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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 8/15/2006 5:41:26 AM   
jumbo 747


 

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Status: offline 		very nice boomer. looks super,too............... love jets all kinds my brushless f-16 and my t-33 ... sold them to have to meany some times.

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 8/17/2006 5:44:41 AM   
timothy thompson


 

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Status: offline 		it says to use a y harness off the throttle channel so both esc,s are connected. each esc has its own batt. wont that put too much current into the reciever. electron 6 for jr radio

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 8/17/2006 6:43:24 AM   
jumbo 747


 

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Status: offline 		well to start the power wire to the brushless esc' are cut on 3 of the esc... so i have one esc sending power to the reciever and all four motor power wires are not cut....... and on one esc you dont cut the power for your reciever power up...... ,,,, system is working awsome i have video this gets a lot of looks at the air-field i'am stoked with it's handeling and huge power....... what fun.. passer buy at the air field are lovein the 26 wheeles / 4 fans brushless.4 esc.. thay say it's pull you in to look and well worth it...

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 9/24/2006 3:10:40 AM   
scoyle


 

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Status: offline 		A video of my son, Rob, flying the Eflite Super Airliner. He says it flys great. Sure sounds cool.

video here

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 11/21/2006 12:23:10 PM   
rcflightboy


 

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Status: offline 		I gotta say I'm getting one for Christmas and I'm EXITED!

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 11/21/2006 12:28:34 PM   
rcflightboy


 

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Status: offline 		Yeah, 777's have a big ass landing gear in the front so.............

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 7/3/2007 6:49:45 PM   
heli143


 

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Status: offline 		It has been a while...
any updates on the projects, videos,,etc...

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 7/8/2007 7:11:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had flown my super Airliner twice before it lost all power midflight and crash without control. My findings tell me it was that the reccommended E-flite 20 amp ESCs were overloaded, got to hot and shutdown temporarily causing the out of control condition. I used all the reccomended e-flite motors, ESCs, servos, batteries, except for my RX and TX. I have been getting the parts needed to build a new one, but I am doubtful if I will use the E-flite 20 amp ESCs again because of the failure. If you look at the specs on the motors versus the ESCs it appears that the ESCs dont support the burst current or continous for that matter and require a UBEC for it to work correctly. When I called E-flite about the crash they said I needed an on-board RX battery pack and should have disabled the BEC on the ESCs so the RX battery would power the servos. What ESCs are you guys using out there? Anyone else have random power out crashes due to the E-flite ESC? How are you providing extra cooling to the ESCs? I dont think the manuals instructions that call for the ESCs to be covered by the tape allow proper cooling. I know some folks on the wattflyer board that had identical crashes to mine. Thanks

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 7/8/2007 7:21:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thats weird, I have a year and a 1/2 of flying mine with your setup and no issues or no extra battery.


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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 7/9/2007 4:22:20 AM   
jetnfast



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Status: offline 		Boomer,
Just curious, do you provide any extra cooling to the ESCs? are yours covered by the wiring cover tape? I have a feeling they might have gotten overheated somehow. It crashed back in march, and wasnt even that warm out. Strange....

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 7/9/2007 5:19:43 AM   
509thBoomer



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Status: offline 		Nope mine were covered as per the directions, maybe you just got a bad pair or I got real lucky as I also had extra servos running a boom on the back and strobe & landing lights all on the e-flite 20 amp speed controls. I just don't know...





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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 10/28/2007 6:13:38 PM   
ARF Guy


 

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From: Prescott, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Got the AF-1 at Big 5 Sporting Goods a couple months ago for $56 on sale. I put a Futaba 2.4 receiver and a programmable 35 amp ESC in it to run the brushed motors with a 3 cell li-po. I made some landing gear and installed 4 cheapie mini-servos for ailerons (2), elevator (1) and steerable nose gear. I looked at a 3-view drawing for a guestimate on the main gear location and balanced it where it balanced stock with the battery pack. I had some issues with the negative incidence on the horizontal stab since it was meant to fly with just thrust but work around that rather than cut them off and re-align them. Full power for take-off uses about 300 ft of our dirt runway (I'm sure paved would be much less) and it rotates just like the real thing. I reduce power immediately to reduce its natural tendency to climb and the thing tools around at a very scale-looking speed. Stalls just mush straight ahead and even here at 5500' above sea level, it’s almost a powered glider. I use a 1450 MAH pack and it gives me plenty of flying time. It will also lift my 2200 MAH "Stryker" battery but the extra weight makes it fly a little faster.

Wind sucks! It will do a weird wallowing, especially when slowing to land but landings are a piece of cake! I carry a little throttle right to the ground and flair to a scale nose-high landing. So far this plane is the hit of our flying field and a hoot to fly. Oh yeah and a bunch cheaper than the E-flight airliner.
Arf Guy

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RE: E-Flite Super Airliner - 11/25/2007 6:03:04 PM   
jetnfast



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Status: offline 		Hey Guys,

I was curious if you all knew where I could get a replacement 2mm x 6mm