Glacier Girl

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My bad, [sm=red_smile.gif]
They are 2" versions. Dubro part #'s 541 and 542
Tower has them, LEX152 for white, LXE153 for black.

Sorry

hawk3ye

So hawt

Heyas, a newbie question but stil on topic I hope! I noticed you were using 30 amp ESCs...is this because the props are somewhat aggressive and in combo with the 1000kv motors draw a lot of amps? I read that having more amps is not a bad thing for ESCs but I just wanted to know the above because I was curious....

Glacier Girl

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nope. Just had em laying around so I used them. If memory serves me the two motors only pull something like 18 or 19 amps combined. Bigger esc's tend to cool bettter.

Oh and I mounted my esc's under the motors on the wood motor mount, they sit right behind the chin intakes on the cowls so they get plenty of airflow.

ea01bg

I mount mine there as well seems to provide the best air flow

ea01bg

I got a chance to maiden my P-38 It flew great. This thing really has the wow factor With the recommended brushless motors , counter rotating 9x7 3 bladed props and 3s 2100 thunder power batt this thing flew like it was on rails! Loops from level flight where effortless rolls where tight. and it about leaps out of my hand at 2/3 power. The only problem I've had is that without the landing gear the props are causing the motor mounts to break on landing [] The first fight broke the right mount and the second flight broke booth. I'm going to change out the props and go with 2 9X6 slow flier props.
This plane is a ball to fly ( now I have a better idea why GG is sooo addicted to P-38's).


So many plane.. so little time...

Glacier Girl

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He,He,He, and Horizon has just announced it's version.

ea01bg

GG,
Yea, I saw your post, addict
What paint schema you going with on that one?
If you get a chance I posted a E flight P-47 question on another thead I could use your input on the power system.

Thanks

hawk3ye

heya, did you guys attempt to enable the rudders at all? I got the rudder linkage in case I wanted to experiment with it one day but I noticed that the thing only goes to one rudder - is there a way to link it so that both rudders move? or am I completely speaking out of my bum?

ea01bg

I didnt hook mine up and didnt really look into it.

hawk3ye

I see...one more quick question...i need an opinion on this...I'm nearing the end of the build but I have a slight issue getting the Spinner+Prop+Adapater combo to fit properly.

I'm usinng GG's 3 blade slow fly props, the 2" Dubro spinners and the EMI recommended brushless motors+adapters

The Dubro spinners fit like a glove on the motor shaft+EMI adapter as does the prop with very little play; however the kicker is that the little nut that goes in front of the whole shebang to squish everything in has little thread to screw onto...essentially the order on the shaft of the motor is Proper adapter, Spinner backplate, then prop, then washer and lastly the nut at the front.

I know, I need a picture to describe the whole thing, sorry I'm at work atm

Question, I noticed that GG said he shaved the backplate of the Dubro spinner - which I guess is fine but I was thinking, if I shaved/dremeled the nack plate wouldn't I have a higher chance of not doing this evenly and therefore make the whole assembly wobble?

I was thinking if i dremeled or shaved the little assembly that holds the 3 blade prop fins together, that this would cut down the possibility of make the whole assembly uneven, you guys think this would be okay?

Glacier Girl

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I think I understand what you're saying, not enough threads on the prop adapter shaft for the nut to get a good bite. Now you know why I did it my way. Actually I just used a drill press to drill out the backs of the spinner plates, just big enough to barely slip over the prop adapters. Easy way to make sure the hole you drill is centered. Find a drill bit that's a tight fit in the unmodified hole. Chuck it in the drill press and center the back plate with it. Lock down the back plate and swap out to the size bit you need to clear the prop adapter. Drill away, the back plate is centered on the drill center so you should have no problem. Mine spins up fine and no vibrations that I can discern.

Glacier Girl

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Here like this.

hawk3ye

I finally worked out a couple noobie kinks...and took this puppy out late this evening...

wow.

my CG was a little nose heavy and i expected nose stalls but this plane is very smooth and didnt allow me to stall once.

At WoT it simply hauls ass too lol! Time for some paint and nose art!