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Forum: Electric General Discussion
11-17-2006, 12:03 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,506
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Brushless Setup for Flying Wing

Check ebay and look for a brushless motor in the 2000kv to 3000kv range, you should be able to pick up a nice outrunner for less than $25 shipped to your door. I also recommend you get at least a...
Forum: 1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars
08-20-2006, 11:42 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,858
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: My informal review of the A-tech XMT4 1/18th scale Mini Truck

The stock electronics seem really good and the pack never even got warm after an hour of play. The car still had plenty of power after running over an hour, I've never had an electric run for more...
Forum: 1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars
08-19-2006, 09:45 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,858
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: My informal review of the A-tech XMT4 1/18th scale Mini Truck

I picked up one of these trucks today and it runs great. I didn't have any problems with parts popping out even after some hard hits and jumping things in my driveway. This little truck will run...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
04-11-2006, 11:28 AM
Replies: 129
Views: 16,069
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Walkera #10

The new dragonfly looks like it has different blades, particularly at the blade root. It looks like they could pivot much further than the older version. I'm thinking about modifying my blade roots...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
04-11-2006, 11:18 AM
Replies: 129
Views: 16,069
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Walkera #10

squadri,

No need to cut the body, I just fit the two halves in place with needle nose pliers and tacked them down with CA glue. When the heat sink is cut in half it’s no longer symmetrical,...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
04-10-2006, 09:56 PM
Replies: 129
Views: 16,069
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Walkera #10

Check out the latest upgrade:

I took a motor heat sink, cut it in half, smeared some thermal paste on the inside and CA glued each heat sink half onto both motors. The results were significant,...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-31-2006, 11:59 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,493
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Promax neodym 370 bb motor???

Are these BB motors?

http://www.maxxprod.com/mpi/mpi-26a.html

I would like to upgrade my #10's motor too.
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
03-27-2006, 04:57 PM
Replies: 129
Views: 16,069
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Walkera #10

I just placed an order for a dragonfly #10 and was wondering if anyone has ever tried putting heat sinks on the motors to help keep them from overheating?
Forum: Electric Indoor & Micro RC Flight
03-27-2006, 04:35 PM
Replies: 6,986
Views: 875,898
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

Ashmanarion,

Odorless CA glue is foam safe and has provided me with the strongest bond when repairing my AA. This is what I've used to permanently mount my motors. Most local hobby shops stock...
Forum: Electric Indoor & Micro RC Flight
03-23-2006, 11:42 PM
Replies: 6,986
Views: 875,898
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

Barry2,
The slowest flyer is a tie between the large sirius glider with flaps and elevator cut into the wings and the stock AA. I flew the glider outside when it was calm today with a dime added...
Forum: Electric Indoor & Micro RC Flight
03-23-2006, 12:21 AM
Replies: 6,986
Views: 875,898
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

critterhunter,

I haven’t visited this thread in a while, but I just saw your post. To answer your question about the biplane, I picked it up at the local hobby shop. The biplane flies ok but...
Forum: Electric Indoor & Micro RC Flight
03-13-2006, 11:42 AM
Replies: 6,986
Views: 875,898
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

Here's the larger version, I’ll have to test both and see which one is best suited for the r/c equipment.
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product/?item_no=2587339&p=1013824
Forum: Electric Indoor & Micro RC Flight
03-13-2006, 11:26 AM
Replies: 6,986
Views: 875,898
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

I just placed an order for two sirius gliders, couldn't hold back the temptation.

I remember flying them outside when I was a kid and tweaking the flaps and elevator to get the smoothest and...
Forum: Electric Indoor & Micro RC Flight
03-13-2006, 11:10 AM
Replies: 6,986
Views: 875,898
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

Yep. Nothing beats a $2 dollar ARF.

Here's another glider that should make a great conversion: http://store.yahoo.com/explorestore/siriusglider.html

I think I had a few of these sirius...
Forum: Electric Indoor & Micro RC Flight
03-12-2006, 11:14 PM
Replies: 6,986
Views: 875,898
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

Here's my latest adaptation:

Its a Guillows biplane glider, both wings have been fiberglassed for added strength.
Wind handling characteristics are better than the foam bipe and it flies...
Forum: ARF or RTF
03-09-2006, 05:00 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 23,503
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: RichModels Works LTC ARF's

Here are some quick specs on the engines that I'm planning to install:

Norvel .25
Weight (no muffler): 8.03 oz. (around 9 oz with muffler)
Output: .850bhp

Compare to

OS .46 AX
...
Forum: ARF or RTF
03-09-2006, 04:45 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 23,503
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: RichModels Works LTC ARF's

I've been thinking of picking up one if these kits and setting it up as a twin. What I plan on doing is to modify the nose to accept a norvel .25 and place another .25 in the tail. These two...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-29-2006, 12:01 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,993
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Wal-mart foamie as first plane: some questions

Some tips from my walmart foamy experiences:

- Make an engine pod above the main wing using ply wood, paint it or put a thin coat of epoxy over it to fuel proof the wood
- before hacking up...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-06-2006, 11:29 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,573
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: VA MKII .049 RC engine comments

NSP was out of stock, I though something was up when I didn't receive an email confirmation for my order. So I decided to cancel the order with those guys and promptly ordered from soaringusa.com...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-03-2006, 10:49 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,573
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: VA MKII .049 RC engine comments

Today I gave into temptation and ordered a F5D pylon racer from NSP, now the only thing I can't decide is what to power it with.
Which engine do you guys think I should go with the VA .049 or a...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-03-2006, 07:53 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,039
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Looking for a twin.074

I've been entertaining the idea of building a canard (inline) twin. It would only require some minor modifications to some existing ARF kits to install an engine into the front fuselage.

Here's...
Forum: Extreme Speed Prop Planes
12-23-2005, 01:06 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,270
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Max speed from a generic chinese .52 engine

From what I've heard Clarence Lee is bad to the bone when it comes to model engines. That .48 must have gone under the knife in order to run with your jett, that muffler couldn't be the only mod.
Forum: Extreme Speed Prop Planes
12-22-2005, 05:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,270
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Max speed from a generic chinese .52 engine

Here are a few shops that I've come across that can perform the engine work:

http://www.rbmods.net/
http://www.tntmods.com/
Forum: Extreme Speed Prop Planes
12-22-2005, 03:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,270
Posted By DanPeoples

RE: Max speed from a generic chinese .52 engine

The closest carb that I have is off a ofna .21 buggy engine. It looks really close in size but the throttle cable would have to be at a 45 degree angle due to the slide carb configuration. I wonder...
Forum: Extreme Speed Prop Planes
12-22-2005, 01:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,270
Posted By DanPeoples

Max speed from a generic chinese .52 engine

The other day I was hunting for a speed engine on ebay to go into my new magnum r arf when I came across an engine I've never heard of before called a BH 52A. These engines are being sold by...
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