Electric pylon racer converted to glow flies!
 

Here is a link to my build of a magazine free plan that I am building for AP .061 glow.

http://www.rcmf.co.uk/4um/index.php/topic,43020.0.html

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Can't actually see any pics. Looks like I'd have to register with the site to see them [&o]

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I have just posted 3 pics in the gallery here. They are simply called "engine" "fuz" and "wing". Sorry I couldnt work out how to link them to this post.
try:Home/ member gallery/1/2 and 1/8A
Pluriel

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Love to hear stories about these conversions. We should set up a conversion fund, maybe even a glow conversion brotherhood? A guy in the speed forum already coined the phrase "Goo Crew".

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Well I just bought a fiberglass speed model to convert from electric to glow errrr goo power, and an electric Tiger Moth 40" to go goo with too :)
Stewart

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I'd like to join the Slime Sub-Crew for electric to diesel conversions. Some time later this Spring there will be enough space on my bench to get beyond doing the fuselage of a PAW .03 powered Micro Telemaster. Right now it's filled with 1/2A control line stuff.

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Very nice... can't wait to see how it turns out!

Oh, it looks like you found a good way to make use of those old battery packs! :D

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Yes I have some 8cell 3000mah Nimh Kan batteries that I used to use in my Ripmax Spitfire and Nigel Hawes Tucano and lots of 8cell 1000mah Nimh Kan that I used to use in multiplex foamies. I have never used them since I discovered Lipos, even though the big nimh in particular are hardly used. I dont like having to charge batteies before I go flying, its much easier to do so after a session, then I can just grab em and go!

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Those nicds work well for portable engine starter packs. Mount a project box on the bottom of your starter to hold a 10-12 cell nicd pack.

somegeek

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A bit more progress. I just love the allen head screws!
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Looks like a quick build - is there any chance you could post some basic dimensions and the general wing construction?

I'm really interested is seeing how this turn out...

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36" wingspan, tailplane 10.25" across, Fuz 27.5" to firewall. Let me know if you need more details. Wing cut from quarter inch sheet balsa and profiled with a plane/ sandpaper.

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Throttle servo installed.
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LOL that link is bigger than the servo.

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The slings and arrows!! Hatch on, fuel proofed nose, wing on properly, tail made.
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It's covered! Just the electrics to install.
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That's looking very, very sharp. Falls right in line with some of the other SWRs that have shown up here.

What magazine was that pullout plan in?

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Thanks, yes it does look nice. It was in the September 2007 edition of "Quiet and Electric Flight" - A UK magazine. They will have a fit when I send them the photo of the model with a noisy engine fitted!

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Finished this morning, then ran-in the engine and maidened it in a blizzard! Final; weight 477 grammes or 1 lb and seven eights of an ounce dry. This includes 7grammes noseweight. The model flies like a pylon racer should. This AP engine is sweeter than my other one and throttles and idles properly. A great model for this engine.
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Yeah Baby! (in my best Austin Powers voice) That's the way to show them how it SHOULD have been designed! :)

Now, get back out there and get us some video!

-Joe

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Pluriel --

Can't really tell from the pics, but your wing looks to have a full span spruce or hardwood spar. Will you give us a little detail on the wing construction? Did you use any tapered sheet, or shape it entirely from 1/4" stock. How did you make up the wingtips -- they look good with the upsweep.