Thank you for taking interest.
There really are not many restraints besides the 15 amp restriction and 1.5lbs of HiMH battery limit. Although I understand that most RC systems do not use a fuse due to added resistance and I am sure other negatives, the only purpose of the fuse in my competition is make sure everyone follows the parameter. The only loophole is that I could use a slow blow fuse.
The two missions we have to perform are: 1) see how many laps the pilot can make around a preset course in a 4 minute limit 2) once the plane is loaded with 6x6x6in 1lb blocks how fast it can compete 3 laps. For the first mission the score is based on the number of laps, for the second it is based on number of blocks and time. the total score is then divided by the weight of the empty plane, so lighter the plane the higher the score.
For the motor I only mentioned 300-500 watts as a guess. It is not a requirement. I would like to follow the "sports plane" type of model (6:1 or 5:1 aspect ratio for the wings) with a high wing and slight dihedral and foward taper.
Last edited by Petkov; 09-23-2013 at 05:42 AM.