Aeroworks 50cc Extra 300 QB - All Up Weight?
Hi, I recently put my 50cc Aeroworks Extra 300 QB together that I have had in the sealed box for a couple years now. I'm sure it will fly great but I wasn't real happy with the final weight. I spent a lot of time positioning things to balance perfectly without any ballast weight at all. I'm wondering what yours weighs and the kind of performance you are seeing?
The dry weight of the plane is 18 lbs. 2 oz. Takeoff weight with all fluids full is 20 lbs. 8-10 oz (it was windy when I weighed this). The DLE 55RA with a Xoar 22X8 pulls nearly 24 lb of static thrust on the first tank of 93 octane (alcohol free) with 32:1 Lawnboy ash-less (per DLE manual). The engine RPM is 6830 (rich from a peak RPM of 7020). Altitude 5500 ft ASL.
The smoke pump battery is bigger than it needs to be, once I get a feel for the plane, I'll change it to a much smaller one to make a small CG change to the AFT.
Any Thoughts?
My plane specs are:
DLE 55RA
DLE rear exit canister muffler w/smoke tap
Savox SV-1270TG on all control surfaces
Hitec HV Standard throttle servo
Sullivan Skywriter smoke pump
2 x 2550 2S Lipo RX packs
1X 3S 1000ma Lipo for smoke pump
Tech-Aero IBEC (eliminates ignition battery)
1X AR 8000 RX (all 8 channels used)
800cc gas tank (kit supplied)
450cc smoke tank (kit supplied)