Good brushless?
12-02-2006, 04:23 PM
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Good brushless?
[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMYM0&P=6[/link] Motor
[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLUS5&P=7[/link] Esc
[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJCC2&P=7[/link] Plane
Would that be a good combo for that plane? If not please suggest one, Im on a budget...
also what battery would be good?
[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLUS5&P=7[/link] Esc
[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJCC2&P=7[/link] Plane
Would that be a good combo for that plane? If not please suggest one, Im on a budget...
also what battery would be good?
12-03-2006, 02:00 AM
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RE: Good brushless?
The plane and ESC seem ok.I dont know of the GWS motors.I use E flite stuff ,their motors are great.Spend the extra 10 or 20$ on a nice motor,you wont regret it when you get a second or third airframe.
If you want a combo deal I would really suggest looking at Airfoilz if your flying skills are advanced.
http://www.airfoilz.com/
If you want a combo deal I would really suggest looking at Airfoilz if your flying skills are advanced.
http://www.airfoilz.com/
12-03-2006, 04:05 AM
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RE: Good brushless?
I have the same motor that I use in my shockies, but I don't think it is man enough for the plane you quote if you want true 3d performance. That particular motor will give a max thrust of 653g (22ozs) at 11.7 amps on a 3s Lipo using a GWS 10*6 prop. Your plane, according to the manual, is to weigh between 12 and 14 ozs, so you would have less than 2:1 power to weight ratio. Check out 'gwsus.com' and see if they do a hotter motor that would suit your needs.
12-03-2006, 11:38 AM
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RE: Good brushless?
You just can not go wrong with Hacker or AXI quality in a rcx planes.com Yak, extra or similar. Excellent tough airframes, Hacker 20-20L, AXI 2208 with 25 amp controller and TP 1320. You will be in heven, trust me.
12-03-2006, 03:18 PM
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RE: Good brushless?
If you still want to use a GWS motor, it's the 2215/12T that you need. It will give 821g (29ozs) of thrust, at 12.7Amps with a GWS 12*6 prop using a 3s Lipo. This combo equates to 141 Watts of power which will give you unlimited 3d power on you chosen aeroplane without costing a fortune!
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Performance figures are on GWS's Website for all of their motors and ESC's, plus some other good stuff!
p.s.
Performance figures are on GWS's Website for all of their motors and ESC's, plus some other good stuff!
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RE: Good brushless?
I love that motor, its a beast for its size, and takes abuse, but its not man enough for a 12ounce 3D. It will make 15 ounces of thrust, and hover. It hoves my 3 channel Tigermoth just fine, but it doesn't have enough thrust to launch up out of a hover. It just sort of crawls up. The GWS 2212 or 2215 are the big brothers to the motor and would do fine.
For that kind of money, I would skip the Electrafly ESC and get a CC Thunderbird 18
For that kind of money, I would skip the Electrafly ESC and get a CC Thunderbird 18
