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Old 06-18-2006 | 06:09 PM
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Default RE: Royal B-17 Conversion

I am doing an electric conversion on a CedarHobbies.net B-17. This one has a 78" wingspan. AUW when using .32 Magnum 2-stroke engines was 12 pounds. With electric, it will be significantly lighter(I hope). Anyhow, I am using 4 x E-flite Power 10 outrunners. I haven't bought the esc's yet, but had originally planned on using 4 - E-flite 40 amp esc's. The props are MAS 9x7 3-blades. I haven't decided on using counter-rotating engines/props as the real plane did not have that, but I am still open to the idea. I have an FSK B-25 that does have counter-rotating props/engines on it since there is no functionla rudder.

AS far as electronics in the B-17, I will eb wiring all the esc's up using Y-connectors, but disabling all but ONE BEC(using 3 inch servo extentions and cutting the red wire). For power, I am using 4 or 5 TP 2100 3s lipos connected into a FMA Direct circuit board with 5 Deans connectors on it.