Conversion of a Pattern/ Artistic Aerobat
Well, I am far enough along that I can post some progress. This is a 2M Artistic Aerobat from Extremeflightrc.com. Chris is not producing these as of yet but could in the future. He has many other projects going on for the RC community that this has been shelved.
I watched him fly his IC version at a funfly a couple of years ago and fell in love with it ever since. He had a second prototype and knew of my interest, so here we are.
Here is the motor and setup:
Hacker A60 18m
19X12 wide APC
Prototype Torque 90a ESC
4- JR 8411's (dual elevator and ailerons)
1- JR 8611 for the rudder (overkill)
6v UBEC
10S 5400mah Electric Power
This plane is a 2M all built up model in usual EFRC quality. The wings have a CF wingtube and the elevators use an aluminum one. The usual hardware came with the kit (CF control horns, balllinks, titanium control rods etc).
Chris even provided an extended swept back gear for electric conversion! The gear holds up fine, but any bow in it and my 19" prop gets a bit too close for comfort. I have reinforced the gear with 1/8th steel rod just to be sure it doesnt bow out.
I have no idea what this power system will do on a 19X12 yet as I have not run it up. An A50 would have been plenty at 1500 watts I am sure, but I am looking closer to 1900-2000 watts if I want to try and compete with it.
Here are some photos: