ORIGINAL: Jeff Boyd 2
Great stuff. Will follow this with interest.
I have one still in the box (for the last 4 - 5 Months [
] ) but haven't had the time to work on it. Should get clear in the next 2 - 3 weeks. Powering mine with a Hyperion Outrunner and 5S.
A friend has been flying his for the last 3 weeks coverted to Glow with a OS55AX . . flies fantastic. With a YS63 it would be awesome. Great F3A practice plane, flies very true and locked in.
PS. While this is designed and set-up for EP, a glow conversion is easy. Shorten the engine box (a peice out of the middle works well), butt it all back up, sheet it with 1/16" balsa and glass it . . all done.
Cheers, Jeff
Wow, I've been chomping at the bit to get one and your sitting on one ;-)
Careful with the motor choice, the one thing I learned tonight looking over all the parts is there is room for the designated motor, that's it. The Hacker A50 14L is 10mm longer than the specified A50 16S (Long versus Short can) and in fact it isn't going to work. I am going to change to the recommended motor rather than try and retro-fit, the idea being they give you the firewall already drilled and fitted with blind nuts, might as well use them. the issue with the 14L is the length, I wouldn't be able to get the cowl to overlap the fuselage properly to be screwed on. I could glue on blocks but I just don't want to mount the cowl with 1mm overhang, not enough IMO...
Jack