What would be the appropriate brushless motor size?
04-19-2005, 10:17 PM
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What would be the appropriate brushless motor size?
What would be the correct brushless motor size for an airframe that would normally fly with a .25 size two stroke glow engine?
Many thanks for any replies,
GPB
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RE: What would be the appropriate brushless motor size?
A .25-size plane usually weighs around 3lbs, so any 300 Watt power system spinning a 10-12" prop would power most any .25-size plane pretty adequately. Might be overkill on some, underkill on others, but generally it'd be a pretty good performance.
There are hundreds of ways to get 300 Watts. My favorite is a 10-cell NiMH or 3S LiPoly at 30 Amps. I'd probably go with an AXi 2820/10 and a 10x6 or 11x5 prop.
There are hundreds of ways to get 300 Watts. My favorite is a 10-cell NiMH or 3S LiPoly at 30 Amps. I'd probably go with an AXi 2820/10 and a 10x6 or 11x5 prop.
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RE: What would be the appropriate brushless motor size?
it also depends on the plane and what you are going to do....
just basic flying? IMAC pattern flying? all out 3D?
just basic flying? IMAC pattern flying? all out 3D?
