Mastertech

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Talked to EF today, looks like about 6 more weeks. Container is 10-14 days from being on the ship.

Tim

rcpattern

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Having flown mine for some time now. I am currently running my CG right at the very front of the wing tube. It seems to work out very nicely there.

Arch

BR289

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I had just checked yesterday to see where we are with the container and yes, the Vanquishes are still "about" six weeks out.
Blair

Flowmotion

Hallo Arch,

Thanks for YourInfo. This helps me a lot.

After a WindS50 from Sebart this will be my first “full-size” F3A model after 10 yearsstopping flying such large models.

Waiting for my Lipos –in Germany at moment the availability is very poor and I can start.

 

Greetings

Gerhard

claudio_3d

Hallo Gerhard:


have you try to buy lipos from HobbyCity they have a warehouse in germany, I'm from mexico and last week I was in switzerland. I buy 15 packs with a very cheap shipping, because EMS to Mexico is very expensive.

I'm pretty sure you can get good figures with turnigy or zippy packs from HC.

Claude

Flowmotion

Hallo Claude,

Every 5S Pack from zippy or turnigy is at moment on backorder in the german warehouse of HC.

I am waiting for the "top fuel" Lipos from Hacker or the LiPolice from Schweighofer. hope they will available in shortness.

Greetings
Gerhard

Hokie Flyer

Flowmotion,

Give the Turnigy Nanotechs a try. They're only available from Hobby King's (formerly Hobby City) Hong Kong warehouse, so shipping is more. Several of us in Florida have started using them and they deliver noticeably more power than Zippy's and Rhinos. They're also rated for more cycles than Zippy's/ You only need the 25C/50C formulation. The higher discharge batteries are heavier and may cause you to bust weight.


Rob

cmoulder

I have only a few cycles on the Nanos but so far they are excellent. I am also very happy with the Zippy and Rhino packs which have about 35 cycles on them thus far.

One of my 3 Zippy packs (two 5S packs in series, actually) is inexplicably outstanding. Don't know why because the IR numbers are about the same as the other Zippys, about 4-5 milli-ohms.

tclaridge

I also have tried the nanatechs 45C, and I am very impressed. The hold better voltage at high amp output, and the internal resistance is very low and well matched between cells.

David Leitch

Just ordered my Vanquish since I am having such a good experience with Extreme Flight 78" Extra on 8S.

Trying to work out the right motor. There's a Hacker C50XL in the Extra, which uses this mount:
http://www.espritmodel.com/index.asp...OD&ProdID=2631

Since I fly a lot of F5B and other electric gliders mostly prefer geared motors.

Question is: Will there be an issue fitting the above style motor and a Neu F3A or Hacker C50XL in the Vanquish? For most purposes I prefer the slightly lower weight and extra efficiency you can get from a geared motor, although with modern batteries it doesn't matter so much. However I don't know anything about pattern except that the planes fly nearly as straight as an F5B Avionik and maybe outrunners have some advantage over geared inrunners besides cost?

regards
David Leitch

rcpattern

My Feedback: (45)

David,

The front is currently setup for an outrunner. The firewall placement is ideal for a rear mount outrunner. You will have to make a "cage" to hold the front of an inrunner as I would not try mounting it to the cowl. It can be done, but it will require some work. Any of the outrunners that are rear mount work best for this setup, but it is possible to get a geared inrunner in the nose, it will just took some work,

Archie

David Leitch

Archie

Thanks for that. I've had good success with hacker/esprit cage mount before. It bolts to firewall using the firewall mounting screws and then Ed lyerley showed me how to hold the back of the motor using cable ties

Three must surely be enough room between the firewall and the cowl for the length of the geared motor?

cmoulder

Doesn't look like it [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10535266]here[/link]!

It would take some work, most likely a new firewall farther back.

rcpattern

My Feedback: (45)

David,

As Bob said, unfortunately not. The motor would protrude back through the firewally. The plane was essentially designed for outrunners for ease of setup and use. Extreme Flight even provides spacers to ensure the correct fit of various outrunners, but there are no provisions for a geared inrunner, but as I said, with some work, it could be done.

Arch

desertrider49

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Arch,
When you are inverted (well, your plane) how much down do you like to input to make the plane fly level ?

rcpattern

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I like to push some, but not a great deal, but I don't use the CG to set that. I set the CG with all of the other tests and then if when I'm inverted, I'm pushing more than I'd like, I either take out expo that I have in down elevator, slightly increase the throw, or on my Winds, I've actually got reverse expo to make it more sensitive around neutral so that I don't push a great deal inverted.

Once everything else is set, I will use expo to get the feel that I like, either more sensitive, or less sensitive, depending on what I need.

Arch

H

Fitting a Hacker C50 was a very simple task just create a nose ring to take the soft mount and install a rear support. the firewall needs to be opened up to pass the motor through.

Ryan Smith

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H,

Are those stock undercarriage and wheelpants?

Ryan

David Leitch

H. Very helpful photo. Thanks. F3a seems to be the only electric area using soft mounts. Where do I get one of them? Is there a choice.

wattsup

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David, contact Jerry at www.buddengineering.com He has a nice selection of light weight soft mounts for both outrunner and inrunner motors. I've used them for years and can attest to their quality and Jerry's prompt service. BTW, "H" you are talking about some serious power in your Vanquish! You did a nice job of reworking the firewall to accomodate the Hacker 13xl. Regards, Everette

rcpattern

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Ryan

Those look like the stock gear and pants to me.

Arch

H

Yes it is the stock gear and pants .. works very well

rcpattern

My Feedback: (45)

Hyde also makes some very nice soft mounts for the inrunners and outrunners. I'm running his mounts on my Neu motors in my Wind S Pros.

Arch

omsflyer

Have to second Arch here, running a Hyde mount on a Hacker Q80-13.. been experimenting with Merle to get the right support for the outrunner...
Its mounted in a Gaudious... Very quiet setup... Charlie

nonstoprc

My Feedback: (90)

Hyde type probably is the best soft mount to reduce noise, partially due to larger rubber area.