I'm not much of a glory hound.... or a writer. Maybe that a better story for another fella to write.

Wiz

Not about glory they are always needing cover shots for the K-factor, and is 2 fold, you competed with a 90 size plane which many of us have been saying that sportsman don't need a 2 meter to get started, story could be just your same coments that you put here on RCU, might inspire others to try a contest. I was like you seen a pattern contest I was hooked.
Steve Maxwell

I'll give it some more thought, Steve.

Wiz

MIKE PARSONS,

What are you drawing for amps with the Dream 110 with the E-Flite Power 60??

Team3d

Static it is 58 amps. @ 1100 watts.

MIKE PARSONS,

Did you do any modification to the Dream 110 when you were building it??Also, what mount
did you use to mount the E-flite Power 60?? Do you think I can use the Castle Creation
Phoniex 60 ESC with this plane, battery, prop, and motor??

Thank You for your replies,
Team3d

The Dream 110 was built stock with no modificiations. The mount is an aluminum mount made by Cambria tools. www.atlantahobby.com carries this mount.

The Pheonix 60 will work fine. It can handle 6S and bursts above 60 amps. I just had the Phoneix 80, so that is what I used.

have been using the Eflite 60 on 6S and a 16X10 apc prop in a Venus 2
Model weighs 8 lbs 1 ounce Vertical lines are as long as you would ever want for sportsman and intermediate...the whole sportsman routine uses 1200 mah from the batteries if you use good throttle management...
as WIZ said you could stop going up like in a stall turn, change your mind at the last second, and go up some more with no problem...Power is NOT an issue, nor is duration for competition...I have 2 sets of batteries, and flew 4 rounds one day 2 the next....never was rushed to get the batteries charged lots of time. The power system was barely warm after a round, including batteries. 22.9 volts in.....60 amps = 1374 watts
This was our first " competition" both me and the model.. TONS O FUN
I will definitely be doing it again...gotta get those 8 scores up. :-)

Mike,

Do you think that I can use a Hacker A50-12S with the Castle Creation Phoniex 80 amp esc
with this plane, battery, and prop??

How about a Axi 4130/16 with the plane, prop, esc, and battery??

Thanks
Team3d

Just used the hv85 on an A60 this morning. It wasn't pretty. With the newest software got so much squealing, motor cut out 3 times. Had to cut the high throttle atv down to 50% to get rid of the squealing, then didn't have much power. Tried several different timing settings, throttle settings, I wasn't able to get it to work. Thinking of trying previous software, used the 1.52 which was supposed to fix outrunner problems.

I've had mixed results with Castle Creations controllers and outrunner motors. If you are going to use an outrunner you might just want to consider using a Jetti or Hacker controller instead.

I know the 85 has had its share of problems. I have used the 110HV with much success on they Cyclon outrunners.

Should maybe try the Jeti controllers...I used my first one in 1995...it was not very good back then....But now, I find them very reliable, well priced and they do handle the volts/amps they say they are capable of....in the last 6 years I have never had a failure with the Jeti.....I cannot say the same about CC speed controllers.

I never had a problem with my Hacker, Jeti, and Castle Creation esc. The last time I had something
happen to my esc is when I burned it out by over amping it. I never had any problems with my CC
esc so I don't know what you guys are talking about??

eflier,

What do you mean by "I cannot say the same about CC speed controllers"?? I never had any problems
with my CC esc.

Mike Parsons,

Do you think that a Axi 4120/14 on this plane will power it or is that motor too small?? It says on hobby lobby
that it gets close to 9 pounds of thrust??


Team3d

I think the 4120 is too small. A 4130 is the smallest I would go.

Team 3D... I cannot say I have had no failures with CC controllers.[&o]
I am not knocking the product, just stating my experiences with them over 14 years of electric flying...some guys love 'em...I personally won't use them....I happen to like the brand I'm using ...there are others who won't use the brand I'm partial to...that doesn't mean they are no good. If you like CC controllers, they obviously work for you, by all means continue using them.....You asked for opinions, or advice on the subject....sometimes the information you receive won't jive with what you either expect or want to hear, but there is no offense intended, we are after all just passing on experiences and opinions.

MIKE PARSONS,

Did you do any programming with the Castle Creation Phoniex 80 so it can be used for the plane
and the motor or is there no programming?? Also if I use the Phoniex 60 ESC do you think that I
will fry the ESC or do you think I will be Fine??

Team3d

The only change I made in the Controller was for Cut-off Voltage. Everything else was left default.

The 60 will handle the load fine. It has a burst rating that well covers what the power 60 will produce. I have found that most of my flying is done right at 35 amps. I dont rise above that unless going vertical and using full throttle.

-Mike