50 scale nitro to electric?
 

Can a 50 scale nitro be converted to electric with brushless motors?Has anyone done this and what was the result?Can I do this if I wanted to to say a Raptor or a Falcon?I am not saying I would do this now but later is there a conversion kit or is the weight factor too much?Any info or kits available would be of great interest.
Thanks in advance for any advice

RE: 50 scale nitro to electric?
 

if you learn to trim the hedge with it.. you can classify it as a " power tool" dude.. why ya wanna sacrifice the power? EPA down your back?

RE: 50 scale nitro to electric?
 

No EPA - I am in the middle of noware with a bunch of land.Im wanting to make a quiet heli that can hold the gear I want it to hold.I want to be able to mount a movable infared/color camera and operate it through a laptop.I also want to be able to have the heli do some tasks with minature robotics equiptment of my design.I was thinking if I could get a basic working unit down then I could design and make a few units that would be able to do a few things that could be of benifit as working units for others.This is all just a pipe dream in smoke now but I always try what I dream up.Sometimes it works:) Ill try something like it I was just wondering if what I have available now can be converted or if anyone has tried and what the pros and cons were.

RE: 50 scale nitro to electric?
 

Yeah thats cool stuff.. the forest service uses it alot in land management,, tho.. theyre gas rigs.. JR makes a medium sized electric.. and all the hobby shop owners get giddy when they show it off.. you might wanna look into it. '_;

RE: 50 scale nitro to electric?
 

Just about anything is possible!;)
These guys make bolt in setups for thr Raptor 50 [link]http://www.tppacks.com/products.asp?cat=15[/link]

All the info is out there if you look hard enough. From what I understand it's still reasonably expensive to do, but lots of people have been doing it for a long time now. And it's only getting cheaper....:D

There are some vids of the Szabo's flying one around. The one I've got is called "MWE-05 Heli Demo - Alan Szabo 2-19-05.wmv" but I can't remember where I got it from. More details are: >>2005 Mid-Winter Electric - Helicopter demo by Alan Szabo, Jr. - 2/19/05 - Raptor50 w/"boxed" 1515-2Y & TP4000-10s2p Pro Lite<<

RE: 50 scale nitro to electric?
 

you are a little behind the times thinking you'd "sacrifice power." a properly set-up e-raptor will fly circles around a glow 50. as stated, tppacks.com has some nice 10S conversions.

RE: 50 scale nitro to electric?
 

you mean no smoke and curiously annoying motor sound? No more handling exotic fuels, and messy clean up after flying? Blasphemy!

RE: 50 scale nitro to electric?
 

Thanks guys I am checking into the links now.I think conversions will be nice and from what I am hearing here and from a few pals I will definatly do it.Appriciate the links and info.