I have a just built lanier stinger 40. I flew it twice glow and had engine trouble so I stripped it. It was a beautiful build, and hate the slimy mess on all my other planes. I dont want to ruin a great looking plane and was thinking about an electric conversion. I have never owned or built an electric plane so I am totally new to it. Been flying glow and gas for a few years. What equipment will I need besides a battery, motor, and speed control??? Which battery, motor and speed control should I use. Keep in mind I dont want to sped alot of $$ on it. What about the weight issue?? Will the standard servos I used be fine?????? or should I go micro??? This is a pretty little plane and I would like it to not get oil soaked wood like the rest of my fleet. Any info on this would be very appreciated I have no electric experience. Thanks and godbless.

It would help if you could weigh the plane without the glow motor.

I'm flying two "40 sized" models with a Phasor 30-3 motor and a 3s4p Thunderpower battery. This might be more than you want to spend. There are several more motor/battery combs that would work.

Lightness is always a factor in converting a glow model to electric. Since your model is built and covered, its too late to replace the heavier lite ply with 1/8" balsa and increase the open spaces in the model. You can save weight using mini/micro servos. Hitec HS81 and HS85 give you almost the same servo proformance at half the weight. Deleting the receiver battery and using a BEC (battery elimator controller) speed control will help also, if you can keep the cell count at 10 or below. Otherwise, use a smaller receiver battery. I use 225 mah batery myself.

If you post the weight, I'll run some numbers on motocalc for you.

John Pursell

Thanks John that was vey informative!....... I will try to get a weight of it. do not have a scale.