swede-RCU

Hello all-

The extent of my involvement with electric flight is fan fold foamies with 370 brushless outrunner motors.

Now I've decided to move up to a larger plane,say, a .46 3D plane.

What is a good motor/battery/ESC combo for a .46 size plane for 3D?

Any advise?

Swede

lwatson

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Look at the Fliton Extra 330. Hobby-Lobby shows all the conversion stuff you need. This ends up being a 5 to 6 pound plane. Unforturnately the batteries, motors and esc start to add into some money. I figured I would have about $800 in the air, that is a bit more than I am used to.

A better option would be a 2 pound plane, with a Hacker A30-16M. there are several available, I would recommend either the Extreeme Flight 300 if you want an ARF, or the Mountain Models e-tana if you want a kit. With them you only have about $500 in the air.

There is also a class of 25oz planes that fly OK, but if you are ready for some size do the other options.

Larry

aeajr

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To go 3D you will need to be something in excess of 120 watts per pound with a brushelss motor. 150 watts per pound would be a better target to insure plenty of reserve. Armed with that, AXI, Neu, Hacker and others have motors in that range. Hobby-Lobby would be my first place to go.

For example if you visit this Himax table:
http://www.maxxprod.com/mpi/mpi-262.html

You see that Himax recommends their HC3528 450 watt outrunner for 3D planes up to 56 ounces, or about 3.5 pounds. I would say a 3 pound limit would give you plenty of reserve with that 450 watt motor.