E-Gee Bee
 

Giys
has anyone considered e powering a GP of kyosho Gee Bee ?

andy

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Hi

Not sure if this is the same as you write about.

http://users.swing.be/vincent.filbiche/geebee.htm

regards

Brenton Wildman
Australia

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You know.....this whole electric business is getting easier by the day. There may be a day soon when ALL of my planes will be electric. I am getting tired of glow fuel oil staining my rugs in my Jeep, and making my balsa wood on my planes mooshy soft. In a few more years....the EPA will crack down so hard on the flying fields that all of us will be force to go electric. I personally think that would be a good thing!

So Andy......if you get the Gee Bee electrified, will you post the results please? Good luck!

RE: E-Gee Bee
 

Although I prefer the new Great Planes GeeBee, the Kyosho GeeBee is still beautiful and has a correct color scheme for the model.

You'll need good power for that model so either call Tom Cimato at [link=http://www.maxcim.com/]MaxCim Motors[/link] or Shawn Plummer at [link=http://www.aero-model.com/]Aero-Model[/link] for a Hacker B50 setup.

Good luck!

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Hi guys
Ive been using motocalc to see if a maxcim will work. i seem to be chasing my tail in setups.

andy

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Yeah.....this bird will be a tough one to convert. I would say if you have the extra $$$$ you should go with a brushless set up and L-poly cells. I am not the one to give advise on exactly what to use but here are a couple of links that may help.

[link=http://aircraft-world.com/]Electric RC Aircraft[/link]

[link=http://www.b-p-p.com/razor.htm]Bishop Power Products[/link]

[link=http://www.allerc.com/]All Electric RC[/link]

There is another site that I would like to find for you. The site has some awesome planes and brushless systems. I had even talked to the owner on the phone. Very nice and is a L-poly beleiver. I saw some video of his planes in action....Holy Moly!!!!! They rip.....for over 45 minutes of extreme earobatics. I will keep searching until I find it and I wil get back to you.

Dave


[link=http://home.att.net/~imsofaman/dave_surace_rc_homepage.htm]Dave Surace RC Homepage[/link]

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I think this is the site......


[link=http://www.espritmodel.com/]Esprit Models[/link]

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Anyone else converted on yet?

It looks like a pretty simple way that the Pletenberg versionw as done. I am curious how the batteries are affixed?

At the field though you will have to charge the batts in the plane.

Kirby

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Kirby looks like he put a tray of some sort rite under the motor.As for batteries taking off the cowel to change the battery packs looks easy too. This one thing that I lookat when I do a big size plane conversion.I LIKE TO FLY,"NOT WEIGHT FOR MY BATTERIES TO CHARGE![:@] Like when I fly my sig s/e I bring 3 16 packs to fly with.(sorry to get off the subject).andy120 I say go for it!!!:D have fun,stefanP

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I looked at one at the LHS today. It is smaller than I thought it would be, but looks beautiful. I think that I will have to make soem 6 cell packs as the cowling does not look big enough for 14 cells.

I would want to try an AXI 4120 14 on 12-14 cells and a 13x8 prop.

Kirby

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Dang Kirby, I want to see you build one so I can copy it! You gonna try to fly it at LMRC? LOL !!

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[X(] Ooppps....I got caught posting on this "other"board... Quick the disguise [8D]

I could fly it once in there....take off and splat!

I love Golden era racers and have thought about some fanfold ones for indoor. Maybe like Gary's Corsair size RFFS would be too cool!

You never know what I am working on, rest assured I am always working on something.

Kirby