JNorton

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That is some story! Loose a battery pack and still land the plane. The stars were sure aligned for you that afternoon. My luck I would have rekitted it.

Are you running a regular APC prop or the electric version. Twin 5000 mAH packs or two 2500 in parallel? Really curious about your setup. Do you have any pictures of the installation you would like to share.

Thanks,
John

J.Paul Saure

That is some cool story to pass on to your grandchildren!
I would have never thought it could work!


Saludos,
Jean Paul

mikmerl

mike

BTW I too loved the story of the flying generator.

Knight_74

I'm using the apc E blades. I thought about testing it with the regular props to see if there was any difference in preformance. But never seem to get around to doing it.
I'll dig it out of the trailer sometime and take a couple of pics of the installation. It's actualy pretty simple though. I just left the bottom of the fuse open forward of the wing, cut away most of the bottom of the cowl and just slide the battery right in. There was just enough room for the 2 6cell 5000s.

Knight_74

Nice job on the checkerboard!

Knight_74

Unfortunatly the plane is in the camper for the winter. I tried to get a couple of pics of the installation, but most of them don't show anything. But this one will at least give you an idea.
yuck.. I see the covering is peeling on the cowl. [:'(] I had that blue monokote for ages, unfortunatly by the time I got around to using it they had discontinued the matching paint. This was my first (and last) time covering cowl in monokote!

JNorton

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Thanks for the information Knight74. I never knew you could monokote a cowl, always painted mine. The prices of electrics have really come down to the point where I'm thinking of trying one. Either this or a NE Aero twin.
John

Knight_74

Twins are a great idea for electric. Never have to worry about a flame out! I like gas and glow, but I have to say electric has gotten to the point where it can actually be better than traditional power. My ulti is a good example, it has the power of a 180 4 stroke (or more) and is about 24 ounces lighter than the previous one with a 1.20 4s.

JNorton

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Still the smell of Castor oil and nitro methane can't be duplicated. I'll always have some fuel motors.
John

trippergreenfeet

Thanks Knight, might look into an E conversion for the Ultimate, already have a suitable motor to drop in. Plus I've got stacks of 6S 5000's that are used in my helis.

toolmaker7341

I would like to join the brotherhood. Mine will be ready in spring with a DLE20 in the nose

alfredbmor

Toolmaker7341, welcome to our Brotherhood, you're number 100, do not hesitate on posting your entire building process or comments. I have learned a lot of building tricks right here, I bet that you will have a great time by reading all pages in this thread, make yourself comfortable and enjoy all pictures, tips and different Ultimate schemes posted by several members.

Congratulations on been the first hundred!!!

ktmfrank

Hey there! I'm back to the hobby since last year.When i left the hobby in 1997 i was younger and dumber lol.
i never though that finding a CG ultimate would be such a hassle.But i'm still hoping to find one someday.

skyracer068

May I be added to the CG Ultimate brotherhood?

Daryl Dunkelberger

alfredbmor

You are in Daryl, you are # 101 member, please tell us about your electric set up, great pictures, thanks for sharing, do not hesitate on posting a lot more.

alfredbmor

Don't give up, there should be one there waiting for you. Be patient and you will be rewarded.

jglemba

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I was thinking of making my ultimate electric also. Can you share some ifo on motor, prop, battery, etc.
Thanks, Joe[]

skyracer068

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_99...0/key_/tm.htm#

Here is the info. Good luck.

jglemba

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I would like to join the Ultimate Brotherhood. Restoring a 15 year old 1300
Thanks, Joe

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alfredbmor

Joe, you are in, your number is 102, hope you will find here a great spot for your rehabilitation project which I can see that is almost done, congratulations and have fun.

alfredbmor

For those members that have in mind to go on the electrical choice, it would be a good idea to post the entire power process, pictures are always of big help.

Knight_74

I see you are up in Lockport. After you get it done be sure and drag it down to our scale rally in August!

mattnew

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Hi All, I built one of these back in 1995 when I was still a kid. Its been rebuilt about 3 times, but the plane is still flying today, powered by an O.S. FS 90 Surpass. Its by far my favorite plane to fly out of everything I have.

I've been looking for a kit to build another, no luck yet but I've seen them come up from time to time on ebay.. .fingers crossed, I'd consider scratch buiding one if I could find some templates for the die cut body formers....I know some people were looking to do this, not sure if it happened ( I stopped reading after 20 or so pages of this thread. )

If I find a kit here soon I'll make some paper templates and get them into pdf form at least so they could be reprinted out. on a printer.
 Anyway glad to see there is a following for this plane... disappointed that when I decided I wanted to build another they were no longer available... :-)

toolmaker7341

Will do and I'll bring my 33% pitts

peternj

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mattnew

alfredbmor and I were trying to create the templates and what not. I think alfred may have a copy of the plans but if you want a complete package PM me your email and I'll send you the plans and the copies of all the formers. The only thing you'll have to use the plans for is to trace the fuse sides, top, and bottom.

incidentally, if you don not feel like cutting the parts out you can still get pieces of the kit. I recomend the ribs and fuse foremers to keep the price down. but if you think about it the kits are going for 200+ so you may be just better of getting the parts from great planes and building one