Hello, all;
I've never used electric power, but am cosidering getting my feet wet (so to speak). I see there are a number of large scale kits intended for electric. I was wondering if any of the Funaero kits or maybe the BUSA Nieuport 28 could be adapted. Any thoughts?
Tom J.

As far as I know, nobody's done the Nieuport 28 yet.

I've got the N-28 in a box waiting for just such a conversion project. The August issue of MA also mentioned that Greg Gimlick is going to be doing a BUSA N-28 electric conversion. I PM'ed him about it last night as a matter of fact.

He said he'd consider doing a build/conversion thread on here. I will be watching. It is a much more feasible idea now than a couple years ago when I bought my kit. We now have the introduction of the big, relatively inexpensive AXI 53xx series outrunners, and LiPos are getting better and better. A midsized geared or belt driven brushless motor would work well too. I may still do mine with NiMH packs because it will certainly need all the noseweight it can get.

Rick

I currently fly a Hanger Nine PIper cub (80" span) with an astro flight Geared (super box) and I like better than the glow engine I removed. Electric has alot of parameters that affect the flight performance. For example I can power my cub with the Astro 40 and have 3 options for gear box, no gear box, std gear box and Super gear box. the direct drive will fly the aircraft with lots of speed, the std gear box will turn a 13" prop, the super gear box will turn a 16" prop. The wing loading, stall speed and flight performance you desire will determine the motor, gear box and prop you use. I like my cub to fly nice and slow just like the real ones so I go with the super gear box and a 16" prop on the ground and an 18" prop when flying with floats.

Be prepared to try different gear boxes, props to get the performance you want.

Good luck