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Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 02:15 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 377
Posted By salnsp

RE: H9 Spitfire /ESC & Switch question

Sorry about the crash but if you are modeler it happens to all of us. I lose at least 3-5 airplanes per year, but then I do a lot of test flying.

1. the Ultimate will work fine for you.
2. A...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 02:11 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 330
Posted By salnsp

RE: electricstar jitters

Sometimes a freshly fully charged transmitter will overload a model when you are very close. Walk away to about 10 feet and try again. Please advise us if this worked for you.
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 02:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 505
Posted By salnsp

RE: a Wing and a prayer

The Bluebirds may be higher torque or the gears train simply do not move as well and consequently feel stronger.
The HS-55 servos that you are using (I hope this is correct) do not have enough...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 02:01 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 424
Posted By salnsp

RE: recommend plane,brushless motor,lipo

There are a fair amount of product out there to choose from> I would consider the SebArt Katana 30S or the Sukoi 30S as a good choice. Thery are fantastic ARF kits and performe really well. You could...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 01:55 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 438
Posted By salnsp

RE: Li-pos in Parallel

They should be the same. I am not sure what is going on here. Are you always using the same charger for each battery. Have you balanced the batteries? Are the wires for the parrallel harness of equal...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 01:18 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 464
Posted By salnsp

RE: Blown motors

Those are fairly cheap made brushed motors. yes, it is most likely that you are overloading the motor with the combinaton of prop and battery. Try several things including increased cooling, smaller...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 01:16 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 990
Posted By salnsp

RE: Transmitter not sending full throttle

This most likely has to do with the ESC. The ESC might be set to auto calibrationg. This means that it will sense the high and low after powering up. You have to first arm it at low than give it full...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
06-14-2007, 01:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 438
Posted By salnsp

RE: Castle Creations Berg Receiver Issue - Help!

First of all sometimes the receiver will have channels setup different from the receivers that the particular transmitter uses. In other words, 1 could be on channel 3 etc. Try all the channels by...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-24-2007, 11:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 544
Posted By salnsp

RE: Power setup sanity check

The outrunner will be operating around 35,000 RPM. That seems too high for the motor to handle. Most Outrinners cannot go above 20,000 RPM

Based on an inrunner motror with similar Kv you would...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-24-2007, 11:37 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 284
Posted By salnsp

RE: JR 66 Radio & Flaperons

Sorry! I am not versed with this radio.
The good news is that Horizon has a great tech staff and they will be able to answer your questions and trouble shoot the "problem"

Give them a call at...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-24-2007, 11:35 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 722
Posted By salnsp

RE: VT Belle

No, actually the 10 x 4.7 will work fine. This will give you more climb and slower powered flight. We typically use this prop for starters. Most people like it. As yopu get more experience the 10 x 7...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-24-2007, 11:33 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 682
Posted By salnsp

RE: LiPo batteries

Great, glad to hear that
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-24-2007, 11:31 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 436
Posted By salnsp

RE: Glitching, as related to speed controllers.

You are having WAY too much glitching even with the esc near the motor. I would suspect that you may have a combination of problems. Each one by itself not enough to give you a red flag but combined...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:33 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,083
Posted By salnsp

RE: raidentech cessna 337 25 size

In order for me to give you an educated answer I still need some specs. To do an analysis I will need to have not just the Kv but the idle current (expressed as Io) and the resistance (this is...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:27 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 882
Posted By salnsp

RE: What plane can use this stuff?

Sure but fist I have to know...what is an EPS-300 motor? (too many Chinese motors to keep up!)Please give me specs or a place to go to find them.
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 837
Posted By salnsp

RE: New to Electrics

If you are using only 2 cell your esc should have a built in BEC and should work fine in this situation. The Smart BEC is made for 3 cells and up so will not work well with a 2-cell system
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:21 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 691
Posted By salnsp

RE: Firebat build

Good for you! Enjoy!
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:20 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 480
Posted By salnsp

RE: First elecrtric sailplane

Take a look at the Adriana as this is a good multi-task electric that might do the job for you. http://www.nesail.com/detail.php?productID=1158
I can give other suggestions but take a look at this...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:17 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 536
Posted By salnsp

RE: What makes e-props different?

e-props are usually thinner and have a somehat undercambered airfoil. They tend to me more efficient. The other reason is the design can be thinner and of different materials because electric props...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:13 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 345
Posted By salnsp

RE: Crystal information needed

Sorry! I can only suggest that you contact the manufacturer of distributor, if they cannot help you I suggest getting another receiver. The problem is that receivers are designed differently and use...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 682
Posted By salnsp

RE: LiPo batteries

Sure! First of all the ratings may be misleading as many manufacturers calims are not justified. if you want performance go with the major brand that are made in Korea. These would be ThunderPower,...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 10:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 369
Posted By salnsp

RE: Will this work?

I need a bit more info. Where can I look at the aircraft and get mor info and specs? If you are looking at 10 - 12 lbs you will need to look at a motor that will run on 10-12 cells Li_poly. usually...
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 09:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 544
Posted By salnsp

RE: Power setup sanity check

are you using the system as a pusher or a ducted fan? Why not use the suggested ducted fan use dby the designer?
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-15-2007, 09:53 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 722
Posted By salnsp

RE: VT Belle

The prop would be a 10 x 7 prop. This will work fine for the smaller VT Belle and HiMaxx motor system
Forum: Ask the Expert Sal - Electric Airplane Advice
05-04-2007, 03:48 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 367
Posted By salnsp

RE: going brushless

Sorry! I missed your post!
I would go with either the Hacker 40 or the Phoenix 45. I am partail to the Phoenix 45.
That would be the brushless ESC (speed control)
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