Well I have been converting my 1/2a gas fleet of planes to electric. Today in Yelm, WA... was a great day to go fly Swordsmen and a 1/2a Magician.

 Well all I can say is this. Tonight we be a better night of repairs and rebuilding all 4 planes.  Good thing I only fly over grass. LOL

Good thing I have a good supply of super glue and wood.

Tally ho
Rosie

Electrical problems, or piloting?

Most of the 1/2A models designed for glow are hard to balance when converted to electric. I have found that extending the nose helps a lot.

I think the length depends on the design, but that is probably the ballpark. This gives enough room to move the balance to the the point you want by moving the battery. If you are a little rusty on flying CL, balance the model a bit nose heavy, and then slowly move the balance back until it is where you want it.

My 1/2A standard setup is a Turnigy 2730-1700, APC 6x4 EP, 12amp esc, and 500mah battery. Gives about 3-4 minutes depending on throttle setting. I use 2.4Ghz control for all my CL electrics. Right hand to fly, left for throttle. There is lot of info on different techniques, setups etc on the carrier, scale, and amp'd up boards.

Attached is a quicky foam wing Baby Ringmaster that should be similar to the Goldberg models

     Hi there guys and thank you so much. I love the electric Ringmaster. The smaller 500 milliamp battery is perfect to me. I will be ordering many more batteries next month or so. Still need to get the size that will work for all my new unbuilt 1/2a kits.... Baby Pathfinder, the Stork, baby ringmaster with full wing not plank, Baby clown, the stuntman 23, and would like to get a Miss Ashley??? Seems to me it is similar to the Magician but maybe even better. I also have a Chihuahua to rebuild and I have the planes for the Pinto. Still trying to get a professional copy of the 1/2a Magician instead of the very blurry pixelated one I printed years ago. I will try and get the attached magician plans I posted on my previous magician posting.

Since I asked and got answers about flaps and the magician..... can flaps be added with IMPROVED flight characteristics to any and all kits so noted to include the Swordsman 18s? I know we can put flaps on everything. Whether it helps or not is another story?

What are the length of line that you fly with? Currently I have both 25 and 42ft lines. I use the neon green or yellow 100 strand fishing line. Sorry I am color blind so do not see the difference.  But I still have 1000ft or so on the spool. So I have NP at making new lines
lengths.

Again thank you all for any and all comments...

I seem to remember Shug... making an electric baby flight streak??? He mentioned be wanted to add flaps to his. Just wondering if he did and if it helped??

I grew up in Shelton WA but have moved to The Nisqually Pines housing community in Yelm  WA. I currently fly at the entrance grass field at the Nisqually Pines entrance or at the baseball fields located at the Yelm  Middle School kitty corner from the towns McDonalds restaurant.

I can be contacted either here or via email rosierosenau@yahoo.com or text my cell at 3604634566. If posting this contact info is against the forums rules??? Then please accept my apologies for I did it without any ill intent.

I would love to meet up with your flying team and see what Oly, has to offer. Just drop me a line. I have attended a few meetings back in the 2001-2006 timelines when the meeting was held in  club members garage. Great group of flyers. In fact I used to by from the auto body shop near Spanaway. I was saddened to see his shop closed down.

Tally ho

Richard "Rosie" Rosenau Jr.... Rosie is my military nickname from my PJs and CCTs from McChords AFB 22nd Special Tactics Squadron.

Looking at your post in more detail, let me offer my opinions on smaller electric models.

It depends on what your goal is, so here are some of my (limited experience) guidelines:

Sport flying - 150 sq.in. size wing, 850 3s pack, 1750 kv motor, 6 x 4 prop, 38' lines
Competition flying - 200 to 235 sq.in. wing, 1325 3s pack, 1900 kv motor, 7 x 5 prop cut to 6.5" dia. 42' lines.

My apologize Mr. Renger not Renter. Darn auto correct just ain't too correct sometimes. I am sure you get it a lot. Already I have found more than 6 new spellings for your name