I was just about to ask how did you do.  You did well.  1st time in advanced and you placed about mid field is very good.

Guys,

I've installed a Phoenix Ice 50 in my model and here is a screen shot of the first full pattern.  I replaced the 12x6 with a 12x4.5 pusher(13x4.5 cut down).  RPM is set at 9400.  I also went to 60' .015 braided instead of the 64' x .012 solids I was using.  Solids are too much of a headache...Lap times are still around 5.3 seconds.

After one flight, i'm pretty happy with the results.  

The Ice 50 is a bit of overkill.  The phoenix 35 will go back into this model and the Ice 50 will go into my new model that will be larger, heavier, and significantly more power.

Jason

I found that interesting too.  Have you analyzed the throttle percentage on any of your electric models to see how much increase you get through the flight? 

Jason

depends what is written on that battery ... 3.7V or 3.3V  

Jason,
Actually I haven't weighed it either. The lite is definitely heaver than my Phoenix 45 for example.  A lot of the weight is in the heavy gauge wires, so I am thinking about shortening them where it is possible. I usually don't need that length on the ESC-Motor side, but usually do use all I can get for the ESC-battery--mainly because I install a break in one side and put a bullet connector to act as an arming switch.

I didn't realize until I got it that a lot of the physical size is due to the BEC and its heatsink---even in the lite. Then I understood why the lite version only goes to 6s and the normal "big" heatsink version goes to 8s--it is just that the BEC has better cooling with the big heatsink which it needs to deal with the higher voltage on the 8s version. Of course we could almost care less in CL since we only need a little for out timers.

On the other hand, if we start putting in g-sensors and onboard computing power to handle the calculations for the vertical loads and the wind, maybe we will give the BEC a better workout!

5.3 sec on 64' line will out perform 5.3 on 60' every time - the higher airpseed and "bigger sky" really help.  The 4.5" pitch prop is going to have to run about 1300-1500 RPM faster than the 6" pitch to generate the same airspeed. 

On another note, the Omega won first place in advanced in its second outing this past weekend. 

Jason

2 words: YEE HAW!  WTG Jason!    

Well done Jason!