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Electric Stunt => Gettin all AMP'ed up! => Topic started by: Wynn Robins on May 23, 2010, 02:05:38 PM
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Here is my ("supposed") ARC T-rex - as there were a million things i was not happy with - I ended up putting far too much time into it.....
Conversion to electric was pretty simple - I just ripped out all the formers in the nose and made a fully braced battery slide base (as in picture) -
motor mounts are hardwood bearers in a U shape - brace with ply and epoxied/fibreglassed to the doublers.
My battery installlation is from the side - as can be seen in the pics also - the cover has a ply tongue in the front and is held at the back with 2 magnets - I used a ball link part as the pull handle - works great!!
Motor - Turnigy SK-35-48-900
ESC - Phoenix 45
Timer - Hubin FM-9
Battery Zippy Flightmax 4000mah 4s 20c
Prop - 13x4.5 APC pusher
Finish is SLC with nitrate doped Tissue - rattle can Duplicolour paint (seeing as I dont have spray gear)
All up it weighs far too much (59oz without the cell) but flies really nice - I have a fair bit of trimming to do - but it shows a lot of promise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af7a27Cv8KY
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more pics
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couple more
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last ones
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GREAT looking bird, simple/elegant elegant color scheme, I like the side hatch (mine is still in the works) sorry to hear about the weight, but I think Brad said one of his prototypes was in the 70 oz range rady to fly so
What's in a name? All I could think of was a certain English teacher from around the 8th grade - but I digress :-[
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ThunderJugs - two meanings - one you have right - (slang for big - well you know) the other is a mix of Thunderbolt and Jug - being the name of the P47
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I allready have this engine and I am interested by performances of this item (power consumption, rpm, etc..)