Strictly speaking, this plane no longer exists
, but during its short life it was a pretty good flyer.
I don't exactly recollect how or why I bought the ARF, but it was pretty cheap and I think Renkar's "It's only a Hobby" 1/2A stunt contest was fast approaching. I was getting a little tired of flying an old hand-me-down TF FLite Streak (irony is I flew that plane in this fall's contest). I also believe that I originally assembled it for my Killer Bee 049, planning to use a Kavin extended Black Widow Tank. As it turns out that didn't work well.
So moving right along, I decided to convert it to electric. At the time I was thinking about the possibilities of making a beginner's electric 1/2A, and thought I would target it with a 2sLipo pack. One motivation was that a beginner might want to use a 6 cell NiMH pack, and that is about the same volts. I also had the motor winding bug back then, and purchased several kits from Gobrushless.com. In the end I went with a GBx1.1 which I wound with 11 turns of 22 gauge wire (this is a 9 tooth stator with 12 magnets). My kV was ~2300 rpm/V. This was a bit on the low side, and since I was limited to a 6" diameter prop (Renkar rules), it was important to get as high a pitch as possible.
Here was the final setup.
Brodak Baby Clown ARF.
GBx1.1 wound 11 turns of 22 gauge wire--kV~2300rpm/V weight = 1.3oz
Thunderpower Lite 2s730mAHr Lipo (weight=1.14oz with connector)
JMP-2 timer
CastleCreation Thunderbird 9A ESC (no governor mode)
APC E 6x5.5 prop (just one!)
All up flying weight is 6.9oz (plane alone=3.9oz)
I flew on 35 foot lines. Beginner pattern (used in contest) used no more than 1/2 the pack capacity.
Here is a photo with an early attempt at using a multiblade prop!