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Electric Stunt => Gettin all AMP'ed up! => Topic started by: John Cralley on July 06, 2011, 07:49:00 AM
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I built this electric Ringmaster 150 from one of Pat King's (patdk@aol.com) laser cut kits.
Pat's kit comes with plans for either IC engine or an electric motor power.
Motor = Turnigy C2826 1350 KV (from hobbyking.com)
ESC = Castle Creations Phoenix 25 Amp
Timer = Will Hubin FM9 (whubin@kent.edu)
Prop = APC light Electric 7 x 5 pusher
Battery = 3 cell 750 mah (Rhino brand from hobbyking.com)
Covering = Ultracote
Flight ready weight = 8.9 oz
I used a carbon fiber push rod with a clevis and a Great Planes small nylon control horn.
I also set up the leadouts to be adjustable.
Here are a few photos:
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Very nice. Forgive the stupid question, but: 150 square inch? It must be around 20-22 inch span?
How long of flights are you getting, and how much do you put back into the battery at the end of the flight?
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Tim,
Yes the 150 stands for 150 sq inch wing area.
The wing span is 26 1/2 inches with a root chord of 6 1/2" and a tip chord of 5 1/4" giving and an area of 150 sq inches when wing tips are included.
I only have data from static tests for mah used and in that case 4 minutes uses 531 mah. I would expect that in flight the load will drop 8 to 10% so between 4 and 5 minutes would be reasonable guess (all tests so far have been with the timer set at 1 minute).
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Way To Go John (& Pat)
Lotsa thrust available from that 7x5P, at 8.9 oz the prop won't even know there is an airplane behind it! Gonna be fun...