Bi-Slob never get it wiped down

[Paul Taylor]

I went over my Bi-Slob twice yesterday with a bottle of simply green and a roll of paper towels. Set it on the bench last night and when to hang it up and oil had ran off and accumulated on the flap and stab.

I need to convert it to electric. LOL

You can never get all the oil off. ;p

[EricV]

I went over my Bi-Slob twice yesterday with a bottle of simply green and a roll of paper towels. Set it on the bench last night and when to hang it up and oil had ran off and accumulated on the flap and stab.

I need to convert it to electric. LOL

You can never get all the oil off. ;p

Heh, yeah, that's a slobbering rich Fox kinda thing... goes with Bi-Slob territory, especially when hovering and flying through your own smoke trail constantly. You could try a tube muffler with a rubber diverter zip tied on it, probably won't effect the power much, not that you need much anyway to put put around. If you do get it clean, a coat of spray wax actually does help the next cleanup go a little easier.

EricV

[John Paris]

Paul,
Nothing better than a day with a constant breeze, real thick (cold) air and a little throttle control for leaving some tailprints in the snow with controlled hovering.  I might wipe this one off every couple of years and it has yet to gain any weight....
John

[Dave_Trible]

That's cheatin' John.....


Dave

[wwwarbird]

 There oughta be a law against putting an electric motor on a 'Slob! 

[Paul Taylor]

Paul,
Nothing better than a day with a constant breeze, real thick (cold) air and a little throttle control for leaving some tailprints in the snow with controlled hovering.  I might wipe this one off every couple of years and it has yet to gain any weight....
John

I might have to steal your setup. LOL.
How do you figure the flight time?

[EricV]

I might have to steal your setup. LOL.
How do you figure the flight time?

Opposite of IC... with IC, when the smoke stops, you're done, with E-Power, when the smoke starts, you're done! 

OK OK, I have no idea, but I couldn't resist.

I would imagine with E-Power, you're going to have to set the dip switches (or programmer) for the time you want based on battery size/motor efficiency and your estimated stamina, heh... and hopefully your timer does the burp thing towards the end to warn you, since you won't be flying a pattern which helps make the timing a lot more obvious.

EricV

[Paul Taylor]

Opposite of IC... with IC, when the smoke stops, you're done, with E-Power, when the smoke starts, you're done! 

OK OK, I have no idea, but I couldn't resist.

I would imagine with E-Power, you're going to have to set the dip switches (or programmer) for the time you want based on battery size/motor efficiency and your estimated stamina, heh... and hopefully your timer does the burp thing towards the end to warn you, since you won't be flying a pattern which helps make the timing a lot more obvious.

EricV

Yea you don’t want to let the magic smoke out of the electrics. lol

Not sure you use a timer with a throttle controller.

[John Paris]

Paul,
I have run this set up 2 ways most often with throttle/receiver where no timer is needed and with an FM-9 timer using compensated throttle.  Change over only requires moving the ESC lead from the receiver to the timer.  Determining time and compensated throttle setting took a little trial and error but I believe I ended up with about 51% throttle and 2:30 using a 2800mAh 4 cell with a 950kV G15 motor and 11x4.5 pusher APC to result in something that would just hover.  This usually puts the battery close to storage mode since you are hanging on the prop most of the time.  For the radio set up I often use a 2200mAh batteries and fly for around 2 minutes with similar results.  Lots of fun.

Dave,
The real cheating with this one is that I only need to step out my back door to fly it.

John

[Fred DiMaria]

I love my 15+ year old  Bi Slob - it is the airplane I used to get my "nerve" to learn many of the maneuvers needed to fly a basic pattern.  I have crashed and fixed it at least 10 times, still flies pretty good.