Kyosho foamie

This is the front end of my Kyosho high wing trainer type model. It has a foam fuselage and a builtup wing (about 48" in wingspan). I now have a Turnigy brushless on the front which is a similar size to the previous brushless motor. Note the lead, its too tail heavy so needed it to get it to balance.

Spirit Electric Glider Flight

I put my small video capture gizmo on the wing of the Spirit and captured a flight from Trentham. The flight was 26 minutes long. It was a bit bumpy. The Spirit doesn't penetrate very well (maybe I need to weight it). Here is a screen shot of from the flight. Not very sharp but I suspect its a plastic lens. Editted highlights? of the flight is here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAcC_GKr0Ow

Spirit Electric Glider Flys

Well the forecast for today was improving weather and once the mist cleared from Upper Hutt, it was great. Test flew the electric spirit and she flew very well. Had an approx 45 minute flight, the air was quite bouyant. Got a good thermal over the golf club and got to about 700 ft. Great fun.

Spirit Electric Glider

I had a Spirit glider sitting in the garage and decided to make it electric (actually I have 2 spirit gliders in the garage, one I built 15 years ago and the other I bought cheap). The bought one was not as well build as mine (ha ha)- well the tailplane is a bit warped and I did consider replacing it but I haven't, so that is the one I decided to convert. I bought a Turnigy brushless equivalent to a 0.12 ic motor which should be big enough (maybe too big!!). Its all ready to go now. Its winter so the flying weather can be a bit few and far between. I have run up the engine (why is it that when you first connect it up it goes the wrong way ;o), programmed the ESC so we are all ready to go. Using a fixed 9x5 prop for the first few flights to see how she goes.

TW 747 Brushless Motor

Here is the brushless motor I put on this. Has a 8x4 prop being driven directly. The geared 370 electric engine does not give the model much performance; the brushless has given it a lift.

Modified TW747 Cessna

This is my TW747 Cessna which I have modified to have a brushless motor. I'm new to electrics and therefore are not exactly sure what motor should be matched with what model and what prop should be matched with what motor. Anyway the TW747 has a geared 370 brushed motor which does not have much spare power (full throttle to climb). I am using 2 cell lipo's so we shall see how she flys. Update - she flys (flew it between the showers). Bit more power than the 370 geared motor, but not the improvement I expected. I am pleased with the result though. I will buy some more lipo's so I can fly more in one session.

OS40LA Stunt

Welcome to June 2010 ;o)

I bought a OS 40LA to put it in a stunter which had a OS 40FP. Actually the first engine I bought off Trademe was a worn out "special". The liner had lost most of its nickel coating!! So thats in the spare parts bin unless the seller feels he misrepresented the engine and refunds me the money. Anyway, I got another LA off a fellow club member. I reassembled the engine and put the stunt venturi from the FP in it and bingo we have a stunt engine. Ran it this morning with a 10x6 Master Airscrew and it appears to run well on the ground. If the weather was better I would take the plane out but alas its too windy.