<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 4/8/2003 1:17:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, VicenteRC@aol.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Re: Electric </B><BR>
Date:4/8/2003 1:17:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:VicenteRC@aol.com">VicenteRC@aol.com</A><BR>
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Which models and electric motors? I have a friend that is interesting in electric pattern planes.<BR>
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Vicente Bortone</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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One more time. Recently, a fellow here in Florida (I forgot his name), set-up a Funtana (about 2m sq scale aerobatic model) with the Hacker system Jason talks about.. If I remeber correctly, he said 36 Panasonic 3000mah NiMH cells, or around 45 volts when fully chrged. <BR>
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I think it turned either a 19" or 20" prop and maybe 8" pitch, at enough output to easily hover the 12.5 lb plane, then accelerate out of the hover straight up. He had it set-up for 3D and was able to perform a good freestyle routine, complete with elevators, walls and lots of high alpha/low speed stuff. It was quite impressive, for any type model let alone electric power.<BR>
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This model is a "wet" power model originally, sold by DA I think. It was way overbuilt for electric since the fellow did very little lightening of the plywood construction, yet it performed with fine authority.<BR>
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Vicente, tell your friend that pretty much any wood kit can be made to fly electric. Just needs to modify the floor where the battery is located to provide lots of cooling to the battery. And if he could lighten it up some, all the better. This Hacker system was about the best I have seen for modeling<BR>
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Matt Kebabjian</FONT></HTML>