From: "trizzle777" <trizzle777@...>
Date: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: any e-bugs???
Date: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: any e-bugs???
Richard -
Never done that, but I've wondered, so I think that sounds like
something worthwhile before the spring.
Motocalc didn't mind the following combination, assuming the weight
without the motor or the battery / esc is around 3 oz. I used the
wing area from the plans, no extensions, etc.
GWS DX2BB Geared 3.5:1 spinning a 7x6 prop (i'd like to find a
folding prop that fit that motor)
GWS ICS ESC (.17) oz
A RadioShack 8.4V 150 mAh nimh cell (about 1 oz)
That theoretically gives hands off level flight speeds of 15 - 20
MPH, and run times at around 10 minutes given 75% throttle. I
haven't graduated to Li-Poly yet.
That's about 4.5 oz wing loading with the motor. I may give it a try
(on my third bug after the one in progress). I suspect a wider /
deeper POD would be helpful for the motorized version. Thanks for
posting that link - very nice.
Regards - T
--- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "jackysevena" <richard@r...> wrote:
> This thread thread made me think....
>
> http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?
>
s=6a251ce1811b7f90bc6f5bc9384673cd&threadid=188976&perpage=15&pagenum
> ber=1
>
> anybody been there, done that with a bug?
>
> greetz,
>
> Richard