From: Allan Wright <aew@...>
Date: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [BugHLG] Re: any e-bugs???
Date: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [BugHLG] Re: any e-bugs???
Chuck Lessard electrified one of my Gambler kits with a
speed 280 direct drive and a 4.7x2.7 graupner folding prop.
Flew great. To get the battery and motor to fit he enlarged
the pod.
Photos:
http://www.wrightbrothersrc.com/img/gambler/gamblerlessard1.jpg
http://www.wrightbrothersrc.com/img/gambler/gamblerlessard2.jpg
Allan Wright
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 02:03, trizzle777 wrote:
> 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
>
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