Nice DH2 Beaver

[Gregor77]

I have a unionville beaver that I will be converting to electric.  They said that it is a 40 size model.   Will a power 46 be enough for this one?  Also has anyone converted this model yet?  I was going to copy the e-flight version and make a battery box under the wheels.   I am hoping to get this done soon.   I am going to try to get this ready for the float fly.  I am making a sealed case for the RX  and other electronics.  The esc will be mounted high and I am going to make a scale cockpit for it.  The cowl on the plane is hacked up, do you think I can use a cup of something like that for now?

[flying saucer]

It will probably fly scale on about 600 watts, a Power 46 might be overkill.

[Ededge2002]

As I remember that kit has quite a short nose. Trying to keep everything forward might become a problem with the conversion. I've flown some of the unionville kits back in my glow days and there is quite a lot of wood that could be lightened with the lack of vibrations from the slimer.  It does have a very nice wing but with a fair amount of drag you might need a little extra power so your not flying all the time at too high a power setting that things become inefficient.  Just my 2cents