A 10 Bronco

[Michael]

I'm assembling a 52" wingspan A 10 Bronco ARF.

So far, the most time consuming and challenging aspect is the wiring.

The wing has wiring from each nacelle to the fuselage for rudder, aileron, throttle, retracts and motor power, and one side with elevator wiring.

Thank goodness there are no flaps!

[Ededge2002]

Michael that looks like a nightmare to plug in at the field.  Have you considered going to this type of connector?

http://www.f1hobbies.com/images/Image/multiplexconn.jpg

It would eliminate a lot of possible errors!   
cant wait to see it all together

[Michael]

It's actually not so difficult to assemble; I've labeled all the wires.

However, it will come to the field assembled. 

[Ededge2002]

Imagine all the crazed mixes you could do!  Dual rudders,dual motors and dual ailerons !  Its a radio tweakers dream lol

[Michael]

Getting there.

Landing gear alone took about 15 hours of work.

A few more hours (a week or two?) of work.

[Bobmic]

Hi Michael,
Looks realy nice, how long are the Battery wires?
I understand that the battery is in the fuse and as far as I know Long wires from Battery to ESC are not recommended by the ESC manufacturers.

[Michael]

Maybe 24" from ESC to battery.

I think it'll be OK.

[gordonbw]

Ooh, another shiny object! I'm getting distracted again!

(Seriously ... Is this the Nitroplanes ARF, Michael?)

[Michael]

Hobby Hangar Scaletech

http://www.hobbyhangar.com/newhh2_002.htm

[battlestu]

hmm they got some nice looking kits....so many kits

BTW you plane is looking great

[Bobmic]

The recommendation is to use additional capacitors when extending byond 6-8" as it can damage the ESC.
I never did any experiments with that so I can say it from my own experience but you can check this issue in other forums, I know you like Eflite, maybe give the, a call and ask what is their recommendation.

http://www.castlecreations.com/products/cc-cap-pack.html

[Michael]

I tested the motors with smaller diameter than recommended propellers.

With 4 cells, a 10-6 is recommended, but because of the low height scale placement of the motors, smaller props were required for reasonable ground clearance.

I used APC 9x7.5 E props, and measured an amp draw from the battery pack of 65 amps before reaching full throttle, for an estimated total wattage (2 motors) of more than 900 watts. This will be more than adequate for a 6 pound model.

[piker]

What the hell are you gonna do with all that power?

[Gregor77]

That is a good looking plane!

[battlestu]

...take off in shot