X-Plane build thread

[Frank v B]

re: Andy's  Gee!  How did I get involved in this thread???!! 


Pre-emptive strike.   Suffer, buddy!

Frank

[Ededge2002]

A few photos of the progress on Simon's plane.  Slow and steady work but at least the figuring out how to do it part is done.

[Ededge2002]

Just some dry glue.

[sihinch]

I'm so excited, I just can't hide it......

[Ededge2002]

Yep dry glue can have the same affect on me sometimes!

[Ededge2002]

My batteries arrived today at the Zoom Room!  Some soldering and figuring out how to arrange them to make them easiest to install/remove.  Oh and a little run once I charged them...

yep that says:

17.1V @ 114A 1944W and 10906prop rpm(56,711 motor rpm)

[battlestu]

Impressive, most impressive

[sihinch]

Nearly 2000watts! In a slippery aeroplane!  Genius!

[piker]

Mad Genius

[Ededge2002]

Do you think it will be enough power?

1944W / 2.5Lbs = 777W/lb

So that's the number of the beast plus 1's across the board!

Holding the model static at half power vertically (approximately 500W) the model wants to climb away from its weight.

[Papa]

I can just see Ed's first landing.

A gentle turn on to final at Stouffville Road followed by a leisurely touch down around Buttonville!

LOL.

Jack.

[Ededge2002]

Oh Jack that's what these are for!

Im possibly going to try them tomorrow!

[battlestu]

Thanks for the warning ... I'll be listening for the sonic boom 

[sihinch]

Have the RCAF been warned?

[Frank v B]

Ed,

What is the effect of a carbon airplane cracking the sound barrier?  You must be getting close!
Looks great.
Why not tweak it to make it an even 2000 watts.  1944 sounds too accidental.
The Kilowatt Brothers* are at it again. 

Hey Piker, I remember my first year with electrics at the AGM at the School Board building at York Mills and Yonge someone achieved an astronomical 150 watts per pound in a model airplane.  Then he got into his Model T and left.

Frank

* Ed and Ben