Re: Electric for large Planes

Most of what Hobby City sells is "domestic" quality, meaning it's made for 
the chinese market. It is not of the same standards and quality of the 
products sold in the US which is 'ex****t' or 'international' quality. Some

of their products are probably just fine for smaller airplanes, etc. but I

would be careful with something as big and expensive as a 1/4 scale 
stearman.

"Ted Campanelli" <tcamp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not
so 
> great) words of knowledge:
>> I plan to start a 1/4 scale Stearman (Boeing Kadet) this Fall or
Winter. 
>> I intend to model the plane flown by Johnny Vasey in the 1949 National 
>> Acrobatic Champion****ps.  I will use the Barron plans for the basic 
>> plane.
>>
>> My question is the practicality of using electric power for this 
>> airplane.  To make it even more complicated as I live at 9,750 feet
(2972 
>> meters) which requires significantly more power.
>>
>> Is there a conversion formula for Electric Versus Gas?  How about 
>> relative expense?  Certainly not having to clean up the plane after 
>> flights is a plus, but a negative is the time to recharge batteries.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> JakeInHartsel
>
> Some of the hobby sites can provide the information you need (Horizon, 
> Hobby Lobby, etc) as far as motor, ESC and batteries.  If you are
willing 
> to do some research on the motor to find an equivalent motor (or more 
> powerful one), Hobby City
>
> http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_index.asp
>
> has some very reasonable prices on these items.  I have used them on
many 
> occasions for my electrical stuff.  The only downside is that it is
going 
> to take about 3 - 4 weeks to get the stuff (direct from Hong Kong).
>
> FWIW - Turnigy makes a pretty bulletproof ESC and the Turnigy and HXT 
> motors have a good reputation for power and durability.  I am using 
> several of their 4s 4400 lipos (2nd year on them) and so far have not
had 
> any problems with them (I do balance them while charging)  I have 
> converted about 1/2 of my 40 size planes over to electric.
>
> Hope this is of some help