disco stu wrote:My phoenix arrived yesterday. I've already ordered a motor, and its a fair bit smaller than the one you mentioned shotglass-hope its alright.
One thing I'm wondering, being new to flaps,is whats the best way to operate them? If it was pure glider I would think it would be throttle, but this already needs the throttle, so......... It would be nice to have camber rather than just on/off
A lot of the guys on the RcGroups are using the Turnigy T2836-1000Kv motor, it's 300 watts rather than the hefty 550 watts that Sotgglass proposes and weighs in less at 80 grams compared to 115grams. Out of stock atm though. Another dude is using the more powerful NTM3530-1100Kv which is 380 watts nominal. Either would do, as it's probably the temperature of the poorly ventilated mounting, combined with too much throttle for too long that causes problems for some people, rather than lifting a heavy plane aloft. After all, it's only a foam glider.
I'm just looking through the HobbyKing website atm, looking at alternatives. The NTM Prop Drive Series 35-36A 1400Kv / 550W (117grams) that is the equivalent of what shotglass suggests is probably a bit overkill tbh; that's the equivalent of a .30 glow engine at least. Still, it would be a handy motor to have, for all sorts of planes. (says me, so new to electric rc motors
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As for flaps, that depends on your radio. The Turnigy 9x can mix flaps & ailerons together to create a camber setting using any switch or even the pots, ditto for crow, if you want to try it. With a Dx6i say or another radio with less channels, I'm not sure.
What goes up...better bloody stay up (until I say otherwise).