i thought you might like these photos for the gallery. the yellow model is a 33 inch strato streak from a r/n models kit. it is powered by a kpo2 unit, and will give 2 minute flights with ease. the blue/white model is a hearns hg3. it was an australian kit from 1943. it has a mini-olympus motor/box driving a 9x5 slim prop, with an A U W of 18oz. a 6 cell, 110mah pack gives a 1 minute motor run.both models are free flight.

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david williams davidalan(at)lineone.net

Here is my electric conversion of a Top Flite Contender 60. Power was an Astro 40G, 20 x 1700 cells and an APC 13x8 prop. Flying weight was 7.5 lbs on a 660 sq. in. wing. I used an Astro flight 204D speed control and connectors. Flight times were typically around 5 minutes. Covering was Ultracoat, great stuff, even if it does weigh a bit more. Great flying plane, the center flap made landing easy. There was little modification to the kit other than the top hatch and battery tray. The battery pack was held in with Velcro straps. The two scoops on the nose were added to let out air brought in by the chin scoop. I used bigger wheels than the kit since I fly off turf and it is very thick For those seeking more detailed information the wing with landing gear, two FMA200 servos for the ailerons and one Futaba 148 servo for the center flap weighed in at 27 oz. The battery weighed 41oz. The fuselage had two standard sized servos for the nose, rudder and tail. I tried many props, including a Zinger 13-6/10 and a Dynaflight 12x8. I found the APC 13x8 to work the best for this plane. 

Ken LaPointe

Narragansett RI

Lapointe28(at)netzero.net

Here it is my replica of the Aerospatiale ATR 42 powered by two speed 400 6V wired in parallel ,direct drive spinning a pair of Graupner 6x4 props. The flying weight is 1.450 Kg, span 1350 mm, wing area 24 dm2 The fuel is given by a seven 2000 SRC pack which allow flight duration ( full throttle ) of about five minutes. I used a Protech 18 ESC. This model flyies in a very realistic manner.

Regards to everybody

Francesco MELE
Roma ( ITALY)

I recently tried my hand at my first aileron plane. As you can see from the first picture, I did quit a bit of "training" with it. On my first day with it, the wings folded at about 100 feet and it slammed nose first into the ground...I'm still shocked it flying! The second picture is my newest Twinstar...just finished painting it, and I hope to bring it for a flight this weekend. Just thought you might find these photo's interesting.

Thanks...
Steven DiStasio

Heres my picojet, built pretty much as the kit comes apart from the colour. Tremendous fun, very agile and good value.

Mark Grant.

Here are some photos of my own design Mig 15 the motor is an AP29L and the fan unit is the kyosho unit from the T33. It fly's on 7 RC2000 that just fit below the duct. A flight switch is carried in the cockpit and a 500ma NmHi RX bat in the tail below the duct. The wing span is 38" RG15 section and weight without the RC2000s is 2lb. There is a servo on each aileron and one for the all moving stab, initial flights were mediocre. However I have now reduced the tail pipe size down to 56mm with a polystyrene cup and performance has improved dramatically, its now faster than a T33 and stays up as long. Launching is via a bungie cord to a hook under the nose. Second photo is nose remodelling after running out of power at a UK flying show and arriving in the weeds. Hope this helps people who can't afford to go the Plettenberg /Aveox route as my motor and fan only came to £42.00 and the cells another £30.00, the whole thing in the air costs less than 1 brushless Aveox.

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Dave N

My name is Maciej Pietrusinski. This is a modified PT Electric. The wing  was clipped to about 50", area 450 sq in, weighs about 50 oz. It's powered by a MEC Turbo10 Plus motor with a 6:1 gearbox and a 12-8 MA prop. The battery is an 8-cell 1700mah. Flies great for up to 12 min, but is too much fun to fly slow. The fuselage is very different from the original. The battery pack is inserted through the "windshield", so it takes seconds to replace it. In case of a crash, it slides forward and out, to reduce damage. It's a taildragger, unlike the original, for better performance and looks. The motor and gearbox are held by a rubber band, and not rigidly, so in case the prop snatches the ground, it's less likely to break. I've even built a second wing with ailerons and less dihedral, but it was lost in a crash. I like the plane so much, that I might build a Speed 400 version, 75% the size of the original, which would result in about 250 sq in. wing area.

Maciek.

Check out my other models at: http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/YosemiteDr/maciekdp/models.html

This model was designed especially for the Astro 02 and 05 Brushless motors with the Superbox. This sorta-sport scale plane is powered with the AFI 802G with APC 9X8 and 10 X 800AR Sanyo cells. The Span is 44 inches, 310sq. in. of wing area and the weight ready to fly is presently 43 ounces. The plane features full four channel capability with a JR-R600 receiver and 3 Hi Tec HS 80 servos for aileron ,elevator and rudder control. A JR 270 mah receiver battery is also used with the BEC function of the speed controller bypassed. Wing loading is 20 ounces/sq.ft. and with this power system running at 15 amps, the plane should manage putting out about 65 watts . per pound . If this ends up being too 'portly'; a pack of 10X700 AR cells and a 150mah receiver pack may be substituted. Presently the plane has not flown as Central Illinois is in the middle of a snow storm and sub-freezing weather is the norm. Feel free to email for any additional details .

Hi Steve

Got these from a correspondent of mine in Wales (the little country to the right of England on the map!). Jeff built this model from a "Precedent" kit - represent a French lightplane, the " Druine Turbulent" at quarter scale. The Turbulent is a tiny VW powered single place, that looks like a runaway from a giant scale rally, but flies in very spirited fashion for all its low power.

Jeff's last effort was a CAP 232 from the GP kit - with a MaxCim 13Y and 20 cells, this weighed all of 6lb 2oz and was an all balsa copy with much of Jeff's ideas incorporated. After building was done, the only kit parts used were the cowl, canopy and landing gear - Jeff says that the vertical performance is only limited by eyesight!

I suspect Jeff has done a similar number on the Turbulent - with a MaxCim, 4:1 gearbox and a 16x10 Zinger. AUW is all of 9 1/2lb on 20 2000's. Not bad for a quarter scale model of anything and probably much lighter than most glow powered versions too. When Jeff sent me these photos, the model was awaiting decent test flying weather, but the kit has a good reputation as an honest flier and he knows which way to push the sticks. Hobby Lobby used to import this kit into the US, and the type has been built in fairly large numbers so colour schemes abound, if perhaps 'interesting' to find.

Regards

Dereck

Hi Steve

From Maryland's only electric only flying site - are ten cell sports models the way to go? An emphatic YES! - and here's two - GP's aged ElectroStreak, heavily modified to fly like it looks, instead of limping along in the Seven Cell Trap (tm) and Aveox's latest kit, the "Embat" - able to swallow up to12 (or maybe more!) really useful 2000 cells and set the skies alight. While both suffer the indignity of flopping into the grass at the end of every flight, the bit before makes up for it, as both really move like they look. Check out Ken Morrow's 'Streak - this is what Great Planes could do with a little doodling on their long running design.

One of CASA's newest recruits up at Mt Trashmore (MD), Ken Morrow poses the ElectroStreak he recently "acquired". An Astro 15 and 10 1700 cells behind an Aeronaut 8.5 x 5 fixed blade prop make this one move like it looks. Model has wing mounted aileron servos, though the nicad pack is a tight squeeze in the standard shaped fuselage. Very typical of the level of sports model being routinely flown at our Rockville, MD site - we have plenty of room for more and easy access from most parts of the DC Metro area

Ken about to launch his new ElectroStreak, Efren Strain on the controls, me hiding behind the camera. The 'Streak is very fast!

Me, with new toy. My Aveox powered "Embat" - 1409/3Y on an Aeronaut 8.5 x 6 fixed blade prop. Comes with a fuselage built to swallow 10 or 12 2000s without effort, wing mounted servos and a large, full depth rudder. Very fast and aerobatic, all the way up to rolling circles. Weighs in at 52 oz, with but 26A providing "adequate" vertical performance and large looping maneuvres. An ideal knockabout sports machine, practical to operate, easy to hand launch. Finish is a patchwork job using various types of film covering starting from the back edge of whatever part I was covering. The 'registration' on the wing is my AMA number and was cut out of sticky trim using a computer print-out as a starting point.

These, and many more, should at our "Spring Sizzle" Fun Fly on 27 / 28 May at our Rockville site:-)

Regards

Dereck