Hangar 9 27% Extra 260 2700 watt's

[bsipro]

Hey Everyone,
this plane has been out for a while. and has been setup as electric. I have converted a quite a few .60 planes this was my step in to a small giant scale plane. Im going to go over the electric setup that I used. and skip the ARF built. there are a lot of threads on the air frame build.
here is the setup that I used:
E-Flite power 160 motor
Castle Creations 110HV ESC
Spektrum DX7 TX
Spektrum AR7000 RX
JR 2600 mHa 6.v RX batt.
4 JR DS8411 servos
1 JR DS8611 servo Rudder.
3.25 tru turn spinner lite back plate
22'x10' XAOR prop

[bsipro]

mounting the motor was very easy. I lined up the X motor mount so that it was centered with the cross lines on the firewall. I drilled four 1/4" holes for the 8-32 blind nuts.
I used 4"1/2 8-32 treaded rod with nylon standoffs (3/8 od spacers fit in 1/2" od aluminum tubing)
I have used this setup on all of my planes and it is a solid setup.
Also Hangar 9 has already setup thrust angle in the firewall.
I used a 1" piece of aluminum mounted from the firewall to the bulkhead to mount the ESC.
(I use Velcro and cable ties to secure the ESC to the aluminum)

[bsipro]

The Battery Tray was very easy.
I removed the fuel tank support. and guled in a cross brace and a pice of lite balsa plywood.
I use anti skid cloth on the ply to keep the batterys from sliding and Velcro strap to hold them in place.
I made up a three way deans conector in series to hook up the 2 Batterys (1 deans conector is to complete the circuit after the batterys are conected)
Batterys are 2 MaxAmp 4000mHa 5s (Awsome power great customer service)

[Fly-guy]

Subscribe. This sounds interesting.

[bsipro]

now to keep everything cool.
I cut two 1/2" holes on each side of the motor box and four 3/8" holes in the firewall.
I cut a 4"x4" triangle in the bottom of the cowl.
and a 8" long vent in the fus. buy the rear former (you need to access the former to cut out for the pull pull wires*see other posts*)

[bsipro]

all in with batterys installed the plane weighs 13.2 lb.
CG is 5in back from LE.
I mounted the RX Battery on the motor mount and added 5oz. of weight to the nose to get CG in.(see pictures above)
I tested a bunch of props and the Xoar 22"x10 gave me a 2700 watts @ 78amps burst. motor / ESC get warm not hot.
I get a 8 minute flight using +/- 2000mHa of power
I have over 10 flights on this setup. the power is awsome take offs are in 30' @ 3/4 throttle. uplines are unlimited. I find myself fling at about 1/2 throttle most time loops and knife edges need very little thottle input.
I would suggest this plane and setup for a reasonble price large scale electric setup.
if anyone has questions or coments please feel free.

[bsipro]

Hey Everyone
here are some pitures of the FUS. vent and the Pull Pull cable mod on the rear former.

[bsipro]

here is some pictures of how I hold the canopy down.
I use a 7 1/4" x 1/16" CF rod. I mounted a tube on the bottom of the canopy between the screw tabs (see pictures) I slide the rod though the fus. in to the tube and use fuel line to hold it in place. I have used this on all of my planes and works great and make for fast battery access.

[dtaieb]

Hello

Congratulations, it is a very interesting conversion.

Have you a movie of your plane?

Regards

David

[bsipro]

hey dtaieb
I never got any video. I sold the plane a few months ago. it is a great combo.
I moved up to 33% with large hacker A100
Thanks