H9 35% 260....its cheating to call it a build thread!!!!!

[McCartyCFII]

Chris just started ours today.

[Cracky]

Did you get the prop for it?

[Dan J]

Did you fly it yet?

[Cracky]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Dan J
	Did you fly it yet?

Not yet, the weather here in the midwest has been all over the charts here lately. I'm hoping to take it out Thursday, weather permitting.

[Dan J]

You'll love it, I'd like to know how it works with stock mufflers I've got pipes.(turbo boost) I want to get away from that. Did you weigh it?

[Cracky]

I don't have an accurate scale. I need to borrow one from a friend of mine and see what it comes in at. SHOULD be in the mid-upper 27's. We'll see once she gets on the scale.

[GremlinX]

Oh cool... precut canopy works.... I am not a fan of cutting them. That's for sure.

[DR10044]

Great thread! I want one of these so bad!!! One question, I know the fuel tank comes premounted, is there an area already made for a smoke tank?

[GremlinX]

Well, looks like I am getting one too.... Smoke tank? I am sure there's room somewhere.

[Cracky]

	Quote: Originally Posted by DR10044
	Great thread! I want one of these so bad!!! One question, I know the fuel tank comes premounted, is there an area already made for a smoke tank?

The fuel tank sits on top of the wingtube, Under the wingtube there is a ply plate that goes all of the way up to the firewall that has been lightened up that would house a smoke tank for sure. I'll try and get a pic of it tonight. I have a 24 oz tank at home that I can try to put in there to give you an idea how much room you will have to work with. I would also think that if you are running std mufflers you could use the cannister area to mount a nice sized smoke tank.

	Quote: Originally Posted by GremlinX
	Well, looks like I am getting one too.... Smoke tank? I am sure there's room somewhere.

Well thats awesome! Glad you found one.

[Cracky]

Back to where we left off...Batteries


I decided to go with a FROMECO power system for this 260. I have used FROMECO batteries in the past and have had great success. The people at FROMECO are great to work with.

Batteries:

I was contemplating between the Relion 2600's and the Relion 5200's for use for my flight controls. On one had this is a 35% plane. I could have probably used the 2600's with great results and saved a bit of weight. On the other hand I'm using the high torque JR8711 servos and I don't want to come up short on battery power/life. I'm a guy that plays it safer most of the time so I went with the Relion5200's with HD wire and deans connectors.

Regulators:

I went with three of the standard regulators with HD wire IN and two JR leads out.

Switches:

On my other planes I had used traditional JR HD Switches. Well FROMECO has some newer switches out now that are pretty nice. For my flight controls I got one of the Wolverine switches. The Wolverine handles two batteries by itself, two in and two out. I got it with the HD wire and Deans connectors to match up with everything else. This switch has battery sharing capabilities so your batteries drain much more evenly. Check it out, its pretty sweet. For my ignition switch I got the Badger switch. This is a failsafe switch and it fits in a standard switch cutout and is a very nice.

[Cracky]

I wasn't quite sure that I wanted to use for a throttle servo. I looked around and found a small JR digi that I decided would work just fine. This is actually the throttle servo that I had on my older 33% H9 330s. Since this is a smaller case than a standard servo I was trying to think how to mount it. H9 already gace me a precut throttle servo hole on the bottom of the motor box. I decided that I didn't really want to cut another hole in the motor box so I jsut make a plate that my servo would fit on then I could screw that to the motor box still using the existing hole.