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Ultra Stick coming to my bench..!

Unread post by retiredVTT » Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:20 pm

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, along with a terrific 2019..!

Something new to work on after the Xmas break...
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Unread post by retiredVTT » Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:26 pm

..this is the Horizon promo vid,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmoSB5noqcY
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Unread post by bdg » Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:37 pm

Did Santa arrive early? Looks great! What size motor are you using? Electric or gas? The promo vid is suggesting 10cc?

Exciting times!

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Unread post by steve » Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:51 am

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Unread post by retiredVTT » Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:39 am

bdg wrote:Did Santa arrive early? Looks great! What size motor are you using? Electric or gas? The promo vid is suggesting 10cc?

Exciting times!

Brian

Actually, this box was stuck in PEI for several weeks awaiting delivery and was a result of some birthday cash received in October. It calls for a "52" size electric run on 5S which is about the size of that 1500 watt Turnegy motor from HK. I kinda like the way it gets hand launched in the video..! The box is long due to the one-piece 60 inch wing.
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Unread post by retiredVTT » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:28 pm

The January "Stick" project is 99% complete, so time to get ready for the February build;
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Unread post by retiredVTT » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:36 pm

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Unread post by steve » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:50 pm

Looks awesome Bill !

Those planes are insanely aerobatic and probably very fun to fly. I'm thinking 16" prop on 10 cells. We'll have to hand launch and retrieve so as not to break props.

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Unread post by retiredVTT » Sat Jan 26, 2019 5:07 pm

steve wrote:Looks awesome Bill !

Those planes are insanely aerobatic and probably very fun to fly. I'm thinking 16" prop on 10 cells. We'll have to hand launch and retrieve so as not to break props.

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..as shown above, I have a 15/6 prop on it which they recommend for 5S packs (14/7 on 6S). The gear is exceptionally tall, for prop clearance. As usual with "sticks", the battery compartment is limited in size, so forget about a 6S, 5000 pack, I'll start with a 5S, 3700 pack.
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Unread post by retiredVTT » Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:56 pm

Check out this "radical Stick" with differential thrust AND reverse thrust..!

•Wingspan: 60”
•Weight:7 pounds
•Cobra 3520/14 700Kv motors
•Castle Creations Phoenix Edge Lite 50A ESCs
•5S Lipo Battery
•APC 12X8 propellers
•45A, 836 watts, 92oz thrust each motor = 1,672 watts, 184oz / 11.5lbs total (per prop chart)
•44A, 700 watts, 12.5lbs thrust (measured by customer)
•239 Watts per pound
•1.6:1 Thrust-to-weight ratio
•Uses thrust differential and is reverse thrust capable using AUX wire on Castle Edge ESC
•VIDEO link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU0sOV8 ... e=youtu.be
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