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Selecting Electric Power Setups

Tips Posted on Sun, May 17, 2015 10:17:48

One of our members (John H.) has provided a detailed description of the approach he takes to selecting a power setup for an electric power (EP) model that will hopefully help others who may be thinking about taking their first steps with EP.

It concisely covers the selection of electric motors (size and kV numbers), batteries (voltage/cell count, capacity and ā€˜Cā€™ ratings), speed controllers and prop size.

On the 21st May 2015, John also gave an excellent presentation on the matter so if you have Microsoft PowerPoint or the free PowerPoint Viewer software, then you will be able to view the presentation he gave here:



How to setup and trim a model

Tips Posted on Thu, May 07, 2015 19:13:09

Attached is a PDF file containing the slides of a talk by Paul (one of our members) on how to setup and trim a fixed wing model aircraft.