19 Jun
Posted by admin as Phase 3 Mini Spitfire on 4S
Tags: 4s lipo, mini spitfire, spitfire
Flew this lovely scale looking mini Spitfire by phase 3 with its brushed motor and the word “fun” was the last thing on my mind while working the sticks to regain a massive stall on a sharp left turn, so i decided to juice it up a bit with some inexpensive electronics from HK.
Installed a Turnigy 2211 Brushless Indoor Motor 2300kv, stat sheet says to use a 2 or 3S lipo on a 7x prop, but giving the kv is only 2300, this motor can handle a 4s lipo ( 4 cell lipos are not sold at 350mAh, so you will have to make your own) on a smaller prop 5×5, APC prop is not recommended because of its weight and thickness.
GWS prop is doable, but for best performance, the multiplex super thin and flexible prop is optimal.
When installing the motor, remember to pitch it down about few millimeters and also to the right, here is a picture.
Here is how the motor is mounted, i use gorilla glue and a piece of balsa wood, works great.
Here is a video of the hobby people spitfire in action, im using a GWS prop in the video so speed and performance is not at par.
2 Responses
Bill
October 13th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
1Hi- Nice project. If you have any pictures of how you mounted the motor, I would love to see them.
Thanks,
Bill
admin
November 13th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
2I love using gorilla glue specially for mounting motors, for this project i used a square piece of balsa wood glued to the front with gorilla glue and the motor glued with CA to the balsa piece, although i would suggest using epoxy glue. see above picture. hope that helps