Micro Spitfire with Brushless Motor

 swervyn 15 points

have decided to convert it to fossil fuel instead...

 Karl 201 points

you still will need a transmitter and reciever if you are making a plane glow/ gas powered.

 louigi600 218 points

If I remember correctly it's about 40g without motor but including spinner cone and landing gear. I weighed everything to check that I was within the flying weight specs because I was using a supermicro RX system but a bigger battery. Overall I was still within the specs.

 adammooren 616 points

thats exactly why I am asking. those were my intentions as well

 louigi600 218 points

Yes possibbly but: this plane only requires 3 channles to fly, 13g is massive for this plane. You might prefer to use something like www.link

 Kellyann 16227 points

Celine yes it will work but a bit heavy. You can use PRODUCT ID: HK-GT2_RX Hobby King GT-2 2.4Ghz Receiver 3Ch. It will work on the same TX as the 6 channel. It is much lighter. It is only $6. Also you can reduce the weight on both by removing the plastic case. I hope this helps

 rcDawson 70 points

6 amp esc 2x 2.5g servos 200mah 2 cell bat (maybe 180mah) micro reciever that is compatible with your tx bullet connectors for esc to motor and esc to battery

 louigi600 218 points

These little things are pests to fly indoor as they are pretty fast. Keep them as light as possible to reduce to a minimum wing loading. Dawson's setup is fine but take care to choose a light but yet powerfull battery.

 rcDawson 70 points

Yes you will need plugs to connect the motor to the esc. Preferably use the micro plugs to save weight and www.link The best connectors to use for the battery and the esc are either micro deans or JST (the small red ones) as they are small and light.

 louigi600 218 points

I use DB-25 male and female pins stripped form PC parallel or serial ports insulated with shrink tube on all my micro scale planes.

 rcDawson 70 points

They are a little bit too big, you will need lighter 2-2.5 gram servos, for good flight performance you want the weight as low as possible.

 louigi600 218 points

One of these would be a better choice for this www.link be prepared to replace the plugs.

 clearskies 1 points

does anyone know the size of the plug from the motor, I ordered some but they were too small? These are $11.00 on Ebay with no motor by the way.

 PeterBe 62 points

6 pin micro plug from HK

 rcDawson 70 points

Yes, but that would be way too big for this plane, maybe go for the 6 amp esc by Turnigy, it is about the right size and it is light weight- ideal for this plane.

 louigi600 218 points

The 6A version is only 2 g lighter. You can use which ever you prefer.

 Kellyann 16227 points

louigi600 Yes the old rule of thumb one third of cord length is a good place to start. So you should be correct. I hope this helps. the manual is rubbish???

 louigi600 218 points

The best starting point would be if the instructions told you where exactly the balance point should be :-D. Indoor flight is very unforgiving vor bad initial trim and balance point.

 Kellyann 16227 points

louigi600 ye it would but the instructions are rubbish SORRY.

 Allison 1358 points

Oh yes it is a great little plane. It looks great indoor and outdoors on a very calm day. It is a must that you us micro range gear for weight is important. Well the lack of weight.

 Sally 659 points

Thanks but I was looking for an outdoor plane (Hard to find indoors big enough around here) and most days are not calm.

 louigi600 218 points

Alison: is it manuverable enough to fly in an indoor basketball court or would I end up gust flying circles around the court ?

 Allison 1358 points

I do not wish to hi jack Sally's question but a double basketball court at least.

 waterlogged 2587 points

louigi600, these two people are actually Kellyann, along with 4 others. Kellyann isn't a girl he's a 42 year old male from India who has 6 or more false accounts. He logs on under one false ID and answers a question and then pays himself 20 cents. All the time Mr.Kalyan from India gets all the money. So far he's scammed about $2,000.00 from Hobbyking. Sally, Allison, DelSt, Sharron, Chris, Bacter and Kellyann are all the same person.

 PeterBe 62 points

LOL, 2k in 20c increments ... hard way to make money

 waterlogged 2587 points

Gee this is an old thread mate. I assure you those are the figures, hard to imagine but to quote the person who ran the scam, "I won't give it up, it subsidizes my hobby" Dozens of question a day all asked by the group of fake IDs and all Immediately answered by another of the group. Over more than 12 months. It's nothing to laugh at mate. It's not hard work when a person becomes obsessed. It became his fix. He desperately needed to buy his next plane. I hope you don't agree with someone doing it. Remember, that money was ours and HK was good enough to pay it out as a bounty. No longer, but you'll notice whenexer you order something from Hong Kong in the right hand column there's either a heli or bunch of hobby knives for very little. Just another way to give back a little something to those who support them.

 PeterBe 62 points

Gotta admire work ethic . I wouldn't type question , log out , clear cookies, log in and give semi coherent response all for 20c . I would question intelligence though , surely he'd make far more than that pestering Aussies at a call centre . How do you know of this rogue's antics ? Are you privy to IP addresses ?

 waterlogged 2587 points

All I can say is that a gentleman involved with military intelligence introduced himself to me some time ago and being a hobbyist saw what was going on and did some investigations which led to plenty of proof and photos. Written statements the works. I even emailed him and asked him to stop he totally ignored me. He actually believes he's doing no wrong but the more you read his posts you'll notice how he disassociates himself from the truth. He definitely has problems. He will often start accusing me of what he's doing. He manipulates people by saying what that person wants to hear, that's how he got extra payments. Try finding older posts, you'll be surprised

 waterlogged 2587 points

Sorry, I meant to add that Kellyann is the head fake ID. Follow that ID along with, Sharron, Delst, Bacter, Sally, Chris, and Allison. All fake.

 balloonguys 80 points

I was a collousion and fraud analyst for a well known bookmakers and used to find chineese doing similar kinda thingsto get $100 sign up bonuses, they would spend days playing $1 - $2 cents games to qualify for it. There were hundreads at it and in poor countries 20 cents could be half a days a wage so it adds up for 'em!!

 waterlogged 2587 points

I know how you feel. This wasn't going to any person living in a mud hut. It was someone with a Uni degree and working a a water treatment facility. He openly stated to a friend of mine in India he would never give up his scam because it subsidized his hobby. The person running the scam has been kicked off three times now. He just keeps coming back with another ID. At least the scammer incentive has been removed which upset him no end. It sure adds up, in excess of $2,000,00.

 startazz 952 points

I would of thought so if your flying is up to it,on the servo side of things i would of said 9gr would be to heavy,the max i would use is 5gr servos and not sure on total weight but i hope this help you some what.

 louigi600 218 points

You could possibly fly with 9g servos but you might need a little more power and a larger space to fly in. Also the 9g servos are bigger then the advised 2.5g ones and you might have trouble fitting everything in the fuselage. I'd avoid using 9g servos on this machine and to that matter also the 5g servos of the same size of 9g ones.

 Szymon 17 points

yes but they are quite heavy , although this engine can handle this

 louigi600 218 points

Planes with high wing loading will still fly: but may become very unforgiving to any pilot mistaks.

 __bare 713 points

Pobably the One hung lo noodle company. Does it matter even a little bit who molds it?

 Joseph 1 points

Lol to funny! I love it

 F100CUFFLINK 887 points

IF YOU FLY IT WITH 1 CELL ITS PROPBLY NOT GOING TO ,PLUSS ITS NOT GOING TO POWER YOUR RECEIVER AND SERVO/S SO WHY EVEN BOTHER TO TRY? its made for 2 so use 2 you will love it .

 F100CUFFLINK 887 points

i think it will ,also i think hk makesa 4 channel v2 and if they do i would go with that. they both work with the turnigy 9x transmitter

 rene 9 points

Hobby King GT-2 2.4Ghz Receiver 3Ch bottom line smallest, lightest weight. you can even remove the plastic cove for even lighter weight binds with turnigy and hk transmitters. this looks like a three chanel plane.

 Wireman 343 points

Nar jag lagger Spitten i varukorgen och checkar ut finns bara EMS som fraktsatt. Testa garna. Jag hade tankt kopa ett par saker till och hamnade over 500 gram, darav 30 dollar. Annars 25 for bara flygplanet.

 numse 154 points

Konstigt. Jag provade igen och fick samma. Gick ver 500 g och fick denna International (Registered) Air Mail 501-750g $14.99
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 Wireman 343 points

Nu har jag testat fran tre datorer och tva IP-adresser och far fortfarande bara EMS som alternativ! Far du "large box item" nr du testar?

 Wireman 343 points

Visst ar jag inloggad!

 numse 154 points

Testade igen. Fr inte large box item i sammanstllningen. Men nr jag gr vidare fr jag den precis innan betallningen...Du har rtt, den tillkommer senare efter shop-carten s prisen blir markant hgre. Har bestllt ex. en bt, men d fick jag prisen p large box item i shop-carten direkt. Beklager jag inte gick vidare efter shop-carten. Ha det gtt :-)

 Wireman 343 points

Bestallde spiten tillsammans med en Kyosho AutoKite plus lite annat smatt och gott och da blev fraktkostnaden overkomlig! :-) Allt gott! :-)