RC Trainer plane takes flight

My old, never-before flown glo-engined trainer plane, recently converted to electric power, flying beautifully.

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[tutor4011]

aye shes a nice bird lad, how did you sort your balance when taking your engine out and putting in electric?

[peterwth]

Hello Tutor4011,

Thanks so much for the compliment.

For balance, already knowing that it was tail-heavy before conversion, I made the firewall adaptor for the motor without concern for weight, using solid general-purpose plywood. A larger-than-needed battery was used too. With nose-weight it was still slightly tail-heavy as in the video. luckily it handled well enough. I've since move that nose-weight all the way beside the motor. The 60g motor also helps :>

[hokwdennis]

peroxidal......you just insulted one of the greatest musical composers ever. I guarantee u his music will still be around long after lady gaga....

[peroxidal]

terrible music. but nice vid and plane

[tutor4011]

will you be posting anymore of her in action? il try and get 1 of mine soon il send you it. iv a few vids of me learning to fly but im confident now so might be good, iv crashed 3 and my 4th i dont want to lose or il give up on the hobby ha