Gas to Electric Conversion - FLITE TIP

Flite Test - Gas to Eectric Conversion - FLITE TIP

In this episode of Flite Test, Josh and Josh do a conversion! Watch as the Flite Test team convert this P-47 glow plane, to electric. Not only does this plane fly amazing, it's more efficient than before. Watch this video to see more.

Category:

• Science & Tech
• Learning & Education

Starring:

• Josh Bixler
• joshua Scott

Directed by:

• Chad kapper

Produced by:

• Chad Kapper
• Michael Cameneti

Written by:

• Chad Kapper
• Josh Bixler
• Josh Scott
• Michael Cameneti

Tags:

• Flite
• Test
• Gas
• to
• Eectric
• Conversion
• FLITE
• TIP
• 02
• flite
• flight
• airplane
• Fixed-wing Aircraft
• helicopter
• Flying
• Aviation
• Plane
• Jet
• Landing
• f16
• f18
• p-47
• p-52

[jbboom52]

rum bum bum bum bum!

[shockhelmet]

this clip was wa-waaaa-waaa-waa-wuuuuuuum!! :))

[TWilliams416]

"You don't want people laughing at you.'' LOL. Priceless

[Stephanbrown1987]

Did you hardly show the p47 on purpose? What did you set down on the ground before take off?

Cool plane back at the work bench  though!

[glennster101]

wooow bet that 6s batt cost a lot, do parrallel if your cheap like me :)

[antiwhaleingskum]

How about a seperate ubec and battery to make it safer then using bec on esc?

[flyingphoenix113]

Joshua would know all about people laughing at him wouldn't he! : )

[wtmcgehee]

@wtmcgehee You may not notice this with small park fliers but when you get into larger 60 size and plus you will notice the decrees in speed/power through-out the flight

[wtmcgehee]

I primarily fly electric but I have to disagree with the consistency of electrics vs nitro, "not gas" that you talk about towards the end. I will use your p-47 as an example. The power 60 is a 400kv motor. For every one volt applied to the power 60 it will achieve 400 rpms. The six cell battery fully charged is 25.2 volts so the motor not under load will achieve 10080 rpm. Around mid flight, your battery pack will probably be around around 21 volts giving you 8400rpms.

[dbcustomrc]

if your thinking of going electric from glow, do some homework, but a watt meter, and most of all find a person who knows how to do this. You can very easily destroy a valuable plane if you do it wrong or if you dont get it just right you can have very short flight times and poor performance. Like I said, do your homework and get some help. Josh/Josh- good video and a sweet plane, it just wouldnt hurt to accurately convey how much goes into an electric conversion.

[dbcustomrc]

I like your videos. They are great, however- Converting from gas to electric is not as easy as all that. I undersatand thst your show isnt about getting that deep into the topic but I also dont think its fair to lull modelers into thinking its as easy as picking a "size 60" motor. With electric motors you can change any given motors performance by changing the power source and battery in so many ways that there is no way to say there is a single drop in motor replacement.

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