Senior Telemaster Plus w/ a GoPro

The New Senior Telemaster Plus. Plane has two (2) 5 cell 8000Mah in parallel for a flight time around 1 hour. Motor is a Axi 4130/16 with a Castle Creations Ice 100 ESC swinging a APC 17X12.

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• Senior Telemaster Plus
• GoPro
• Telemaster
• Otis Giants
• rc plane
• hobby-lobby
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[cheesewaxed]

Fantastic video! Do you think you would get even longer flight times with a third battery?

[wtmcgehee]

@cheesewaxed Yes you would get more flight time, but you would also be adding more weight to the airframe. More weight = more watts. The airframe could hold 4 batteries but doubleing batteries doesn't mean double flight time.

[cheesewaxed]

@wtmcgehee Thanks! Is your 2-battery configuration optimized for duration? I'm trying to make the highest duration electric Telemaster and I'm not sure how the weight tradeoffs work. Just getting into the hobby from RC helis.

[wtmcgehee]

@cheesewaxed How much flight duration are you trying to achieve? Also what is the purpose of the flight? There are a few things beside batteries you need to take into consideration such as the kv of the motor, prop size and flight speed. What motor, esc, prop combo do you currently have? With the information above I can better understand the setup and give you recommendations to achieve maximum flight duration.

[Farmhand2k]

Nice vid. Will probably get a Telemaster next. I like using the gopro... 

[wtmcgehee]

@wtmcgehee You will also need a little down elevator with flaps. On my DX8 I have it set to Flap mid 75% flap 21% elevator and for land I have it set to 150% flap and 42% elevator.

[wtmcgehee]

@capnkurtor For that landing I used zero flaps. I have my flaps on a three way switch. 0% - 35% and 85%. The 85% is neat when you are doing a 300 plus feet dive at the runway. With a standard 5 cell 5000 it will dive at about 15-20 knots. Than flare up a 5 feet and touch down. When you finally fly this aircraft you will notice how predictable amd stable it is. Really nice flying airframe.

[capnkurtor]

Great video, that thing seemed like it was coming in hot - did you use flaps on that landing, and if so, what degree? If that was a flap landing, my guess is that the extra battery weight adds to the speed on landing. I've got the same plane, yet to maiden, so definitely interested.

[wtmcgehee]

@WTurbiasz Thanks, I could only assume the person who disliked it either can't fly or hates electric planes..