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| Meet the Fokkers: Grant Lord and Tim O'Mahony treated us
to a formation flight with a "Eindecker" and a
D6. Tim's 100-inch Eindecker is built from a SR Batteries
kit and powered by a 10s Lipo pack. A Mega brushless motor
and an Inner Demon gearbox turn a 24x10 prop. Grant competely
scratch-built his D6. It weighs only 7.5 lbs and gets around
fine with just a 4s Lipo pack on a Phaser brushless motor,
2.5:1 gearbox and a 20x12 prop. |
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| In the vintage aircraft department, Bob Benjamin flew his
1937 Aeronca K on a geared Astro-60 brushed motor. This is
the first electric-powered model ever to compete in the F4C
world championship in 2002. Jerry Holcomb's Yugoslavian trainer
Rogozarski SM12-H also is powered by a brushed Astro 60 motor.
40 cells and a 3:1
gear box allow it to swing a 22 x14 prop and perform aerobatics
the full-size original could not have survived. |
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