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#1

Jan 09, 2011

RCFighter

Calculation Conversion of Nitro engine size to Electric Engine

size
Hi!
It'squitehardtofindEPropchartsanywherewhileI'veseenmostlyprop
chartsmainlyfornitroengines.Isthereaformulatoconvertthenitroengine
sizeonapropcharttogetanelectricenginesize?
I'mcurrentlyusingAeronautEProp10x6,needtofindsomewaystoget
somefigurestoseeifitiscompatiblewithmyTurnigyC35421000for
furtherperformancecalculations.
Thanksinadvance!

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#2

Jan 09, 2011

eflightray
Therearen'treallyanychartsbecausetherearesomanyvariableswith
electric.
Whenyouconsiderthenumberofdifferentkvratings,thepossiblebattery
voltagesthatcanused,andthedifferentflightcharacteristicsthepilotmight
want,(smallerdiameter,coarsepitchforspeed,orlargediameter,finepitch
forthrust),thechoicesforjustoneelectricmotorisquiteconsiderable.
WhereasanICenginecanhaveaverylimitedrangeofpossibleprops.

#3

Jan 09, 2011

eflightray
Youcouldhavealookatsomeofthecalculatorsinthisthreadeflight
calculators(compilation)
It'soneofthe'Sticky'threadsatthetopofthePowerSystemsforum
Someofthecalculatorstakeintoaccountthemodel,andtheflyingstyle,as
wellasthemotor.
Amust,ifyouhaven'talreadygooneisawattmeter,(oratminimumand
ammeter),justtosaveoverproppingamotorandburningit,and/or,the
ESCout.

Jan 10, 2011

#4

Toysrme

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DrKiwisayssomeskorpianmotorguysays
Code:

Displacementinci.x2000=watts

Soa.46wouldbe
.46*2000=920watts
Healsosaysagoodruleofthumbforformuchpowerabrushlessoutrunner
canhandleis
Code:

Weightingrams*3=SafeWatts

However.Iwanttopointoutthatyouneedtotakeintoaccountafewthings
beforeusingthefirstformula:
Therangeisusuallyin"classes"ofengine.Notsetinstone.Wherea
designmaysimplysay".40"onthebox.Dependingontheerayouwill
usuallyberunninganywherefroma.40toa.55ci2strokeengine!
Mostareratedasa2strokeengine,anda4strokeengine.The
previouslymentioned"class"ratingsapplywith4strokeastheydo2
stroke/
Whatengineswerepopular?Somecouldbedog'snexttoanotherof
thesamedisplacement.
Theobviousnegativeexamplewouldbesizinga.40sizedplaneat.40.Then
notrealizingmostglowflierswererunning.50602strokesand70904
strokes.
SawthisinpersononanEconvertedSIGSomethin'Extra.Ihadone&flew
itonavery,veryhot.462strokeforalongtime.Oneotherguyatourclub
hadonewitheitheraSaitoorOS70(beensolongIcan'tremember).
Anyways,theEconvertedoneflewaroundfine,butwasfarslowerand
alwayslookedunderpoweredcompared.
Sobesurewhenyou'resizingyourstuff,tosizeitVSwhatwaspopularon
theairframe!Notsimplywhatclassmodelitisprintedonthebox.=D
Last edited by Toysrme; Jan 10, 2011 at 09:03 AM.

#5

Feb 01, 2011

aeajr
EVERYTHINGYOUWANTEDTOKNOWABOUTELECTRIC
POWEREDFLIGHT
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7100376/tm.htm
ThereisalsoaDownloadablePDFformatmorefocusedonthenew
electricpilotthanthepowersystem.BookbyEdAnderson,EditingbyKen
Myers

#6

Feb 01, 2011

Ken Myers
TheAugust2010andOctober2010Ampeerelectricflightnewsletterhave
thetwopartarticle"ComparingGlowEnginestoElectricPowerAgain"
http://homepage.mac.com/kmyersefo/am...10.htm#COMPARE
and
http://homepage.mac.com/kmyersefo/am...ct10.htm#GLOW2

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