This
is just preliminary ramblings on what might work.
I'm sure I can come up with something more expensive.
At this point I don't know if the
RX & servos can run off 1 LiPo cell plus I don't know if the muscle
wire servos will have enough power
Plane:
12.6 gram Aito Bi-Plane.
List of possible
motors to power it with:
The Mighty Midget 13/3/12T Gold Series is the
hotter wind of the two 1-cell 13mm stator motors. It weighs just
5.2 gms bare. With a GWS 5x3 it develops 51g of thrust
and pulls 1.77 amps. With a 6x3 prop it develops 61g of thrust
and pulls 2.29 amps (see BL performance page for complete performance
specs). With a 5x3 prop its amp draw is well suited to the E-Tec
250mAh. With a 6x3 prop the higher amp draw will result in shorter
flight times unless a larger capacity cell is used. The motor comes
with our 3-pin connectors installed to match our YGE4-BL
controllers for a plug and play solution, but can also be used
with the Micro Invent MBC2-BL 1-cell controller if you solder the
corresponding plug on the controller. Use either our BSD or Mighty
Midget BL motor mounts and either our BSD press-fit 1.5mm shaft
GWS prop adapters or the Mighty Midget collet type prop adapters.
Motor mount, prop, and prop adapter must be purchased separately.
Price: $75.00 From Bob Selman's Designs
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
List of possible
ESC's:
Heino Jung's YGE4-BL "ESC". 1 to 3 LiPo
cells. 4 amps max motor current. Weight is 2.1 grams
w/connectors. It comes with a JST plug to work with the JMP servo RX
and others RXs using JST plugs (the wires might have to switched for
some other brands). It comes with our 2-pin polarized plug for the
battery connection, and our 3-pin plug for use with the brushless
motors Additional polarized plugs and 3-pin plugs are available on the
Misc Electronics page.
Price: $59.00 From Bob Selman's Designs
http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/
Projected weight: ???
Plane 12.6 grams
25.00 plus shipping
Outrunner
5.2 grams
75.00 plus shipping
ESC 2.1 gram
59.00 plus shipping
Muscle wire Servos (3)
2.4 grams
102.00 plus shipping
Nanolite RX
2 grams
33.99 plus shipping
1 cell 300 mah LiPo
7.6 grams
3.17 plus shipping
glue & wires
2 grams?
25.00 plus shipping
33.8 gram total
323.00
with 61grams of thrust?
40.00 est. shipping
363.00 Total cost of plane
$10.74 per gram of
airplane.
Info that shows projected weight
completely wrong:
It looks to me
like their total flying weight might be 12.3 grams in the picture of
the plane on the scale at the top of the page. I thought that
was just the weight of the foam! The projected is just using
some of the lighter stuff that I personally know of but maybe it's not
near light enough.
I see that on the start of the video it says
13.5 grams. "I'm
conflicted!" |