Yellow Aircraft Cap 232 Project

Back in 2001 when I was just getting into R/C I bought the above plane. It has moved from one house to another without much activity other than decommissioning the engine and glueing the wings together.

I decided in September 08 that since electric power systems were becoming more advanced, I would electrify it.

The first piece was buying a sufficiently large (and strong) engine to power a 12lb plane. This is the Hacker A60 series:

and the fuse

With the (huge) ESC wired,  along with the UBEC. This thing is getting heavy.

Here is a shot of the two batteries that will power it.

That is 3 lbs worth of batteries!!!

And the 73" wing (takes up a lot of room in the shop)

And here is the finished product...I hope to fly it this spring:

Specs: Hacker A60 Outrunner with 90amp ESC. Two 3700mah lipoly (6S) Rhino batteries turning a 20x10 prop.

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updated 12-25-08