Anyone Converted RC Guys Pitts to Electric?

[LBJ]

RC Guys has a nice sized Pitts S1 at 68 inches. However, not sure it lends itself well to electric. No real easy place to get to the batteries for every flight. Don't want to remove wings just for that. Anyone done one or seen it done?

The SkyShark version of the Christen Eagle has a "cockpit" hatch on the top side which could be used for battery access. Wish the RC Guys would redesign theirs for electric. LBJ

[Sean Sweeney]

Flies very nice on 10s E-power. I have an old PJS 8000 motor in mine. I made the top of the cowl removeable so I could easily remove the batteries between flights. 10s 5000 battery pack will give very long flights. It does not have the power to do radical 3d, but that is not what I wanted. It does however, give very good vertical performance. If I did not have the PJS already I would have used an E-Flight 160. I only have one flight on it so far and wont get to fly it again for a while, but I really like the way it flies. Very light and easy to slow down for a nice landing too.

Sean

[LBJ]

Mega cool. That's what I'm talkin about. I'm not a 3-d'er either, just want some fun flying. I fly the Christen Eagle on simulator and once I got the control settings down pat, it flies great. The Pitts should be pretty close. Thanks, Sean.

And, got a wider shot of the cowl job?