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John Gallagher
Oct 07, 2003, 12:39 AM
Your threads all show glow and gas powered SPADS. Anyone building electric powered SPADS?

John
TLAR
Oct 07, 2003, 07:15 AM
Check this out!

http://www.e-spad.org/
RCHawaii
Oct 20, 2003, 07:50 AM
E-spad.org I believe is run by jj carter. A great guy and a just as great group. he also hangs out at http://spadworld.net and is always willing to help ;)
jamin
Nov 03, 2003, 01:25 AM
I have made a SFAD ( simple foam airplane design) called the eHor, based on the Q hor....flies very well....

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148747&highlight=ehor
The Enemy
Nov 05, 2003, 08:47 AM
John,
I was thinking the same thing... Unfortunately, I think the GWS 300C I have wouldn't provide enough thrust for a very good plane. Any ideas? I'm going to check out this e-spad thing right now.


Enemy
jamin
Nov 05, 2003, 01:07 PM
which gearing is the 300c?
The Enemy
Nov 05, 2003, 01:50 PM
It's a D gear. (6.6:1) The real issue lies in the thrust to weight ratio I guess.

Enemy
Twistedprop
Nov 26, 2003, 12:15 AM
http://spadworld.net/links.php?mode=show&id=41, check this one, I`ve built it( VERY EASY) , just haven`t got the motor yet
TLAR
Nov 26, 2003, 06:55 AM
Check out this fanfold ESPA3D. It doesn't get much simpler, and man does it fly! It's still just a prototype, but opening up a whole new world to a couple guys who are brand new to electrics.

http://spadworld.net/viewtopic.php?t=5826

There is also a very long thread here about this model and it's ongoing evolution!
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172710

http://www.spadtothebone.com/temp/espa3d_1.JPG
surfimp
Dec 07, 2003, 11:54 PM
I hear the Mugi does pretty well electrified:

http://www.mugi.co.uk
FrankC29
Jan 16, 2004, 03:31 AM
Here's a sport E-Spad I'm finishing up, should fly it this weekend. It's a brushless setup on 10 cells, it should perform! For what I paid, it BETTER perform!

http://home.earthlink.net/~plasticwings/images/ses500.jpg

Here's the thread:

Here (http://spadworld.net/viewtopic.php?p=48838#48838)
LuckyArmpit
Feb 01, 2004, 07:47 AM
Here is my Dogfighter....speed 600 geared 3 to 1 with a 12x8 prop. I run 8 cell SCR's in it.....

Dave...
ClimaxPilot
Feb 15, 2004, 07:06 AM
If you're into the classics a little more, here's a Sopwith Camel made from 3mm Coreflute and lite ply. I'll be posting a build thread within a few weeks . A friend designed these little beauties, you should see them fly, this one has a gws 380 g/box combo, mines gonna have brushless power in the form of a Typhoon micro-6.