The Ultimate Ultimate Electric Conversion

[NCC-1701]

I just picked up the current Model Airplane News today and was very impressed with the Hangar 9 46% Ultimate electric conversion. Four Hacker C50 motors geared to a single shaft and over 8,000 watts of power!

This issue is worth picking up for this article alone.


Rob

[freddy warbird]

ya, but that is very very expensive for just one flight per hour. I heard Mark Lesberg has this set up and can't go full throttle. If he does, he will blow the batteries.

[NCC-1701]

ya, but that is very very expensive for just one flight per hour.

I agree, but just a few years ago, such a conversion would have been impossible. The next 5 years are going to be very interesting as we see ideas go from impossible to expensive to practical to commonplace.


Rob

[drksyd]

Hopefully the lipo trend keeps going. Maybe we'll see some real high discharge cells pour into the market with the prices still dropping.
I'm not sure but I think there are motors large enough to power that size plane alone. It won't be cheap but then again four Hackers and esc's aren't either.

[Willmsy]

I think the Neu motors might.. I am not really sure but I have heard good things about them...

Matt

[hoverboy7]

anyone know the exact price on a conversion like this

[drksyd]

Any conversion got a whole lot cheaper. Check out Hobby Lobby's big Axi sale.

[CUBANO8]

Any conversion got a whole lot cheaper. Check out Hobby Lobby's big Axi sale.

Yea, I got three motors out of that deal,
2826
4130
5330

I'm going to be picking up a Jack devine 85" Corsair for the 5330.

Sam :)

[drksyd]

Cool, more projects. I wanted to get a 5320/28 just because it was so cheap but I won't be getting anything that big.

[ElectRick]

anyone know the exact price on a conversion like this

If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it. ;)

I'd be surprised if it was less than $10k, all up.

Rick