Any updates on this?? I just bought one and was considering 5 or 6S on a 1900kv Ritewing motors.

Diggs

My Trick is an amazing airplane, lands and takes off very easily with no bad habits at all, silk smooth at full throttle. I am using an arc 36 55 1.5 motor, castle ice lith 100 esc, and turnigy 50c nanotec 3000mah lipo, 7x7 apc glow prop. That setup pulls about 95 amps and just shy of 2000 watts. Had to shut the lipo cutoff off. This setup is easily 150+... only downside is 2 min flite time. I love this airplane

Originally Posted by xxKATANAxx

My Trick is an amazing airplane, lands and takes off very easily with no bad habits at all, silk smooth at full throttle. I am using an arc 36 55 1.5 motor, castle ice lith 100 esc, and turnigy 50c nanotec 3000mah lipo, 7x7 apc glow prop. That setup pulls about 95 amps and just shy of 2000 watts. Had to shut the lipo cutoff off. This setup is easily 150+... only downside is 2 min flite time. I love this airplane

How many cells are your running?

Diggs

Sorry 6s...my bad

Did you need to do any modifications to get those to fit, or to take those speeds? I assume you moved the servos back to gain some space? Thanks for the info. Looking to make this one fast. Hitting 150 - 160 with my Ritewing Demon lite on 4S. Was hoping to hit similar speeds with the Trick. Didn't realize it would take a 36mm motor. Cool, that might change my motor selection.

Diggs

No mods, my seros fit right ahead of the wing bolts, and the battery fits in above the wing pin and almost against the motor. This is a perfect balance for me, just slightly nose heavy. I made a sleeve to go over the battery to keep it from comming back during flight. It bumps against the servo mounts and has worked flawless for all my flights so far, and allows good air flow. I put the battery in first then slide the sleeve in and then ready to go. I wont lie its a tight fit, but it all goes in. Before I bought the battery, I looked up the specs and found out the size, then cut out a block of wood the same size to make sure that it fit. I will say that 150 is more likely closer to 160-175, no problem. The motor and battery get real hot, but the battery was like 40 bucks so who cares!

Thanks for all the info. That sounds like what I am after. When you say glow prop, is this an APC Sport prop by chance? The motor I am considering was shattering 6x4 sport props on a right wing on 6S due to the high RPMs. I bought it for a 6S demon lite setup, but I think it would be a perfect fit for the Trick. However, I am worried about shattering a prop with that setup, so I may go 5S.

Diggs

Yes this is an apc sport prop and not an apc e prop. I have not tried a electric prop on this setup for obvious reasons. I used to fly glow airplanes and now I talk like they are the plague!! Dont miss it a bit! Good luck with your trick, let us know how it goes, sorry I did not post any pics... I am on vacation right now in Maine, attending an all electric fun fly in Portland Maine today. Thanks to all the Propsnappers! Today was awesome!

Diggs,

The trick likes big props. 6.5 x 6.5 is the smallest prop i would run a second time.
I did attempt a 6x4 with poor results
My fastest pass was using a 7x9 a tad over 175 mph, it took alot of watts to get there.

Trick's are very tail heavy and require around 200 gram motor and a forward mounted lipo to cg.. If you were to use the 28-56-1900 (22-2300 kv actual) you will need alot of lead.
4s will be the max cell count with a 6.5" prop for great speed but not so enthusiastic climbing...
You can run 3s2p and 7x9 for some good pitch speed and thrust with out the noise.

All that being said stay below 100 amps to keep that 4 pole motor alive..


-Dave

While flying my Trick the other night , the motor shut off and, and at first I thought that the speed controller went into thermal shutdown. I have since realized that the motor is not working and it has that burnt smell. What would be a good replacement for that motor, or can I get it fixed. I cannot even find out where they are made. I was running a 7x7, 100 amp ice lite on 6s. This setup lasted about 40 flights or so. This setup was awesome. What would a longer arc 3665 be like? Any ideas would be great.

Originally Posted by xxKATANAxx

While flying my Trick the other night , the motor shut off and, and at first I thought that the speed controller went into thermal shutdown. I have since realized that the motor is not working and it has that burnt smell. What would be a good replacement for that motor, or can I get it fixed. I cannot even find out where they are made. I was running a 7x7, 100 amp ice lite on 6s. This setup lasted about 40 flights or so. This setup was awesome. What would a longer arc 3665 be like? Any ideas would be great.

I just hit the button on one today and was planning on putting in a mega motor. I usually source from Gary at EffuxRc and Gryphon RCU is always a wealth of knowledge on motor and prop combos. j

Originally Posted by gotboostedvr6

it fits

1520 1y and 9s 2200 fits too

you are kidding right? that's a 26 volts motor on 9s LOL

Originally Posted by TheTick

I was the guy holding the radar gun in this video. Great little plane!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b32TrOxF6Q

Shame i can't watch that vid here in nz

I can't see here in Oz either. Rports on the model from Aussie owners are pretty good so i figure for the money, it's worth a go.

I'll make my own video when I get it set and tuned in. J

Originally Posted by jayb1rdz

I can't see here in Oz either. Rports on the model from Aussie owners are pretty good so i figure for the money, it's worth a go.

I'll make my own video when I get it set and tuned in. J

would love to see a vid of it i had one on order for months and forgot about it must be old age lol it's on the way to me now
What's your setup ?
Cheers
Adrian