Originally Posted by Fliprob17

not sure how many have had a chance to push the new V2 Hacker in a "hot climate" but with the built-in fan continuously blowing air over the windings they are definitely running cooler than the original's did.....at least that's what I'm seeing.

Can't help but wonder how much the fan is using battery wise. I think I'd rather have 100% of my power going to the prop and not to fan cooling the motor. While I know this could be the best thing since sliced bread it somehow just feels wrong to me. But what do I know.

Was able to put in 3 flights before dark today. It was a wonderfull low wind 3 flights too. This is such a great flying plane and a plane that is easy for the grab and go quick flights.

I was running the V2 A40-10S in 95 degree weather the other day and it comes down MUCH hotter than the Motrolfly 3620-750. I didn't have a temp gun with me but when I was flying the 3620 in 100 degree weather, it was coming down at 120 after 5 minutes of hard flying.

Just got back from flying. Put four flights in, love the gens ace batts, warm to the touch. Motor too.

Some numbers:

4315 motor
Xoar 15x7 wood e-prop
100 amp ice regular esc
4s 4000mah gens ace

according to ice esc logger:
max amps = 106
avg amps = 19
max watts = 1540
max esc temps = 140F
max rpm = 11,400 (11,800 by specs)
avg rpm = 4500

I do think that the ice logger overestimates the amp draw by 10%. Will have to put my watts up meter in there next time. Interestingly, the prop rpms are very efficient on that 15x7 prop. Right in line with kv x volts or 11,800rpms. I will try 14x6 xoar wood e-prop next time.

So let's talk about CG. My rudder servo is in the tail and batts butted against wing tube. I still feel like I'm nose heavy and need maybe .5 to 1 oz of tail weight. I do recommend people go with lighter motor like 3620-750. So how does that extra weight affects the plane? Not much. The knife edges are slow as slow as I want them for me. Landings are slow, no harrier landings but getting very close. Need more aft CG for those. It does 20 foot diameter flat turns and when wind is blowing it can turn on its yaw pivot which is cool. I had a gusty winds today, so it's not as precise in those gusts as my 50cc but good enough. Rudder has lots of authority, you can do 10 foot knife edge loops all day. But if you are doing very slow flying at a walking pace then you need to go with lighter setup. As it is, my plane flies slower than any plane I owned and that's slow for me. I did knife edge circles at about jogging pace.

It bleeds off speed very quickly on a landing. This is good as you can bring her in hot in a dead stick situation and she will bleed that speed quickly and then land easily. Takeoffs are amazing. I can drive her on the ground with tail wheel up in the air and I can slow her down and speed her up and everything in between and she tracks straight. Takeoffs are absolutely no problem and will be done in a headwind in five feet on quarter throttle. So how much throttle do I need for flying. For hovering about 1/4 throttle, same for takeoffs on a fresh pack. It has unlimited vertical and accelerates vertically. It is not ballistic like my 5lb stick plane on 6s but that's not needed. It's slightly less ballistic but fast enough. I get about 8 minutes of mixed flying. I basically got this plane for knife edges and tailslides. Can't do tailslides with the CG as I have it set yet but knife edges I'm satisfied with. I do notice that on landings coming into the wind I have to keep little bit of throttle in otherwise she slows and stalls. Don't think that will be a problem in calm weather.

I'm going to experiment with 14x6 prop and 6s 2500mah packs. They're about the same size and weight as 4s 4000mah packs. I guess I will have to prop down for 6s to maybe 13x6 or 12x6. That would probably turn the plane into a pattern plane.

For those of you still looking for 4 cell packs these guys have the Gens ace 4s 4000 for 39.60. They do charge a little for shipping so if you are buying only one or two it might not be worth it. If you are buying several however I have not been able to find a better price.

http://www.xheli.com/98p-25c-4000-4s1p.html

Originally Posted by danamania

That's good news because it's an A40-14S V2 that's going into my "small 6S" Orange crush 59" very soon. Thank for sharing as I am trying a non-standard set-up and such information is helpful. Good flying! Dana

Now were talking! what size packs you plan to use?

Originally Posted by FlyStraight

Just got back from flying. Put four flights in, love the gens ace batts, warm to the touch. Motor too.

Some numbers:

4315 motor
Xoar 15x7 wood e-prop
100 amp ice regular esc
4s 4000mah gens ace

according to ice esc logger:
max amps = 106
avg amps = 19
max watts = 1540
max esc temps = 140F
max rpm = 11,400 (11,800 by specs)
avg rpm = 4500

I do think that the ice logger overestimates the amp draw by 10%. Will have to put my watts up meter in there next time. Interestingly, the prop rpms are very efficient on that 15x7 prop. Right in line with kv x volts or 11,800rpms. I will try 14x6 xoar wood e-prop next time.

So let's talk about CG. My rudder servo is in the tail and batts butted against wing tube. I still feel like I'm nose heavy and need maybe .5 to 1 oz of tail weight. I do recommend people go with lighter motor like 3620-750. So how does that extra weight affects the plane? Not much. The knife edges are slow as slow as I want them for me. Landings are slow, no harrier landings but getting very close. Need more aft CG for those. It does 20 foot diameter flat turns and when wind is blowing it can turn on its yaw pivot which is cool. I had a gusty winds today, so it's not as precise in those gusts as my 50cc but good enough. Rudder has lots of authority, you can do 10 foot knife edge loops all day. But if you are doing very slow flying at a walking pace then you need to go with lighter setup. As it is, my plane flies slower than any plane I owned and that's slow for me. I did knife edge circles at about jogging pace.

It bleeds off speed very quickly on a landing. This is good as you can bring her in hot in a dead stick situation and she will bleed that speed quickly and then land easily. Takeoffs are amazing. I can drive her on the ground with tail wheel up in the air and I can slow her down and speed her up and everything in between and she tracks straight. Takeoffs are absolutely no problem and will be done in a headwind in five feet on quarter throttle. So how much throttle do I need for flying. For hovering about 1/4 throttle, same for takeoffs on a fresh pack. It has unlimited vertical and accelerates vertically. It is not ballistic like my 5lb stick plane on 6s but that's not needed. It's slightly less ballistic but fast enough. I get about 8 minutes of mixed flying. I basically got this plane for knife edges and tailslides. Can't do tailslides with the CG as I have it set yet but knife edges I'm satisfied with. I do notice that on landings coming into the wind I have to keep little bit of throttle in otherwise she slows and stalls. Don't think that will be a problem in calm weather.

I'm going to experiment with 14x6 prop and 6s 2500mah packs. They're about the same size and weight as 4s 4000mah packs. I guess I will have to prop down for 6s to maybe 13x6 or 12x6. That would probably turn the plane into a pattern plane.

I would say your logger was dead on. I got the same on my watts up meter useing the same motor, esc, prop size, and batteries
Though my motor is only ambient temp after one flight.
I can fly 6 flights back to back and my motor is only bearly warm when done(I love that)

Originally Posted by wantoofly

Now were talking! what size packs you plan to use?

Someone asked so here goes...

My original plan from some months back was to go with 2650 mAh for a total of 15,900 (almost the same as as 4S 4000 mAh). Then I noticed that AJ flys 5S 3900 for a total of 20,000 so I thought maybe 6S 3300. Then Ben checked in with the largest pack I noticed, 5S 5000 for a total of 25,000. Now that caught my eye as I have 6S 4000s for my Osiris. Soooo...

Will most likely start with 2650s as I have some of those on hand which will be shared with another project. Then based on how that works for me, I may go up in capacity/weight to get the final wing loading and flight times that I like to have: With each airframe size, I like to have one lightly loaded for calm days and/or 3D; and one more heavily loaded for windy days and/or precision. Not sure where to position the 59" except to say it will fit nicely between my Osiris and 70/71" aerobats in the station wagon! LOL Dana

Some people are still posting some pretty weird stuff in this thread. AJ's preferred CG for all flight including 3D is about 85mm. The 59" harriers very, very nicely at that CG. I fly at about 100mm. Harriers very, very nicely for me. If someone cannot harrier land the Slick, it's not constructive to confuse skill with setup, that messes everyone's project up.

The main reason I like the forward CG on planes is with a forward CG I'm also able to open the plane up and draw some straight lines and push through those high G maneuvers and keep flying.
One thing people will not be able to do with a rearward is carry much momentum through a maneuver. I know many will like to fly low and slow but this will hamper your high speed stuff. I really found this out on the 104"

Andrew

good info, thanks Andrew.

I think a lot of people don't realize just how much practicing precision, especially rolling maneuvers, will help their 3d abilities.

what prop for the a4010s and 4s?

xoar 15x8?

When gluing the "ball arm" screw and nut to the rudder horns with medium CA, will it be an easy job of replacing the pull-pull cables later if needed?

I would like to use a lock nut but it doesn't look possible.

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by Irg

what prop for the a4010s and 4s?

xoar 15x8?

ADC recommended me a 15x6 for that motor on 4 cells, as its the one I'm getting also I ended up getting Vox 15x6 Wooden props.

Originally Posted by johnnyrocco123

When gluing the "ball arm" screw and nut to the rudder horns with medium CA, will it be an easy job of replacing the pull-pull cables later if needed?

I would like to use a lock nut but it doesn't look possible.

Thanks in advance.

the CA with kicker is really only a lock nut in itself so debonder should take care of that easy if you need to take it off. just make sure you clean the nut well when you go to reuse it and re-ca.