20-03-2013, 11:20 AM
Mick - you might have some other mounting options available to consider.
The Spitfire I had annoyed me because it had a stick mount which I couldn't reach to modify because the slender nose and cowl were all one moulded piece and there was no room to work. Maybe putting the stick-mounted motor that Wingtipper has for you into that model makes sense.
For the others - I think there's a P-47 and a Zero? I've not seen either in the flesh but being radial-engined models means you've got more room to work within the cowl. It might make it possible to get rid of the stick mount and glue a lite-ply firewall in there instead - this gives you way more motor options as you can then put any of the suitable HK motors in place using a standard cruciform firewall mounting setup. I'd be looking at something in the 180+ Watts range, with a KV to match your chosen propeller. The GuanLi models come with slow-fly props - I'd give them the flick in exchange for a suitable APC or similar two-blade. If you wanted a more scale-looking prop, then things are a little trickier, particularly for the Thunderbolt because I'm not sure of any nice looking small four-bladers.
I hope that helps ... maybe it hasn't but I'd try to get rid of the stick-mounts, for sure.
The Spitfire I had annoyed me because it had a stick mount which I couldn't reach to modify because the slender nose and cowl were all one moulded piece and there was no room to work. Maybe putting the stick-mounted motor that Wingtipper has for you into that model makes sense.
For the others - I think there's a P-47 and a Zero? I've not seen either in the flesh but being radial-engined models means you've got more room to work within the cowl. It might make it possible to get rid of the stick mount and glue a lite-ply firewall in there instead - this gives you way more motor options as you can then put any of the suitable HK motors in place using a standard cruciform firewall mounting setup. I'd be looking at something in the 180+ Watts range, with a KV to match your chosen propeller. The GuanLi models come with slow-fly props - I'd give them the flick in exchange for a suitable APC or similar two-blade. If you wanted a more scale-looking prop, then things are a little trickier, particularly for the Thunderbolt because I'm not sure of any nice looking small four-bladers.
I hope that helps ... maybe it hasn't but I'd try to get rid of the stick-mounts, for sure.
Steve Murray