I've been picking away at putting together my slick in-between other non-Rc commitments. Here's the spec
Motor : Headsup
Firepower 46 sport (720kv)
Prop: Xoar 15x7
ESC: ZTW 85A
BEC: Castle 10A (6v)
Battery: Gens Ace 4s 2200mAh 30c
Servos: Solar D658 x 4
Putting it together took a little longer due to having to do a little work to fit the motor. First i had to re-drill the plate for the bigger cross mount. Then when i had it all done one of the captive nuts stripped it's threads, so I replaced all four with slightly larger nuts, which meant new ply reinforcing rings. No big deal but took up some time.
The motor also had a slight issue; there was a large set-screw collar supplied for use when using the cross mount, trouble is that the hole in the cross mount wasn't big enough to clear the collar and there wasn't enough 'meat' to open the hole up. I had to do a little work to sort that out. This little hiccup aside the Firepower seems a very nice motor.
The solar servos are also slightly larger than HS-85's so the holes had to be opened up a bit, there was just enough ply in the wing servo mounts, but they fit ok. A small hiccup with the servos too that could have proved nasty; the arm retaining screws are too long so bottom out in the holes before they tighten down on the arm. potentially this could see the arm coming loose with disastrous results. Fortunately I spotted it and cut a couple on mm off the end of the screw which sorted the problem out, something to watch for if anyone else uses these servos. other than that these appear to be excellent servos, going by the spec they are both torquier and faster than the 85MG.
Other than these little distractions she went together very nicely. This is the first 3DHS model I've owned and I'm duly impressed. I had it ready to go on Sunday but the weather wasn't playing the game so I took the Slick to work with me today and popped out during my lunch break to give it it's maiden. All went smoothly, I didn't have time to get anything more than a couple of short shakedown flights in but it went really nicely. I hear people say that the Slick flies like bigger model and now I see exactly what they all mean, it definitely has a bigger model feel than the 48" EF EXP models I've flown to date. Power was ample, which is no surprise as it's peaking over 1000W. I've got a distinct feeling that this is going to be my favourite plane!
I maybe need to invest in some new batteries though, the 2200mAh ones had to be slid way forward into the motor box to get the CG right, I'm thinking 2600mAh might be a better 'fit', clearly weight isn't an issue because she flies incredibly floaty.
here she is, still needs the stickers....
