How many of you are running the new DA150L?

[orthobird]

Jace;11789 wrote: Better beef up the motor box lol!

i know a friend of mine that has a slick and has had issues with the motor box, so yep, better beef that up, especially if you plan on doing hard core 3D stuff, crankshafts, KE spins, etc.....

 

[Geno]

Super08;11812 wrote: I dropped the idea of putting my 150 into the Sukhoi. Not enough time left in the season up here. Especially with my work schedule right now as I cannot get any time for flying until the middle of Sept. I ordered an AW Carbon Cub and it is going in that. The 150 is pretty much a drop in installation as Aerowoks made sure it would fit when they designed it. They only rate it for up to a 120 though. There are several build threads with guys putting the 150 in. It is a popular set up for towing giant scale gliders.

That motor will be perfect in that plane!!!! Can even do some hovering and huckn after ya ditch the glider lol

 

[quadracer]

Fired my 150 up tonight, started on the 2nd flip and purred like a kitten. Those of you running the "fat" 150, what is your prop of choice for 3D? I'm currently running a wood Falcon 32x12, thinking about ordering a 31x12 or 10 to experiment with.

 

[orthobird]

With a da150 and large proflow cans, the headers have 90 mm drop and they are 9" long, but my cans do not fit in te tunnel. Can I cut the header down to 7"? If I did that, will it affect performance or midrange?

 

[orthobird]

What is the actual header length?





They have a 90 mm drop (3 & 1/2")



And the horizontal distance from flange to end if header is 9"



Does that mean that the actual header length is 12 & 1/2"?





If this is the case, then I would be ok to remove 2" off the header?

 

[3D-Joy]

quadracer;12725 wrote: Fired my 150 up tonight, started on the 2nd flip and purred like a kitten. Those of you running the "fat" 150, what is your prop of choice for 3D? I'm currently running a wood Falcon 32x12, thinking about ordering a 31x12 or 10 to experiment with.

I use an Air Models 31x12 on my fat 150 with 1090 pipes. I'm not into all out thrust but a mix of good thrust and speed. I hated that prop at first but then I learned to love it and won't replace it with anything else. My plane is rather fat also at 42 lbs.

 

[quadracer]

Flew the 104 the other day, 32x12 is not the ideal prop. Lol

It only turned 4800 rpm on the ground, so I bought a 30x13, which bumped it to 5300. I've talked to a few who run the 31x10W and love it, so I think that's my next size to try, along with retuning slightly. I bought the engine from a guy in New Hampshire, so I think a retune to southern Indiana climate is definitely necessary. That said, I have a wooden Falcon 32x12 for sale, flown 4 times (includes prop socks). Let me know if you're interested.

 

[Super08]

The 150 loves a 30x12 as well.

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

A 30x12 seems to be the "magic" prop for most all 150 class engines.

 

[Super08]

I agree, they just plain work like no other. Mind you the new Falcon CF 31x10W is supposed to be a sweet prop. I have one but have not tried it yet.