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njswede

150cc
Just make sure you're running all the power through the receiver and feed it through a single servo cable and you should be fine. Also, since the throttle servo doesn't have any real load on it, you can go with a little HXT500 5g servo for that and you'll save a couple of dollars.
 

njswede

150cc
All joking aside, I've always wondered about that Turnigy 52cc. Does it even run? Has anyone tried it? (No, I'm not in the market for a Turnigy)
 

njswede

150cc
I'll answer my own question: Here's a video of a Turnigy 52cc (doesn't say in the description, but he's got other videos saying he's got a TGY in it). Listen to it seizing! :)

 

tylerzx9r

100cc
To make up for the weight problems you might have..... I suggest 3 pounds of lead in the tail too! Happy Landings:msn_slap:
 

njswede

150cc
Haha! That reminds me of something that happened to me a while ago. While my kids were playing in a park, I saw two guys who were trying to launch a Bixler or similar powered foamy gilder. Since I noticed they seemed a bit, eh, inexperienced, I approached them and was about to offer my help. But, alas, they tried to launch it before I got there. It nosed in immediately. When I picked it up, I noticed it weighed about four times as much as it should. It turned out they had stuffed the tail with large bolts, nuts and even a 3/4" socket. Their reasoning was that since it kept nosing in, it must have been nose heavy. The CG was just in front of the tail feathers. Upon further examination, I noticed the reason it had been nosing in in the first place: The elevator was reversed. I gave them my phone number and asked them to call me next time they tried to launch it. They never called.
 
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