35CC 3D Plane

[gyro]

Swing by the Velox thread, plenty of useful discussion there!

For me, the electric flies best... Mine has the DM 4325 in it... And that's plenty!

 

[rcbirk21]

The Velox question usually stirs quite a bit of debate...it is a great plane, on electric and gas. For electric, the Motrofly 4330 is (I believe) the standard motor that most people recommend. For gas, most people recommend a DLE-20 but some have actually stuffed a DLE30 or even a DLE-35 into this airframe, and I think with careful attention to CG, have been able to fly it just fine.

I think the first questions to ask yourself are:

are you comfortable with 6-8 minute flight times?
if yes, then an electric config is a strong option
if you prefer longer flight times, a gasser is a better option.

this plane flies amazingly well in either configuration, it usually turns out to be what you prefer most.

This very thread was started to answer just that question.

4330 is a whole lotta motor for the velox, 4325 is already a bit overkill

 

[Abrams]

A Little Upate (Pics)

The plane is coming along slowly, but nicely. I was sick all last week and lots of little league baseball. Still not 100% and games start tonight. I'm not sure when I will get to fly this little beasty. Good news is I did get some work done on it last night.

Cowl is on. I LIKE it!

 

[3dNater]

Looks great!

 

[Enterprise]

I would upgrade the hinges to the bigger robarts if I have not said that already. This tail is going to get a lot of force on it with that beastie.

 

[Abrams]

Spinner or no spinner?

I really don't want to add more weight than I have to on the front of the plane, so I was looking at a plastic spinner or maybe carbon fiber. In plastic, only black or white match. I don't think either one would look right. Aluminum would look sharp, but too heavy. The plane on the 3DHS has no spinner. I'm leaning that way, but wondered if anyone had any thoughts.

Trying to get everything in but the battery and see how it's going to balance.

 

[SnowDog]

I really don't want to add more weight than I have to on the front of the plane, so I was looking at a plastic spinner or maybe carbon fiber. In plastic, only black or white match. I don't think either one would look right. Aluminum would look sharp, but too heavy. The plane on the 3DHS has no spinner. I'm leaning that way, but wondered if anyone had any thoughts.

Trying to get everything in but the battery and see how it's going to balance.

EF makes some good plastic spinners for this size plane.

 

[Enterprise]

I just went through this with my electric sbach. The included pilot-RC carbon spinner with the bolt was lighter than the EF electric 3" spinner I had on it. Look at chief's site and see if there is a red painted pilot one available. I would call them to make sure they actually have it in stock. They are very bad about that.

 

[gyro]

I just went through this with my electric sbach. The included pilot-RC carbon spinner with the bolt was lighter than the EF electric 3" spinner I had on it. Look at chief's site and see if there is a red painted pilot one available. I would call them to make sure they actually have it in stock. They are very bad about that.

Understatement.

 

[Abrams]

I wasn't even going to ask the question. Glad I did. I had no idea about the EF spinner. Actually, 3DHS sells EF spinners. So the color might be pretty close on the red. After looking at my cowl again, yellow might work if I can find the right color of yellow.

I might just fly it with a Xoar prop w/no spinner this year and get a carbon fiber prop and spinner next year when I'm sure what size prop this 35 needs. I didn't see any recommendation in the DLE book. On forums, I am seeing 20x8.