71" AJ Slick Building, Flying, and Questions

[ryan_m]

Cool thanks. So, going 6s might not have the power to weight the 51'' did on 4s but i'm OK with that. My 51'' was almost stupid overpowered anyways. I guess i'll get a 4325-380. I would go 8s but i don't want to run batteries in a series in this size plane. Maybe i'll look at setting up a 12s 50cc bird later for that.

I've run 6s and 8s on my 70/71 slick. I actually prefer 6s, and I think you can get a very nicely powered 6s setup. I am as happy with the amount of power on 6s as what I had on 8s, I just like the feel on 6s better, seems smoother and nicer to me. Batteries are more important on a high powered 6s setup, you will be pushing them, so I would get nice 30c ones. I'm quite happy with the four gens ace 6s5300 30c ones that I have. I've owned the 4325-380, 310, a Rimfire 1.20, and most recently a 4325-425 custom wind. The Rimfire is very similar to a 4325-450, spins an 18x8 and makes pretty good speed. I wanted more, so I went for the 4325-425 but spinning an 18x10 instead of 18x8. It gets just a bit more speed and still has plenty of power for pulling out of a hover/harrier.
The 380 works best on a 19x10, you do get some noticeable torque effect in hovers, but it makes for nice amount of thrust for flying the plane around with in 3d moves. It's just a tad on the slow side for pop tops and other high energy moves. I'm about to order a new motor for a new 71" slick to replace my old 70, and will be getting another 4325-425. I've got one on my Velox currently, had one on the 70" Slick that I sold too. This will make my third.

 

[hone]

Thanks! Good info there.


I was thinking of using these 6s 5300s http://epbuddy.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=22_23&products_id=370
I've been very happy with the 6s 30c glacier packs in my 60'' planes

The ones i linked are 35c and come with EC5 connectors(which i use) but they are about $15 more than the gens ace 6s 30c packs though so i might have to go with those instead.

 

[hone]

What kind of flight time will i be looking at with the motrofly with 6s 5300s?

 

[quadracer]

What kind of flight time will i be looking at with the motrofly with 6s 5300s?

Depends on how much up-elevator you give it on takeoff...

 

[ryan_m]

What kind of flight time will i be looking at with the motrofly with 6s 5300s?

Depends on throttle usage, I get an easy 6:30. If I'm taking it easy on that flight I have gotten 7:30, but with the 425kv I find myself doing more high speed high energy stuff and getting closer to 6:30-6:45

 

[3dNater]

Had a nice quick trip to the field this morning before my son's soccer game.

New ProTek 20x8 prop now that the PTE is broken in good. Boy what a difference a prop makes. It went from being pretty squirrelly last week to smooth like butter this week. We got a nice tune on the motor and now everything just feels so smooth.

Here is a bit of vid.

[video=youtube_share;pfnVdVUDiPM]http://youtu.be/pfnVdVUDiPM[/video]

 

[hone]

71'' Slick ordered

 

[SteveT.]

71'' Slick ordered

Good job!! It's a great plane!! What color did you order?

SteveT

 

[hone]

Orange. I would have got red if i never had a slick before but i really liked my orange 51. I'm soo glad i pulled the trigger on it, i know they'll be sold out again soon.

 

[SteveT.]

Orange. I would have got red if i never had a slick before but i really liked my orange 51. I'm soo glad i pulled the trigger on it, i know they'll be sold out again soon.

I have the orange 51, red 59 (would have bought the orange, but they were out of stock). orange 71 and orange 89..... I really like the orange!! It "pops" on the sky!!

SteveT