Andy Johnson's York seen at the Catton show in 1995. This model has a wingspan of 10 ft and was designed and built by Roy Salter. The model is powered by 4 Multiplex 600 motors with 3:1 gearboxes driving 12"x8" props wired in series to four Sanyo, eight cell, 2400mAh packs. Flight time is around 10 minutes. Note the lack of an undercarriage; the model uses a dolly to take-off.
Here is a model of an A10 Warthog powered by electric ducted
fans. The model is 17% scale with a wingspan of 3m. It is a really excellently
finished and detailed model complete with flaps, retracts and bomb release. The
motors used are Plettenburg HP300/40/AS2 driving Aeronaut Turbo 400 120mm fans.
The batteries used are Thunderpower 10sLiPo 6000mA to provide 36V to each motor.
These produce 56A at take off and between 25-40A in-flight. This produces a
thrust of 16lb. The model is of built-up construction and covered with CT500
glass cloth. total model weight is 13kg. (Cosford 2005)
Just look at the effort that went into producing the cockpit. This is no run of the mill electric model! (Cosford 2005)
This page was last updated on 2/9/05.
