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Author Archives: Dan
It’s a Snow Day
It doesn’t snow very often in this town, but when it does, it’s a magnificent site to see. The weather recorded 4″, although it looked more like 2″, it’s still more than I’ve ever seen since we’ve lived here. The … Continue reading
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Speed 480 BB Race is a Bust
I did a static run of the new motor with the new ESC and within 3 minutes of running the motor began smoking and the RPM’s began to drastically drop. Another minute or so later and the battery was dead. … Continue reading
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Fixed the ESC with a 260A FET
My parts from Digikey arrived yesterday (after only 2 days) so last night I spent an hour soldering up everything into the receiver unit and it works great! Of the 5 FETs I bought, I tried out the IRL3713 FET … Continue reading
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The Inner Workings Hobbyzone’s ESC Unit
Since I fried the speed controller portion of the receiver module on my Super Cub, I figured I would see if I could fix it first before I just buy a whole new unit. There’s a single TO-220 package FET … Continue reading
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Fried the ESC After 4 Minutes, But What a Flight!
I just got back from flying the Super Cub with its newly outfitted Speed 480 BB Race motor and for the first 4 minutes it was amazing. The plane flew through the air with authority and power. I could just … Continue reading
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Graupner Speed 480 BB Race Into the Super Cub
Okay, so all this calculating and measuring and messing around with drills, pots and motors ultimately leads to one thing – the final installation of the Speed 480 motor into the Super Cub. A motor that boasts a whopping 3893kV … Continue reading
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