skiman762

So the ailerons are big enough I take it

skiman762

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qban_flyer

I will.

PS: I'd suggest you remove your e-mail address from the post. Some that have trolled in from the other site might, just might use it for nefarious purposes. It happened to me several times when I was critical of the failures of one of their pet products over there. The trolls followed me here.

qban_flyer

Some how those photos look nicer than the ones you sent me.

That 5 Star Slow Stick (5*S/S) is gonna be a killer! Should be able to do things only Slow Sticks dream about once in a long while. Hope you do a build thread about it.

skiman762

I know I'm not sure why they look better on here
Yes she should fly nice hope the wing saddle is wide enough
but if not it can be made that way.

bsoder

Yep, they're plenty big. I don't know how much difference there will be with full tips like you have tho, since I cut my tips off and took some out of the middle as well. My wingspan is 31.5", as compared to the stock 45" or so.

skiman762

I mixed flaperon/spoileron hoping for some nice High Alpha stuff to

skiman762

yeah I'm sure my roll rate won't be as fast but neither are my eyes anymore...lol

skiman762

I'm 40'' at the center of the chord

qban_flyer

YUP!

They look sharper, brighter and more vivid. I thought they were different ones. Looks very, very nice!

skiman762

I should do a build thread after the flight eval

qban_flyer

Great!

LOW-N-SLOW

Jumping back to the start of this thread - the motors linked to will not be very compatible with a SS. They want to turn a small prop (8") compared to what the SS really likes (11").

The same line is available with a lower KV wind: BM2410-09Y claiming 11x4.7 prop gets you up to 21.5 ozs. at less than 10 amps.
I don't think it really makes that much thrust in the real world, but with 3 cell lipo's it's a decent kick in the butt.

I used the 09Y's for my GWS Beaver (with snow skis) and for a project I named SloP38Stik. These are pics before I added the outrunners and a boom profiles (I just couldn't pass up a chance for "Look at mine! Look at mine!").

It was barely flyable with a pair of stock 350's but the little outrunners pull it around ok. All up its 26 ounces - more power would be wonderful, but I was trying to keep the cost down.
It has ailerons w/2 HS55's and lot's of control throw, but rolls are slow and eat up a lot of altitude.

netdudeuk

I don't see that motor over here. Will the one that I suggested not make any difference with an 8x4 compared with the 300 ? I think that the SS is pretty cool but it could be less 'slow' and this seemed to be a cheapish upgrade. I have a spare motor from my Edge 540T but the price of another motor and 30A/40A ESC is only a little more than the cost of the ESC on its own.

Why does the SS need an 11" prop ? This motor is more powerful even if it only swings an 8x4 ?

It seems that quite a few other people use the same motor that I have suggested.

Your model looks pretty cool. I'm sure that there are many other cool things that people can add to this thread. For example, other mods such as aerial photography, bomb bays, etc.

Doc Pete

Yours looks neat, too. FYI, my thickness 1.5". I'm pretty sure yours will be a bit thicker. I think you're really gonna like the wing. My slows down very fast (Drag), which makes similar to the stock SS, in that you can still set it down in a small area, even though it lands just a "tad" faster.
In fact, my flies very much like a Stock SS, it just doesn't soar nearly as well.
Oh, being light and now a straight (no dyhedral) wing, it really gets bounced around in the wind, but also being light, you can bring right back on course.
I remember Don Lowe once said, light is still better. His reasoning was and I agree, "True, a lighter machine is more easily blown off course, but because it's lighter it also takes less energy (control input) to bring it back on course".
Tell me how you like the setup.
PS...... I mentioned even with the new wing, mine still had no tip stall characteristics, let me know if yours reacts the same.....

skiman762

I'm at 1.75 thick looks like you have a tad more aileron but I think I'll be ok with my setup
It's a prototype but my prototypes either get recycled or find a spot in the hanger never do get around to building the secound one for some reason

Doc Pete

My brother is gonna cut another wing for me with a double taper, like a yak (etc.). I'm hoping is will cut down on the wiggling back and forth in the wind.

skiman762

at speed maybe don't know about crusing
I have a 52'' yak and it can be a handfull at times
maybe a wing like you have but 1 inch think
after all 1.5 is pretty thick for a 18 oz plane

crxmanpat

Brian,

I was so thinking about your speed stick when I read that comment about the wings! :p

Pat

Bill G

When I first read the "2 wings" part, I thought you were making a Slow Stick biplane. Now there's an idea. Would be a trip.

LOW-N-SLOW

[quote=netdudeuk;63027]I don't see that motor over here. Will the one that I suggested not make any difference with an 8x4 compared with the 300 ? I think that the SS is pretty cool but it could be less 'slow' and this seemed to be a cheapish upgrade. I have a spare motor from my Edge 540T but the price of another motor and 30A/40A ESC is only a little more than the cost of the ESC on its own.

Why does the SS need an 11" prop ? This motor is more powerful even if it only swings an 8x4 ?


Big, fluffy slowflyers with undercambered wings prefer a large blade taking small bites of air (lower pitch) with a motor that produces best torque at lower RPM.
Sleek, slippery fast planes (like The Edge) develop best speed with small props on motors that spin at high RPM.
Think of it like a big wood rowboat compared to a kayak and the oars are like propellers...does that make sense?
Any inrunner motor can have it's torque maximized at lower RPM with gear reduction. Outrunners usually depend on number of windings to determine most efficient torque/rpm/amp characteristics.
Well, that's what I've been told anyway, and it's matched up to my experiences so far - but I'm sure there are other points of view on this.
BTW- I got my 09Y from www.aero-nuts.com

crxmanpat

I know it is somewhat sacrilege to speak the name of that "other" site, but if you look around over at RCGroups, there are quite a few threads about Slow Stick perversions, such as bipes, twins, amphibians, AP platforms, 8-motor , and so on. I'm sure there are plenty on RCU also.

Pat

crxmanpat

Hmmm. My SS just LOVES my 400XT bl swinging an APC 8x6E and 3S lipo!

Pat

crxmanpat

Here's a couple of Bipe pics for ya!

Pat

bsoder

So you think that 8x6E is going to be the way to go? Did you try the 9x4.7SF?