911hillclimber

This is a great forum! Committed now, all parts except the servos on order. As to the servos, I bought a futaba set about 15 years ago (for the Scorpion) and the servos from that set are in the Stol. # FP-S148, direct drive. The Futaba is a 35mHz (crystal?). Will these old but new servos be compatible with the Spektrum DX6 I have which is 3 years old?

Understand Piers, my risk! I do not know the characteristics of the electric motor, ie, can you 'throttle' them right back for flying or do they need to run at full speed. Sure I've read that they don't like running at low rpm for long. Just weighed the Stol and with ENYA and all RC it comes in at 2Lb 12oz. (less fuel weight) John, who I bought it off, said it was light. Span is 42" and the chord is 9" so wing area of 378 sq", so 0.114 oz/sq"

Thank you Piers for that info and thanks Dev for the welcome. This is not my first hobby/interest, and I have a lot to learn. All those parts look good and I will get them. I don't trust the dis-interested young man I met 3 years ago in the model shop as I parted with £34 for the motor alone...so that range of parts and 3 servos for this plane is a good cost, only about $45 so about £45 landed. I want to get this plane ready to fly by the end of Feb and no motor is holding me back, I'm very impatient! I looked at the frame of the Super Scorpion today in the attic. It is a large plane! I'll keep this big motor incase I need it for that plane.

Ok, from looking at some Junior 60 electrification threads on he net, the best 'fit' I can find for a motor is; AXI 2814/20 40 amp esc LiPo 2100 mAh batteries. The Jnr 60 is a 60" span, my Yellow lane is 42, but I hope the motor can have a smaller prop to ease the power. Unless anyone thinks this is madness, I'm off to Penn models to get the parts. My current mptor is 4240/10: 60a esc: 3-7 LiPo cells, so this seems all about 50% of the big motor Penn sold me 3 years ago for the Scorpion. At this rate putting the ENYA or PAW motor in is tempting!

Thanks for all this advice, I thought this forum would be quiet, but I was wrong. The yellow plane was bought from a work friend just before I left that place in 1989, I have no idea of it's origin, but it is nicely made and has some good flying hours on it. The wing is not located at all, just the bands and a slight rib in the front to set the position, but no dowels. I will change that. The tail is much the same... The Super Scorpion I built maybe 15 years ago, Ben Buckle kit and all built as a frame, no covering or radio, built for a new PAW 19 diesel. It will be electric when done. I love these older designs and their slow flying (from the Youtube's I've watched). The Yellow plane seems a bit smaller than a Junior 60 and those I've seen at Weston Park on various Father's Day events, so what would such a plane use for an electric motor and what batteries? I also have no idea where the C0fG should be back from the leading edge. (thinking of battery weight and location)   I'm going to have a go at my 'come-back' using the Yellow Plane and beg/steal/borrow another pilot to help me, might even be Alex at his flying field close to Alverly! Edited By 911hillclimber on 03/01/2018 16:37:49

Thank you all, this is why I'm on this forum! The very young lad in the model shop did not know what a Super Scorpion was, so sold me this motor that looks large in the yellow plan. The plane came to me with an Enya 0.19 glow. I really want to go electric at this stage. I doubt these motors have a common mounting, so best to get another smaller engine at this stage. The span of the yellow plane is 42 inches, chord is 8 inches, so any guidance is welcome. The Scorpian is 66 inches. A artf model to train on is a great idea!

i must make sure I tidy the bench before any more pictures! Thank you for your kind words from so far away.

Thanks Tim. I'll get this one going first as it seems robust. Enough to take some hard landings!

Hello to everyone on here. I'm looking to re-kindle my aero modelling years now I'm just retired and have dug out various bits and bobs from the spare bedroom etc as you do.. I left the hobby when I discovered cycling and my last plane was control line in the local park in around 1966, just to set the scene. My interest is vintage style planes and RC and along the way have an old plane 9picture) and one built, not covered or 'RC'd' Super Scorpion by Ben Buckle. My plan is to train on the already built plane first. It came to me with OS diesel and will be converted to electric. I'm in the West midlands, so blessed with good model shops and a private flying field used by a local Club. With some leaving work money I have a modern RC kit, Spektrum DC6, Futaba servo's and a new motor, Tornado Thumper 4240/10 and some new knives and blades! Once the engine is in I will need some help sorting the RC side out, hence joining this forum before joining the club locally and getting some hands-on flying help. My main interest is racing cars, but looking forward to some lazy sunny calm days mid week with these plans. [url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://s18.postimg.org/xnnlpp7hl/P1060515.jpg[/img][/url]