David Pearce 4 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 At the bottom of page 9 a downloadable Power Calculator is announced but I can't find it. Sounds very useful, any ideas where it is on this site? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hmm. They say in order to see it, you must cross to the Spark Side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Go to the homepage and scroll down to "RCM&E Extra". All the downloads are in there..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Pearce 4 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Thank you David, found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 David, don't bother it's pretty unrealistic. [IMO] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan H Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I just downloaded it and put in the figures for several of my models (aerobatic and vintage) and found the results surprisingly close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Posted by PatMc on 21/11/2017 20:36:05: David, don't bother it's pretty unrealistic. [IMO] I'm surprised by that Pat. I have designed several electric conversions around this method, thay all fly well with sensible power levels and durations. Interestingly on one conversion that I blogged on here the method agreed well with results from Ecalc. Indeed when actual tests with a power meter where performed the power output this method predicted was significantly more accurate than E-calc's figure. As no large and questionable assumptions are made in the model I can't honestly see how it can be "unrealistic" to be honest. Its idea of how much power is "enough" for different model types might be different from yours - but that's a question of preference not realism surely? BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Is there anything similar about for glow and petrol powered models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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