Articles & Reports
MARCEE Members helping R/C Electric Flight Enthusiasts through sharing.
Note: These reports are submitted by fellow R/C modelers and represent their individual personal experiences. You or others may have different experiences depending on the variations in the described device, level of release, and/or modeling and flying experience.
Plane Reviews Equipment and Tools
| Plane Article | Designer or
Manufacture |
Article Author | Description | Date Posted |
| Live Wire Mini Review | Wattge | Irv Cooper | Mini review | 5/1/2003 |
| PWT (Pointy Wingy Thingy) | Boris Sverev | Greg Harvey | Light, cheap indoor/Outdoor flyer | 10/8/2002 |
| Quad Star Quad speed 400 Multiplex Twin Star | Multiples | Irv Cooper | Custom conversion | 10/28/2001 |
| 'PMT' | Don Granlund | Don Granlund | Aerobatic Slow flyer including Free Plans | |
| Lite Stik external link to: www.isd.net/mmmpc535/Hobby/gws_lite_stik.htm | Wattage | Irv Cooper | Suggested modifications | |
| MANX external link to: www.isd.net/mmmpc535/Hobby/manx.htm | Garrison Aerodrome | Irv Cooper | Plane Review | |
| Kadet Senior external link to: www.isd.net/mmmpc535/Hobby/ElectKadet.htm | Sig | Irv Cooper | This is a work in process, I started with an 'ARC' Jig Framed model from Bob Benton Airplanes - Mid Wing - Extended Wing - Barn Door Ailerons - Aveox 1406/4y - Dymond 3:1 Gear - APC Electric 13X10 Prop -6# 9oz | |
| Pico Jet external link to: www.isd.net/mmmpc535/Hobby/picojethtm.htm | Multi Plex | Irv Cooper | A review with tips on finishing foam and a 'Steroids' power system on a budget for the PicoJet. | |
| Esso Bee | Irv Cooper | Indoor/Park Flyer Scratch built from some original ideas and elements from the Lazy Bee Speedy and Yard Bee Plans 35"span 340sq" 14 oz | ||
| Tiny Moo | Ron Fikes | Ron Fikes | The Article includes plans in (JPG Format) or you can order scale Plans | |
| TwinStar | Irv Cooper | Seaplane float conversion | ||
| The Garden Cub | Neil Gilles | The article includes free Plans. The design is a 1 meter span in order to make it able to fly in a slight breeze in its role as a parkflier. Designed for a Speed 280 2:1 on 6x350AAC cells - nice flying but not much climbing power. Next I used a Speed 300 3:1 on 6x500AR or 6x600AA cells, this is my preferred setup. | ||
| "Blew Angel" | John Swetland's | John Swetland's | Get Free Plans (dxf file) of this succesful design. | |
| Tiger Moth external link to: www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Campus/4052/TigerMoth/tmoth1.htm | GeeBee | Howard Batton
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Span 45 in. Area 640 sq. in. Magnetic Mayhem Reverse MA 2.5:1 gearbox APC 11 x 8 prop 10 cell 2000 pack about 30 amps static at full throttle 70 oz, (4.4 lb.) all up weight four channel Micafilm and Fibafilm covering | |
| Vari-Eze | Hobby Lobby | Patrick Tagart | Construction Article | |
| EP 2 Meter | Tower | Electric Saleplane: Spped 400 with 4:1 gear & 8X4 Folding Prop 8 Cell 500mah, Micro Demo 102 BEC ESC, Futaba AM 4NBL | May 1998 | |
| "Pfeiffer" Cub | Great Planes | Electric conversion
2 Koysho Magnetic Mayhems on a single Custom Gear Box & 2- 8 Cell 2000mah packs ESC - Steve Neu micro, 60A, Radio - Futaba 7ch Rx, mini-servos |
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| ELECTRIC 4 STAR 40 | Sig | Ron Fikes | Electric Conversion | |
| CLANCY LAZY BEE | Ron Fikes | |||
| Tristar | Sig | Russ Tront | Canard Pusher, RTF weight under 50 oz. using an Astro FAI-15, 8x1700 cells, and a Graupner 9x5 folding prop - 28 amps static |
| Article Category | Designer/Manufacture | Article Author | Description | Date Posted |
| Light Landing Gear | Irv Cooper | Irv Copper | Piano wire landing gear that really hold up. | 5/12/2003 |
| Astro 010 Motor Mount | Irv Cooper | Irv Copper | Home made motor mount | 5/1/2003 |
| Prop Saver | MARCEE members | Greg Harvey | A cheap Prop saver for the GWS IPS system | 10/10/2002 |
| Plane Stand | Irv Copper | Irv Cooper | Create a great little plane stand from a walker and crutches. | 9/12/2002 |
| Setting up a PC Power Supply for battery chargers | Pat Harvey | Learn how to use on old power supply from a PC to power your DC/DC chargers | 7/1/2002 | |
| LED Basics | Greg Harvey | Getting started lighting RC planes with LED lights. | 2/1/2002 | |
| Sermos / Power Pole connectors | Irv Cooper | Tips on assembling and using Sermos/PowerPole connectors | ||
| Battery Pack Discharger | Irv Cooper | A do it yourself battery pack discharge | ||
| Astro 010 | Irv Cooper | Adding a gearbox and other experiences | ||
| SLIDE IN POWER UNIT | Don Granlund | Slide in power unit for electiric powered planes | ||
| Decals | Ron Fikes | Make your own high quality name/letter/decals from contact paper | ||
| Control Arms | Don Granlund | Easy to adjust Pull Pull control setup for light weight aircraft | ||
| Timing a Brushed Motor | Irv Cooper | Timing your brushed motor made easy(ier) | ||
| Multi-Electric Motors | Don Granlund | DOWNLOAD on how to set up multi-electric motors | ||
| Mechanical Mixing | Irv Cooper | A new "twist" on mechanical mixing | ||
| MPI MAXX Cermack 1.6 / 2.1 Gearbox | Irv Cooper | Setup Speed 400 / Dymond MAX 48 Recommendations and test results | ||
| Magnetic Mayhem | Mike Pfeiffer | Convert the magnetic mayhem from bushings to ball bearings. This does not change the flight performance, but the motor life goes way up! | ||
| Helical Pitch Propellers | Bill Kubiak | How to carve helical pitch props | ||
| Amp Meter | A how to article on using a low cost ATO type fuse as a shunt and your VOM/multi meter to have a low cost high amperage meter to measure the static load current to your electric motor. |
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