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The P-82 was an excellent quality kit to put
together, went very fast, and fits were great. It's very light. To
convert the P-82 to electric, you will need:
2 x Monster Power 46 outrunner
2 x Towerpro 70A ESC
2 x Exceed Fusion Power 4000mah 5s batteries
The conversion is very easy, you just need to
make up some plywood box mounts for the motors. Use a few degrees of
downthrust. Install the batteries onto velcro atop the wing center
section, about as far back in the fuselages as you can get them. The CG
and control throws stated in the manual are perfect. Make some small
hatches in the sides of the fuselages to access the battery connectors.
You can make the outer wing panels removeable
by gluing the plywood joiners into the outer panels, then shimming the
remaining stubs for a tight fit into the center section, then securing
them with a couple of screws from the bottom of the wing center section
into the stub spars. With removeable outer panels, the plane is very easy
to transport. You will need either a seperate pack for the reciever or a
BEC, the ESCs do not have BECs built in, and there are too many servos for
most BECs anyway.
This power system is very inexpensive, yet
provides outstanding performance, easily equivalent to two 46 sized glow
engines. You will not be dissapointed.
Two 3 1/4" P-51 style spinners from CMP fit
perfectly, and a couple of Nitroplanes jet style pilots, trimmed down
slightly, trim things out nicely.
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