High Quality Plan Sets and Laser Cut Partial Kits for Radio Control
Aircraft
Simplex 60 Construction Notes
Page 7
1/2 inch soft balsa
blocks make up the sides of the nose. The motor mount parts should
be built up first and then the balsa sides are glued on and sanded to
shape. The battery is a 2200
mah 3-cell lipo on one side of a balsa divider. On the other side is
the speed control. The motor is a 480 size, in this case a Suppo
BL-2814/8. The prop is an 11-8.
The motor can stand more prop if the speed control is adequate.
I have run 12-7 props with a Thunderbird 54 ESC and this motor on
old timers.
The
nose weights were made by melting old tire weights and white metal into
a lid from a metal can. The lid was peeled off and the weight
was cut in half and epoxied on both sides. The
shaft
with the little gear was from a helicopter drive shaft. Waste not want not. It and the carbon
fiber wing hold down rod hold a rubber band that holds in the battery.
Bottom view.
One of the wires that hold the landing gear on is visible in
there. .041 stainless safety wire works good.
