Aerobeez 70″ Slick PRO Step By Step Build Guide

[Bushwacker]

Alright guys I went through all my connections and found the problem. I thought it would of been one of my solder joints and was surprised to find that it was actually a factory defect on one of the bullets "see pics below". You can see pretty clearly whats going on here. Oh well problem solved and all is good to go again. Bush be a happy boy now. FYI good call Nacho and Nater

For those who don't know please click on img to see full size view.

 

[3dNater]

Ditch the bullets my friend. You are running soooo much current. A solder joint will be much better and more reliable.

 

[Bushwacker]

Already did my friend. Should of done that from the beginning, honestly I don't know why I didn't. Pretty stupid on my part. Good news is I was in a good spot and had enough altitude to land it without any drama.

 

[Bloosee]

I always order my Motrofly motors without connectors, it saves you money on the purchase. I use Castle 6mm bullet connectors on this size motor, I do not trust those spring style bullets that come stock.

 

[Bushwacker]

Oh man I forgot to mention that I ran a set of 5000 mAh batteries in this bad boy and after 6 minutes of fairly aggressive flying I my meter read 63% geez man thats a few more minutes of flying left. I did notice the weight though, it wasn't terrible and it didn't feel like a bloated pig or anything like that. She still stayed very solid and I could do everything I was doing with the lighter packs, just needed a bit more on the rudder during KE's and other little things like that. Still it's better on the lighter packs.

 

[I Love Nachos]

Well I'm glad it was a simple fix!

 

[Bloosee]

Oh man I forgot to mention that I ran a set of 5000 mAh batteries in this bad boy and after 6 minutes of fairly aggressive flying I my meter read 63% geez man thats a few more minutes of flying left. I did notice the weight though, it wasn't terrible and it didn't feel like a bloated pig or anything like that. She still stayed very solid and I could do everything I was doing with the lighter packs, just needed a bit more on the rudder during KE's and other little things like that. Still it's better on the lighter packs.

5000 mah batteries compared to what? I thought yours was setup for 12S.

 

[3dNater]

So that would be 2 6s 5000 mah packs, right?

 

[Xpress]

On anything this large, I always solder the ESC and motor together, no bullet connectors. I remember a couple buddies of mine from the beginning days of giant scale electrics doing testing on bullet connectors vs directly soldering and they found decreased performance and efficiency when using bullets. Plus it eliminates a couple of points of failure in the system, and you know it was soldered right when you do it (right, right??).

Got some more pics of the Slick in action down on the deck

 

[Bushwacker]

[MENTION=2902]Bloosee[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4]3dNater[/MENTION] yes Bloosee it is a 12S setup and yes Nater it was 2 6S 5000 packs. I just wanted to see how it would behave with those larger batteries. No other reason that that. Didn't expect that much more flight time to be honest. One thing I think I learned is I think what would make this bird really a freak is if I put some smaller mHa batts in it and go to a true 70c batt instead of the 45c it would be just stupid crazy. Only thing is your swapping flight time for freakish power. The burst power of a 70 vs 45 is going to be significant. It already has a buttload of power on the 45's. So take the weight down and bump up the c rating and boom boom bang will need to figure out the prop though. Still looking at that supper lightweight carbon prop. Oh man this is fun stuff isn't it. :tongue: