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72" Extra 330SC

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wade

50cc
What is the consensus on this plane? Does it fly any better as an electric or a gasser? What are most of you running yours on? I have a dle 30 on mine, but after a season full of gremlins last year I'm just about ready to swear off gas engiens. I may stick with it and just work on it over winter and try to get all of the kinks worked out.

We put a new dle engine on it that was brand new out of the box. Got it fired up and it flew great, however I put the plane down pretty hard on the second flight. Everything still looks good, but you never know
 
rcbirk21

rcbirk21

70cc twin V2
Wade said:
What is the consensus on this plane? Does it fly any better as an electric or a gasser? What are most of you running yours on? I have a dle 30 on mine, but after a season full of gremlins last year I'm just about ready to swear off gas engiens. I may stick with it and just work on it over winter and try to get all of the kinks worked out.

We put a new dle engine on it that was brand new out of the box. Got it fired up and it flew great, however I put the plane down pretty hard on the second flight. Everything still looks good, but you never know
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im partial, but i flew my dads on gas, and mine on electric. whole different plane, and i much prefer it electric. im sure others have vastly different experiences
 
gyro

gyro

GSN Contributor
rcbirk21 said:
im partial, but i flew my dads on gas, and mine on electric. whole different plane, and i much prefer it electric. im sure others have vastly different experiences
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what made it so much better for you? Mine is gas, and I've never flown it on electric. What am I missing?
 
rcbirk21

rcbirk21

70cc twin V2
GYRO said:
what made it so much better for you? Mine is gas, and I've never flown it on electric. What am I missing?
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it was just a feel. i know power is power, but it felt smoother,more locked in, it slowed down better, just felt like a better plane
 
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PropBuster

50cc
I'd have to vote with Gyro. The whole reason I went gas on this plane is because I was tired of 4 minute flights and landing before I was worn out. Plus the cost of a big electric and batts was the same as gas, and the batts are a "consumable" so I figured I'd be buying them again at some point due to my misguided storage procedures.

So.... gas was the call, and it flies just great. CG is spot-on, and it is pretty light - I thought I'd more impervious to crosswinds with this plane with gas. I was wrong....it doesn't weigh much with the 33cc and still gets blown around.

But I have not flown electric on anything this big - cost and flight times were the factors for me. I can fly a long time without thinking about charging anything, just add more fuel. Of course now I want a 50cc, and it's taking a great bit of restraint not to buy a 89" plane. I need to fly what I've got... more.
 
gyro

gyro

GSN Contributor
tacdriver said:
I'd have to vote with Gyro. The whole reason I went gas on this plane is because I was tired of 4 minute flights and landing before I was worn out. Plus the cost of a big electric and batts was the same as gas, and the batts are a "consumable" so I figured I'd be buying them again at some point due to my misguided storage procedures.

So.... gas was the call, and it flies just great. CG is spot-on, and it is pretty light - I thought I'd more impervious to crosswinds with this plane with gas. I was wrong....it doesn't weigh much with the 33cc and still gets blown around.

But I have not flown electric on anything this big - cost and flight times were the factors for me. I can fly a long time without thinking about charging anything, just add more fuel. Of course now I want a 50cc, and it's taking a great bit of restraint not to buy a 89" plane. I need to fly what I've got... more.
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Yup, I'm at 10.8 lbs fully loaded with 16oz of fuel (which gets 25 minutes of flight time if I want it)
 
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