Moe Electric Day

John Goodge and myself became interested in electric flight primarily because of increasing awareness of noise issues and we just wanted to walk to the local park and fly, but other advantages became immediately obvious. There was no longer the need for a large flight box containing fuel, battery, glo driver, starter, plugs and also cleaning gear. The model required much less preparation as fuel proofing was not an issue, almost any paint could be used, or none at all. Also there was no need to become intimately acquainted with the propeller - "ouch", as a timer decided when it would operate.

Electric flight has been with us for some time, so we did not want to reinvent the wheel. We took existing models and used the most cost effective motors, batteries, timer and speed controllers with the aim of achieving low weight, a 5 minute run and good lap times. The combination arrived that works very well in a sport flying context.

We chose older style models with a largish box style fuselage of around 42" wingspan, to date we have electrified the "El Diablo", "Demon" and "Combat Streak" a full fuse version of the "Flite Streak".