Added a carbon fiber spar, slight modification to the airframe and a 9° dihedral with a 8520 motor and gearbox and the crossover RX “brick” flies on a 150mah 1s with about a 6 minute flight time and clear ultracote AOW of 1.3oz
I’ve had this plane for years. I think I built it back in 2018. I got sick of changing out the rubber, so I put an electric motor and a micro RX in it. So now it’s free flight adjacent.
Almost finished with this project. Putting a 720 coreless motor and gearbox, a micro 2g standalone Rx and 1 1.8g linear servo for rudder. I put metal tabs into the elevator to fine tune the flight. I haven’t done tissue covering in a long time so im a little rusty at it.
Adjusted the transmission to shift about 2/3 through the rpm range. Top speed is about 50mph, stock gearing. Set up for drifting. The engine is the multi shaft recoil start version. Almost too much torque.
I had to strip off most of what was on the chassis like body mounts, wheelie bar, the little doohickies that hold the front bumper, body mount and shock tower together. It’s not finished, but I got the fit. I cut out the inside of the shell. I’m thinking about using magnets to hold the shell on. It’s a pretty heavy shell so I’m not going to go fast with it (has castle electronics and geared for about 65mph in a 1/10 quarter mile on 2s, tops out at 78mph on 3s in a 1/10 quarter mile) I’m going to have to find stiffer springs and what have you. I think it’ll turn heads at the next car show I go to. Fortunately the chassis isn’t modified aside from taking bits off. So it can easily be put back with the Chevelle body.