Anyone flying an E-tracer?

[Rcdan12]

Hello all! I'm looking into getting an E-tracer soon and am interested in power setups and battery room. Would it be possible to cram +3000 watts on 6s-8s 1300-1800 mah packs into this and still get it to CG without adding much tail weight? Also how strong is the wing spar on this?
Thanks, Daniel

 

[Wayne]

@Jarron Should be able to run some options for you tomorrow.

I suspect the answer is going to be no. The spar is rather small as this is a smallish 2 meter ship with a smaller cross section. I'd think 1000 watts would be just as fast as 3000 in this airframe and wing. She is a slippery model. A local ran a shortened Tracer wing (down to 1.5m) in an F3F race and beat several 3 meter ships, that is normally not even possible.

The spar on this model is sized fine for the intended use, but pushing high G loads with a heavy model over 150mph I think would be a risky move IMHO. The Magnus has the same sized joiner and I have seen that model take insane abuse without issue, but it also has a shorter span.

If you must go huge power, I think the Aeroic models would be the better option, they have massive joiners for their size.

 

[Rcdan12]

@Jarron Should be able to run some options for you tomorrow.

I suspect the answer is going to be no. The spar is rather small as this is a smallish 2 meter ship with a smaller cross section. I'd think 1000 watts would be just as fast as 3000 in this airframe and wing. She is a slippery model. A local ran a shortened Tracer wing (down to 1.5m) in an F3F race and beat several 3 meter ships, that is normally not even possible.

The spar on this model is sized fine for the intended use, but pushing high G loads with a heavy model over 150mph I think would be a risky move IMHO. The Magnus has the same sized joiner and I have seen that model take insane abuse without issue, but it also has a shorter span.

If you must go huge power, I think the Aeroic models would be the better option, they have massive joiners for their size.

Thanks Wayne! I'm more or less looking for it to have similar performance to my 1,400 watt magnus, but maybe slightly faster. The magnus is getting into the 130mph range with a 15x16 prop and I'll pull 15-20G's normally. I probably wouldn't pull quite as hard on a 2m ship, but I'd like it to be nice and groovey.

 

[Jarron]

What power system is in that Magnus anyways?

 

[Rcdan12]

What power system is in that Magnus anyways?

I'm running a Peggy Pepper HK-2524 with the 5-1 gearbox on 4s or 5s 1300 mah packs. Its a lot of fun!