R/CLover1002

I was wondering if you could get Aero ACe upgrades or acsessories?

monstermaker13

www.aeroacemods.com

Seek and Destroy

you can make some yourself or you can get them off aeroacemods.com, aero ace mods has good quality but the price is expensive[:@][:@]. you can get different accessories but most of the upgrades you can do by yourself. for free!! there are 4 main mods.
1. the light mod.
2. landing gear mod.
3. taking off the lower wing and putting on the top wing.
4. removing the bottom wing.
those are the most common and probably the best mods fo the aero ace. a conversion would be the most fun mod though.

R/CLover1002

Thanks

Seek and Destroy

no problem.

R/CLover1002

do you think you can get a better engine

Seek and Destroy

yes you can, but you will need 2 of them. you can get them at bsdmicro.com, i think the biggest you can get is 7mm maybe an 8mm but that might be pushing the limits of the plane.

monstermaker13

you forgot the throttle spring mod

Seek and Destroy

and the steering mod so you can steer with the throttle off.

monstermaker13

the steering mod is too complicated[sm=bananahead.gif]

Seek and Destroy

yah i know, i wouldn't even try it.[sm=confused.gif][sm=confused.gif]

R/CLover1002

yeah it makes me go mad. how do you make all those r/c cars aand boats out of an aero ace? it is insane i think![sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

Seek and Destroy

it's not to complicated all you do is make the model and put electronics in it.

monstermaker13

its not that easy. i plan, test, and im complete. iv taken many computer desighn and electronic courses at school and on the internet. so it may seem easy but its really hard .

Seek and Destroy

making the model would e the hardest part getting the right aerodynamics the right weight. it seemd more complicated then i said

micro_builder

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everything is hard when you're first trying. if it wasnt, everyone could do it, and then it wouldnt have quite the appeal that it does.

it doesnt take much more than some thought, a steady hand, and some basic knowledge. i'm in the process right now of writing up a step by step guide to do the steering without throttle mod, also known as the diode mod. i probably wont get to post it all till tomarrow, but it should help people do it. after that, and with some suggestions of what most people want to build, i'll also do one to show how to build your first plane. flying the AA is good fun, but nothing beats building your own and seeing it fly the first time and knowing you did it. overcoming the fear of failing the first time is the hardest part, not building the actual plane.

nick

monstermaker13

wise words from a wise person.{claps}

Seek and Destroy

micro builder you should list a couple different kind of models. like different models of planes and air boats, air boats are cool.

edit:but it would be really cool to see a helicopter made out of aero ace parts. it could be like those military helis that have 2 blades next to each other.

micro_builder

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i'll dig around for some basic planes that just about anyone can build. they wont be anything special, but thats ok cause the more "cool" looking a plane is, the harder it is to build - usually.

helicopters are incredibly difficult to get working right. i've been working on a micro version of the BladeRunner, it has 5" rotors. i've spent 6 months on and off working on it and its only lifted off once or twice, but crashed. biggest problem is the AA motors just dont have the thrust to lift anything off vertically, you would have to build matching gear boxes for the motors and use differant props, and find a way to keep it stable at the same time (which is the most difficult part). it would be cool indeed, but its also very hard to do. (plus, the AA only has 7 throttle steps, so getting and maintaining a set altitude would be almost impossible).

nick

Seek and Destroy

all of mine only have 5 throttle steps. but i just got a new one on thurs. and it had 6 mthrottle steps.
micro builder, i need your help, i just got some balsa from hobby lobby(1/16th and 1/32) and i wanted to know what size to use and where to use that size. also how did you make the balsa bend so much?
btw i would like it to be a bipe.

ntjp2005

Since I see everyone here is into mods.... I have a question..... Just bought one of the aero ace planes and love it. However it has a range of about 70 feet. I would like to get at least 150 feet. The box says 300 feet. I have read you can get more range by adding to the antenna. Do any of you know how to do this?

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

I've read of 2 answers for this. The first was to solder magnetized wire to the TX. The other was coiling more wire in the tail boom. Are you flying an A channel perhaps? Changing the reciever from an a to a B or C would be cleaner that a bit of wire dangling from your tx, and probably easier than coiling antenna wire without breaking it off at the mainboard. Tim

Guys, you forgot channel changing, canards, stir stick wing supports, winglets, ... The list of mods is lengthy. Tim

ntjp2005

I have channel B. What is magnetized wire and where do you get it, how much do you solder on? And, the one I was looking at putting extra wire in the plane. So, what kind of wire do you use and put it where? Cut the plane open or what. Has anyone done this before. Another thought.... How does changing the channel effect the range? I have read about changing the channel by soldering.

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

ntjp, if you have a b channel plane changing the channel is moot. The a channel has issues, so much so that the 06 planes do not offer it. I want to ask you a silly question, how are you gauging your range? I'll check the AA forum, but aatoolbox will probably have your answer, if not ewikiflight.com and search there. Tim

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

OK, here is an AA mono mod with the stir stick mod. It has similar characteristics as the mono mod, but does not get into the out of control swoop mode. It will do aerobatics, assuming you know how to do that. Tim