ginster vr6

I have a crashed parkzone P-51. All the radio gear is good and still works great. Would it be possable to put this gear into a GWS A-10? I know the A-10 has twin motors but if I make a y-harness and split the power wires from the reciever would it work? or would the twin motors draw to much power? The P-51 had a 480 sized motor the A-10 has twin 300?

Larry Dudeck

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The servos from the PZ P51 might be a bit large for the A10. But then again, the fuse is foam so it's easy to enlarge a space.

My A10 flies on the EDF55/300H combo and gets by just fine with a GWS 15 amp ESC. But I am not using the LG so I only have 2 servos.

For a receiver, I'm using a GWS 4 ch micro receiver.

I fly mine on a single 3Sx2100 Tanic LiPo, easy 10 minute flights.

The out-of-the-box A10 has been known to suffer fuselage failures at the wing root. Reinforce that area with FG or carbon fiber tape to minimize this.

ginster vr6

I was going to fly with only the 2 servos. Do you think the ESC in the parkzone reciever is strong enough for the twin edf55-300h's?

Larry Dudeck

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Are you saying the ESC is integral to the receiver?

I have no idea what the current capacity of the ESC is. But I'm guessing it has to be at least good for 15 amps. I'd give it a go and see what happens.

ea01bg

Im not sure that the parkzone gear is going to handle the two motors without burning up. Even if it did you wouldnt be able to upgrade the motors on the GWS A-10 to brushless with it. From what I've read on assorted threads the A-10 needs the brushless upgrade to realy make it work.

Larry Dudeck

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Is the PZ ESC designed for brushed motors? If so, regardless of its current limits, it is unsuitable for any brushless motor.

ea01bg

It is designed for brushed and thats what I was attempting to point out

ginster vr6

Well I ordered the A-10 hopefully the gear can handle it. If it doesn't I can always get a brushless set-up. I was just trying to see if I can make it fly with the stuff I have. Thanks for all your help.

AJ1202

ginster, I think you will find as long as you don't over amp it by using too large a batt you will be fine with this build. you will find the A-10 needs a lot of nose weight so the stock batt should work good for you, I had to mod my canopy area and put my batt in there to get my CG right
plus it kept the batt away from the bottom of the plane, I hate the idea of landing on a batt, I never had gear on mine, the plane flys good stock but it is marginal power and thrust so don't rush the launches or disaster will follow
Good Luck, it is a sweet plane, read up and make the mods needed to reinforce it, it breaks real easy

ginster vr6

AJ1202: Sounds good. I order some carbon fiber rod to make it stronger. I was going to use a 8 cell pack or do you think it can handle the 9 cell?

tIANci

I flew my A10 EDF on the new 5 bladed units with the 300 motor set up. Batt was a 3S and it was just right, she flew well till my GWS Naro RX glitched badly on me. Take offs were easy on the stock EDF set up and a 3S lipoly. I also used a bigger pack to get the CG spot on.

AJ1202

I would go with the 9 cell, you will want the extra power, I used 8 cell 1100 ma packs and it did good, if I had had a 9 I would have used it

ov10pat

Does any body have a vibration problem with the nacelles?[]

AJ1202

OV, check your motor shafts for play, could be the bushings wearing out, I hear running 3S lipos will cause this, I know when I used a 3S in mine it had a bit of vibration at high rpms, I only tryed that a couple times, didn't want to burn up the motors

ov10pat

Does the S in 3S in refrence to the battery mean a 3 cell lipo?

Larry Dudeck

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OC10pat

The "S" refers to "series" connection. So a 3S lipo battery consists of three (3) cells wired in series. This results in a nominal voltage of 3 x 3.7v or 11.1 v.

If the designation was 3P, that would mean a battery consisting of three (3) cells wired in parallel. The nominal voltage of this pack is 3.7 v but the current carrying capacity and ma capacity is 3x as great as the 3S.

Regarding the 300H motor longevity. My experience has been about 35 flights on a 3S with careful throttle management. I have read about the difficulty in removing the motors from the fans so when the time came I replaced the entire fan/motor combo - about $16 apiece.