That Red thing is the Plug for the 80-90 oz fuel tanks. That means,
there will be up to 180 oz on board
weighing around 10 lbs, and able to fly for 10 min....
Most likely it will never get off the ground
with 10 lbs of fuel but it should be able to fly for 6 min with 6 lbs.
Rig #1 had 64 oz or ~ 3 lbs and was good for 3 min where it burned 22
oz/min
Rig #1 had 3 servos in each wing. Rig #2 only has one saving weight
and power.
The new fancy turbine jack screw, weeks design turbine rotation
device consists of one big a%% servo
witch works great. 300 oz of torque and 900 holding power. Much better
than my design witch
took 10 sec to move 30 deg.
This is Rig #1 batteries.
Top to bottom
Fuel pump
1400 AE NiCD
Receiver
2 x 1650 NiMH 5 cell pack
Tail rotor Wing
3000 NiMH 6 cell
Tail rotor Wing
3000 NiMH 6 cell
Tail rotor Rudder 3000 NiMH 6 cell
Tail rotor Elev
3000 NiMH 7 cell
~ 4.75 pounds !!!!
This is Rig #2 batteries. (unproven)
Top to bottom
Fuel pump
1200 NiMH
Receiver
2 x 1650 NiMH 5 cell pack
Tail rotor Wing
2150 NiMH 6 cell
Tail rotor Wing
2150 NiMH 6 cell
Tail rotor Rudder 2150 NiMH 6 cell
Tail rotor Elev
3000 NiMH 7 cell
~ 3.5 pounds !!!!
a savings of 1.25 lbs... ah... another min of fuel
This is all the #10 gauge wire in Rig #1... It will be replaced with
14 gauge and shoud weigh
about half as much..... ah... another pound...allmost