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Easy star upgrades odds and ends

Posted by Wayne on April 8, 2010 at 7:10am
So in my mission to build a drone I got a few of the needed items and trying to get things hooked up and such but I have a few questions. First here is the hardware I got for now...

Multiplex Easystar
Turnigy 2200 inrunner
Rhino 2350 Lipo
HobbyKing 25-30A ESC
Prop

Q1. I see that people have to metal pieces that they use to sandwich the prop in the middle of and mount onto the motor. Where do I get those parts and what one would I need to get? My prop is a 6x4E I believe its called.

Q2.The motor has those male plugs already attached to the ends of the wires. The female connectors came with my ESC but these things are pretty heavy duty and aren't some kind of cheap crimp on. I see how they attach to the male counterpart but I don't know how to fix the ESC wires to them. Are they supposed to be soldered in?

Q3.Im thinking it would be best if I used Deans plugs for the battery and for the ESC (+ -) wires that goto the battery. On the battery it has some pretty thick cables what type/size Deans plug should I use?

Q4. What is the best way to mount an inrunner if I don't want to glue the motor itself to the foam but have it still be stable?

Thank you all for any help you could lend. If any of you are aware of any install guides or anything that would answer these questions that would also be great. Thanks again


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  • Wayne April 26, 2010 at 7:54pm
    Oh yeah I had huge issues finding the plane. I got it from newcreations-rc.com The guy I talked to and dealt with is the owner. His name is Kirk and hes an awesome guy. Hes located in Texas, assuming your in the US. He also does a great rudder mod to the tail. He was the only one I could find that had it in stock and it took me DAYS before I found him. He sounded surprised to know he was the only one I could find. Go to the site and see if you can get hooked up. :) good luck.
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    Jani Hirvinen April 26, 2010 at 7:11pm
    How about ordering plane it self? towerhobbies and hobby-lobby has been out of stock for 2 months now. Any other good sources? I'm especially interested a shop that is in Asia area.. If not any, what ever location will do.

    --jp
  • Wayne April 26, 2010 at 6:41pm
    Oh yeah There are two of them that came with my props i ordered and I used my digital caliper to measure the ID of both and one is about 5.9mm and the other at about 4.75mm. But if neither of these work then I now know what I am looking for. Thank you for all the help.
  • Wayne April 26, 2010 at 4:26pm
    Yes I am using APC 6X4E props. So what does one of those center adapters look like? Could you provide a link? Thanks much again.
  • Wayne April 26, 2010 at 2:47pm
    I have a few things I still need to get together and of course its just the little stuff that I overlooked. Anyway one of the items I need is a shaft adapter for my brushless inrunner. I have this motor...

    And I am wondering if this is what I need to attach my e-prop to the motor and if this is the right size. The motor says it has a 3.2mm shaft but I can only find adapters for 3.0mm and 3.175.

    Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
  • David April 9, 2010 at 7:36am
    My easystar setup has a Mega 480 inrunner glued in... I'm not worried about it, either. From my experience, I should be able to squirt some CA debonder (found here at TowerHobbies, I get mine at my local hobby store) in around the motor, wait a few minutes, and non-destructively work the motor out. While I haven't had to remove the motor yet, I have de-bonded (major) repair joints that I wasn't happy with, no problem; so you may be able to debond the entire fuse, too, if you're careful and patient. However, spare fuselages aren't that expensive, like this one; you could build a stock easystar per spec, and make an exact list of what you want to do to it, and start with a fresh airframe to mod. Espescially if this is your first RC aircraft, you may end up doing that anyway...
  • Donald Gallay April 8, 2010 at 10:21pm
    keep it simple if it is your first plane. do you want to fly it or just look at it?
  • Wayne April 8, 2010 at 7:01pm
    Well Donald it is able to be glued it without any issue...But the motor is just so pretty. Maybe I am weird like that. But the other thing is worst case scenario assume you have to take the motor out. Well that means you will have to do some cutting and stuff. Like I said maybe I am just weird like that but I think I would like it better if I could put it in securely and yet have it be easy to remove in case I ever have to do so.
  • Donald Gallay April 8, 2010 at 6:16pm
    Why not glue it in? I have mine glued in and never had a problem. 28mm motor can fits perfect.
  • mook April 8, 2010 at 3:24pm
    I ziptied my motor in place, works pretty well. Just poke two through the foam under the motor slot and tie them through the top.
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