WattAge egret, Инструкция по сборке

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The following section describes our recommendations to help you in deciding which types of accessories to
purchase for your new Wattage Egret ARF. We have tested all of these items with the airplane and found that
these products will offer the best in performance, reliability and economy.
RADIO SYSTEM
MOTOR CONTROLLER
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
Focus 3 AM
P/N 128471
To operate the motor, we highly suggest using a propor-
tional electronic speed control (ESC) that features
battery eliminator circuitry (BEC) and auto-cutoff. BEC
allows you to eliminate the receiver battery and uses the
flight battery to control both the motor and the radio
system. Eliminating the receiver battery provides a great
weight savings which effectively increases performance.
The auto-cutoff feature turns off the motor when the volt-
age in the battery drops too low to operate the radio
system safely. This guarantees safe operation throughout the entire flight. To obtain these features, we suggest
using the Wattage IC-380 30A ESC. If you decide not to use a proportional electronic speed control, an elec-
tronic switch like the Hitec Motor Controller SP-1003 (part # 759850) is an economical way to turn the motor
on and off. This switch does not offer any proportional speed, only off or full power.
The Egret ARF will require a minimum 3 channel ra-
dio control system that includes two standard servos.
The radio system we recommend is the Hitec Focus 3
AM radio. This radio system includes two standard
servos, receiver, servo mounting hardware and a setup
guide. If you already own a radio system, or want to
purchase a radio system that will be more upgradeable
in the future, a four or more channel radio with two
standard servos will work fine. If you decide to go this
way, our recommendation would be to use the Hitec
Flash 4X FM Computer radio. This is a very good radio system that offers the capability to grow as your
experience grows. A standard size receiver will fit in the Egret ARF, but to save weight we suggest you
purchase an aftermarket micro or mini receiver.
The flight battery you choose should be an 8 cell (9.6Volt)
Nickel Cadmium battery pack or an 8 cell Nickel Metal
Hydride battery pack. We recommend either the Watt-
age 8 cell 600Mah NiCd Battery or the Wattage 8 cell
800Mah NiMh battery (part # 128523). Both battery
packs come prewired with Tamiya connectors so they
will be compatible with the Wattage IC-380 ESC. The
Nickel Metal Hydride battery will give you about 25%
more run-time; however, it will not produce quite the amount of power as the Nickel Cadmium battery.
P/N 128522
FLIGHT BATTERY