Ronald Witt. Hi, thanks! It has been converted to electric because of the noise restrictions of my club. I tried installing a canister muffler but that DLE was still loud like hell, thought about to install a Saito FG21 four strokes but ended with a Leopard 520kv motor, Hobbyking 80A ESC and 6S 5.000mAh batteries. It was fun with the gasoline engine but sadly not “compatible” with where I fly...
@@rgbosio . Easy, combustion engines are louder than electric motors and here in Switzerland people is very sensitive and they want their “calm”. So is very difficult to find “free noise” zones…
Just purchased this ultrastick after seeing this video I had to get a DLE 20 RA with 16x8 prop for it can't wait to get it done it looks great sounds awesome thanks for the idea love it cheers
@@hectorlmges plenty of power is always good lol I've gone for small tundra wheels without the wheel spats bit more clearance and hopefully better handling on rough surfaces think it will be the first of many sticks to come there cool :)
@@jamesgregory7672 Yeah, I would say it's a little bit of a tight fit. I put the ignition module under the fuel tank (maybe not the best idea) both just behind the firewall, tail servos to the tail and life 2200mAh (RX) + life 1000 (ignition) below the nylon nuts that hold the wing, that could be a start point but you should check by yourself too 👍
@@hectorlmges awesome thanks bro yeah once I get everything ready to go will have to trial fit and try and find best solution for installation I noticed you put sat receiver on the outside near the rear servo first time I've seen this
@@jamesgregory7672 Yeah, this was my very first non foam non BNF/PNP no electric plane and was having problems with radio link, I installed this sat as far as I could from the ingnition module.
I'm building the ultra stick 10cc. Just like? Yours with a 20 CC can you tell me where you put you're Ignition for the engine? I help mine turns out as good as yours.
I just bought the same ultra stick and I have a brand new DLE 20RA that was left over from another project so I am going to do the same. . Did you keep the same fuel tank or replace it with another one? Also, how long did you get out of a tank? It looks pretty small. I can't wait to get this up and flying. Looks like it will have unlimited vert.
I'm running the original tank. 7 to 8 minutes is what I get. You'll spend most of the time at low throttle because it has lots of pull. I'm running 16x8 apc prop fwiw.
@@barthutchison4207 Thanks, I did my maiden on 2 days ago with the original tank. I set it for 6mins and still had about 1/2 a tank left. Really happy with the power but haven't used it fully yet. I'm running a 14x10 prop so I had a little more ground clearance. What a fun plane. by the way, I made up 2 strips of aluminium to mount the motor mounts on so I didn't have to go right to the edge of the firewall with the blindnuts. This might be a helpful tip for future builders.
@Matt Houston the motor mount was a struggle. I ended up using lock nuts after removing some of the balsa from the inner firewall. I coated the entire inside of the plane and firewall with thinned epoxy and it really firmed it up. Also i had to shim the right side motor mount on the firewall. The original offset was too much causing a right yaw under power. Just flew it again today and flying it tomorrow. It's one of my favorites in the hangar.
No compré nada a parte así que todo le monte con las piezas del 20cc y el Ultrastick. Lo que si te puedo decir es que el 20cc es ancho para el fuselaje del Ultrastick y te tocará hacer un poco de bricolage para atornillar el soporte del motor al fuselaje.
Hello, no, i let them the same place and flew with a 6S5000 and ESC all the way forward and also removed the 2x life batteries at the wing nylon screws (behind CG on Gas configuration).
I don't really remember, it was the white one so I think the engine one, the "problem" is that the engine mount holes are a little bit wider than the engine the plane was made for, so the blindnuts in the firewall doesn't fit correctly, I used instead aluminium plates on the backside of the firewall and standard metric autobloquant nuts.
Tengo uno sin estrenar, con un DLE 20, pero he tenido que lastrar en cola con 140 grs. Es normal??. Veo que pesa demasiado para la envergadura que tiene. Gracias por tu respuesta!!!
Hola, yo lo monte con los Servos de elevador y rudder en la cola, a parte de eso dos baterías (receptor/Servos e ignición) justo debajo del puente donde se ponen los tornillos para la fijación del ala.
Pues igual que lo tengo yo. El DLE tuve que aproximar lo lo máximo posible al parallamas , pero aún así tuve que poner 140 grs atrás. Los servos de profundidad y dirección son Tower Pro 5010 de nylon en vez de metálicos. Quizá por eso tuve que meter más peso en cola. Gracias por tu respuesta. Un saludo y felicidades por ese vuelo. Es fantástico!!!.
@@johnnyrocanrol los míos eran savox digitales metálicos y tamaño standard , desgraciadsmente me hicieron convertir el avión a eléctrico en el club por qué era demasiado ruidoso, le monte el escape de DLE (cilíndrico) y ni con esas. Disfrutalo que es un avión muy chulo
Chris Lavin. Hi Chris, nothing at all other than the two servos (standard size digital metallic) installed on the tail position and to my taste was still tail heavy. The main problem for me was the noise, installed the DLE specific muffler for this engine and was still too loud for our club. Today I “maidened” it again with an electric power system: 6S 5000mAh, Leopard 520kv and Hobbywing 80A with the same gas propeller (15x5).
Con la 15" creo que no aprovecha el potencial del motor y se podría poner más diámetro, aún así para este fuselaje tiene mas potencia de la que necesita.
v6 v6 . Para velocidad cuenta más con el pitch que con el diámetro, No me acuerdo que rango de recomienda DLE para su 20cc pero si no me equivoco 15x8 está en la parte baja de la escala, dicho esto, este avión con este motor va sobradisimo. Aquí vuelo a 700m amsl.
@@v6v621 mmh no me acuerdo por qué por el nivel de ruido del motor me hicieron convertirlo a eléctrico en el club y lo volé muy poco en gasolina, pero diría que 5 vuelos de 8minutos sin ningún problema.
This is awesome, nice plane and beautiful sight of landscape.
Ohh that is a nice field !!! I would love to fly there , you should do a update on the stick after the electric convertion
Great flight looks like plenty of power....good looking plane...been wanting to buy one and put my dle20 on it
Ronald Witt. Hi, thanks! It has been converted to electric because of the noise restrictions of my club. I tried installing a canister muffler but that DLE was still loud like hell, thought about to install a Saito FG21 four strokes but ended with a Leopard 520kv motor, Hobbyking 80A ESC and 6S 5.000mAh batteries.
It was fun with the gasoline engine but sadly not “compatible” with where I fly...
@@hectorlmges more loud more fun, and this is so cool 👍
@@hectorlmges noise restriction on a RC club? Please, tell me more about that. Anyway, very cool plane!
@@rgbosio . Easy, combustion engines are louder than electric motors and here in Switzerland people is very sensitive and they want their “calm”. So is very difficult to find “free noise” zones…
Just purchased this ultrastick after seeing this video I had to get a DLE 20 RA with 16x8 prop for it can't wait to get it done it looks great sounds awesome thanks for the idea love it cheers
You're welcome, ist overpowered but that's not a problems isn't it? :-)
@@hectorlmges plenty of power is always good lol I've gone for small tundra wheels without the wheel spats bit more clearance and hopefully better handling on rough surfaces think it will be the first of many sticks to come there cool :)
@@jamesgregory7672 Yeah, I would say it's a little bit of a tight fit. I put the ignition module under the fuel tank (maybe not the best idea) both just behind the firewall, tail servos to the tail and life 2200mAh (RX) + life 1000 (ignition) below the nylon nuts that hold the wing, that could be a start point but you should check by yourself too 👍
@@hectorlmges awesome thanks bro yeah once I get everything ready to go will have to trial fit and try and find best solution for installation I noticed you put sat receiver on the outside near the rear servo first time I've seen this
@@jamesgregory7672 Yeah, this was my very first non foam non BNF/PNP no electric plane and was having problems with radio link, I installed this sat as far as I could from the ingnition module.
How did the balance come out on your stick . Mine is really nose heavy.
I'm building the ultra stick 10cc. Just like? Yours with a 20 CC can you tell me where you put you're Ignition for the engine?
I help mine turns out as good as yours.
Hola que baterías y de que capacidad usabas para servos? Y para la ignición?
Very nice plane and well flown. Does the plane handle wind well?
I just bought the same ultra stick and I have a brand new DLE 20RA that was left over from another project so I am going to do the same. . Did you keep the same fuel tank or replace it with another one? Also, how long did you get out of a tank? It looks pretty small.
I can't wait to get this up and flying. Looks like it will have unlimited vert.
I'm running the original tank. 7 to 8 minutes is what I get. You'll spend most of the time at low throttle because it has lots of pull. I'm running 16x8 apc prop fwiw.
@@barthutchison4207 Thanks, I did my maiden on 2 days ago with the original tank. I set it for 6mins and still had about 1/2 a tank left. Really happy with the power but haven't used it fully yet.
I'm running a 14x10 prop so I had a little more ground clearance.
What a fun plane.
by the way, I made up 2 strips of aluminium to mount the motor mounts on so I didn't have to go right to the edge of the firewall with the blindnuts. This might be a helpful tip for future builders.
@Matt Houston the motor mount was a struggle. I ended up using lock nuts after removing some of the balsa from the inner firewall. I coated the entire inside of the plane and firewall with thinned epoxy and it really firmed it up. Also i had to shim the right side motor mount on the firewall. The original offset was too much causing a right yaw under power. Just flew it again today and flying it tomorrow. It's one of my favorites in the hangar.
Saludos herctor...tengo el mismo proyecto y tengo la duda con la base del motor ..utilizaste la que te trae de fabrica o adquiriste otra base
No compré nada a parte así que todo le monte con las piezas del 20cc y el Ultrastick. Lo que si te puedo decir es que el 20cc es ancho para el fuselaje del Ultrastick y te tocará hacer un poco de bricolage para atornillar el soporte del motor al fuselaje.
@@hectorlmges gracias por la información
I saw you changed it to electric later, did you move the tail servos into the fuselage for CG or was it fine?
Hello, no, i let them the same place and flew with a 6S5000 and ESC all the way forward and also removed the 2x life batteries at the wing nylon screws (behind CG on Gas configuration).
Did you use the motor mount that came with the plane or did you have to use a different one?
I don't really remember, it was the white one so I think the engine one, the "problem" is that the engine mount holes are a little bit wider than the engine the plane was made for, so the blindnuts in the firewall doesn't fit correctly, I used instead aluminium plates on the backside of the firewall and standard metric autobloquant nuts.
Can you show a picture of how you install the electronics like the electronic ignition
Did you have any problems with the nose weight of a dle 20cc
Nope, I was flying with two servos in the tail and two LiFe batteries under the wing nylon screws, fuel tank right behind the firewall.
Hola como hiciste para equilibrar el peso del avión, para que no quedara pesado de nariz?, saludos desde Costa Rica 👍🏼👍🏼
rolando rivera.
Puse dos servos (tamaño standard y metálicos) en la cola del avión y no necesito más.
Saludos
Tengo uno sin estrenar, con un DLE 20, pero he tenido que lastrar en cola con 140 grs. Es normal??. Veo que pesa demasiado para la envergadura que tiene. Gracias por tu respuesta!!!
Hola, yo lo monte con los Servos de elevador y rudder en la cola, a parte de eso dos baterías (receptor/Servos e ignición) justo debajo del puente donde se ponen los tornillos para la fijación del ala.
Pues igual que lo tengo yo. El DLE tuve que aproximar lo lo máximo posible al parallamas , pero aún así tuve que poner 140 grs atrás. Los servos de profundidad y dirección son Tower Pro 5010 de nylon en vez de metálicos. Quizá por eso tuve que meter más peso en cola. Gracias por tu respuesta. Un saludo y felicidades por ese vuelo. Es fantástico!!!.
@@johnnyrocanrol los míos eran savox digitales metálicos y tamaño standard , desgraciadsmente me hicieron convertir el avión a eléctrico en el club por qué era demasiado ruidoso, le monte el escape de DLE (cilíndrico) y ni con esas.
Disfrutalo que es un avión muy chulo
Can you show pictures where you mounted electronics
Sorry, I don't have the plane anymore.
@@hectorlmges thank you
Hey how much weight did you have to add in the taill?
Chris Lavin. Hi Chris, nothing at all other than the two servos (standard size digital metallic) installed on the tail position and to my taste was still tail heavy.
The main problem for me was the noise, installed the DLE specific muffler for this engine and was still too loud for our club.
Today I “maidened” it again with an electric power system: 6S 5000mAh, Leopard 520kv and Hobbywing 80A with the same gas propeller (15x5).
Que motor eléctrico le pusiste que tamaño?
Una pregunta como lo notaste mejor ,con la hélice 15*8 o es mejor con una 16*8
Con la 15" creo que no aprovecha el potencial del motor y se podría poner más diámetro, aún así para este fuselaje tiene mas potencia de la que necesita.
Crees que con la 16 vaya mucho más rápido el avión es que ese es mi objetivo y en verdad nose cual si la 15 o la 16
Una última pregunta y ya dejo de molestar
A qué altura te encuentras donde vuelas
v6 v6 . Para velocidad cuenta más con el pitch que con el diámetro, No me acuerdo que rango de recomienda DLE para su 20cc pero si no me equivoco 15x8 está en la parte baja de la escala, dicho esto, este avión con este motor va sobradisimo.
Aquí vuelo a 700m amsl.
I just got my Hangar 9 Ultrastick 10cc. I am going to install a Saito 120S.
Mark M awesome had mine for many years and always had a O.S. 46
Que baterías usaste
LiFe 2s 2200mAh, después lo convertí a eléctrico con 6s 5000mAh.
Aprox cuántos vuelos te daba
@@v6v621 mmh no me acuerdo por qué por el nivel de ruido del motor me hicieron convertirlo a eléctrico en el club y lo volé muy poco en gasolina, pero diría que 5 vuelos de 8minutos sin ningún problema.
Nicht so hektisch , Hector