The Miss-E

An Easy-To-Build Electric Flyer

Written by Rodeny Helgeland Find the entire feature on page 42 in the May 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary and video relating to the article.THE MISS-E IS an electric powered redesign of the glow-powered airplane I redesigned and built several years ago. It originally had a an unthrottled .049 engine with a two-channel AM radio controlling the rudder and elevator. Because electric power is much simpler and easier to use for small models, everything I have designed lately has been electric. This past year I started converting some of my old glow aircraft to electric power, including the airplane that led to the Miss-E.
Replacing the Cox engine with an outrunner motor from Hobby Lobby was fairly easy, and the Li-Poly batter and ESC fit nicely into the space that the receiver batter had occupied. The electric version weights almost the same as the glow-powered design, at 18 ounces ready to fly. I used the same servos but replaced the AM radio with a single stick three-channel FM radio.
I redrew the plans to lighten the structure and provide a proper battery compartment with a hatch on top of the nose. With its box-style fuselage, Miss-E is a straightforward build with just enough difference to give the experienced scratch builder a challenge.
Read the entire article on page 42 of the May 2011 issue of Model Aviation including the step-by-step construction process.

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