Trex 700 E Conversion - Part DEUX

While spending a lot of time flying my newly converted Trex700e, I have giving a lot of thought to what I wanted to do next. Night flying, Airplane and convert my last Nitro heli all came to mind. I thought I was going to do some night flying with my Trex 600e but after burning up my OS 91 last Friday (4/2/2010) my path is clear. The Trex 700 affectionately known as "Papa" must now be converted into a "Mother &*^#$^" The preliminary plan is:

Here's the setup:

1. KDE Conversion kit.
   
2. KDE pinion support.
   
3. KDE 115T MOD 1 Main gear.
   
4. Castle Creations 160AMP ICE ESC.
   
5. KDE 1917H/1y-N42
   
6. Cyclic JR 8717
   
7. Spartan 760 or Quark.
   
8. Align 650.
   
9. 2 6S 5000mah 40C batts for a 12s setup.
   

In my last conversion I used a Scorpion HK-4035-560KV and I have been real happy with it, but I want to try something different, something that will have some crazy speed in a 12S setup. I have some more information to dig up but the NEU motor 1917/1.5Y or 1920/1.5Y seemed to be to my liking. I am trying to figure out what motor Tim Jones' has in his Beast as I love the power it has. Currently, all I know is that it is a Castle Creations motor and only they and the heli gods know when it will be made available to us mere mortals.

After talking to Castle Creations, ReadyHeli, Helidirect and reading as much as I could online, here's the motor I was turned on to by Patrick the Owner of KDE.

KDE worked with NEU to come up with the 1917H/1y-N42 which is a more efficient and more powerful offering than the 1920 and is custom designed for the T700E and the KDE Direct E-Conversion Kit. As you can see below she's got a ton of power.



This is a data log taken 4/12/2010 of a 5-minute HARD 3D flight and the motor is capable of producing 8600W+ (over 11 HP), which still extremely efficient in flight.