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Electrifying a Gentle Lady, page 2

Remember the c.g. is for the fuselage and all the stuff, less the wing.. The battery lies partly thru the forward wing bulkhead. Final positioning is predicated on how the parts are located for final balance.
The geared motor sits a bit aft of the direct drive installation.
Servos can be moved forward, with little effect on the c.g.
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Installed the Graupner 480 gear motor with a JETI 250 ESC.. using a 8x500 battery, located the c.g. per the GL plans.. didn't need any noseweight!

equipment layout
Went out back to the flat on top of the San Andreas fault in the p.m. and flew it in afternoon breeze. No problems at all! Climbed away nicely from a soft hand launch, several climbs under power showed it did have enough power to fly reasonably.. Gentle landing at my feet.. Flying weight 33-1/2 oz.. c.g. at 3-3/16"

Electric Gentle Lady in flight

Note the "glow" thru the transparent MonoKote.. Makes the plane easy to fly to "speck-out" distance.


Gentle Lady on the Hi-start
Gentle Lady on the hi-start
Gentle Lady on the slope
Color changes to the wing for high altitude photography

Gentle Lady blacked bottom
Top view in a goodly climb....01-12-2003

Gentle Lady inflight top view

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And now for something entirely different...

..Ducted Fans from the GWS B-2 kit

GWS EDF-55s

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..OS 15 powered, vee-tailed..

Glow Powered
...Many Gentle Lady variations...

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..GP Spirit 2M electric..

..GP Spirit Elite 2M electric..

..Speed 400 fun fly..

..Vee-tail camera plane..

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eGLcg2.htm..09-01-2008