Q40e Electric Racing

06/23/2024

This is related to my Q40e Electric Racing proposal

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06/22/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd8DI1AZM0w

This is a video of the Miller JM-2 freeware plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 .. I went to the link on Flightsim to (https://flightsim.to/file/8174/miller-jm-2) and it just says File Unavailable .. I've searched other sources and cannot find the plane file(s) for download

The guy that made the video appears to have no experience in full scale airplanes and obviously did no research on the real plane .. I could be wrong, but he doesn't know what the stall characteristics should be for this plane or one like it like Pushy Galore .. he doesn't have a clue what cross controlling on short final is

The JM-2 was designed for Formula One racing .. you can read more about it and find some additional resources at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_JM-2

And see more about the modified record setting version called Pushy Galore at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Bohannon_JM-2_Special .. one link with a few photos is at https://www.eaa.org/eaa-museum/museum-collection/aircraft-collection-folder/1989-miller-bohannan-jm-2-special-pushy-galore---n189bb

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05/04/2024

A little more progress on my 3D modeling motor test stand mount project .. saw an error on this while posting

03/19/2024

I want to be able to fly Q40 planes as well as vintage F1 planes with easy electric conversions .. this is an EDF motor, but may work as a viable solution for the higher speed stuff .. I'm back in the shop and getting back to flying finally.

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09/06/2021

Here's an informal new product announcement.

StegallHobbies.com is preparing some new products for builders of model airplanes.

Foam wing cores will soon be available on our Amazon Stores. Initially in the US, but coming to Canada, Mexico, and Japan soon. We'll be in Europe by year end.

The first foam core offerings are cores that were done for the Stinger Q40 plane. These cores are for building a wing in the 52-56" span range. It is the SD6060 airfoil that Jerry Small and Dan Kane have favored on some of their racing planes, notably the EF1 planes and some Q40 planes. It is a fast airfoil section with good flight handling characteristics. These cores have 1" of sweep with a nominal finished root chord of 10.25" and the tip of 5" at ~24" from the center section.

The same airfoil will be available for a straight, non-swept leading edge wing. A slightly more swept 1.75" configuration, and a 4.5" sweep, nearly straight trailing edge configuration will be the standard options of our Amazon offerings for the SD6060 airfoil.

The price of foam cores only will is $40 with Next Day or Two Day delivery from Amazon and they will soon be Amazon Prime items with free shipping. Plans, instructions, and videos will be available online to help builders be successful in building strong and lightweight wings economically.

Complete wing kits with foam cores sheeted with balsa reinforced with fiberglass cloth and carbon fiber under the wing skins are $150. All wood needed for construction per the instructions, plus pre-made torque rods are included.

The sweep of a wing can be adjusted some by trimming the cores at the root before assembly.

Stinger Q40 kits are coming to our Amazon stores as well. The fiberglass and foam wing core short kit is $175. The full kit with pre-sheeted foam wing cores, all wood, landing gear, torque rods for the wing, elevator joiner, and other hardware is $275.

The Stinger can be powered with .40 to .55 engines in the approximate crankcase size of common 46 sport engines.

Electric motors up to 45mm in diameter will easily fit in the cowl.

We expect the bare foam cores to be available on Amazon by the first of October with other products arriving by the start of November.

Direct to customer orders will only be accepted until the products are in stock at Amazon. PayPal and credit cards are accepted.

Please contact Don Stegall at [email protected] or 980-269-4664 with questions and requests.

12/23/2020

Here's a 2-4 week poll about EF1 R/C planes starting December 23rd, 2020 ... Responses preferred sooner than later.

1) Are you interested in only the EF1 planes that are the most competitive (A) or do you prefer to fly the planes you like the appearance and flying characteristics of (B) or are you indifferent or does it not matter to you (C) ???

2) Do you prefer to build foam core based EF1 wings (A) or built up EF1 wings (B) or are you indifferent or does it not matter to you (C) ???

3) Do you want to only fly and race foam core based EF1 wings, either self-built or pre-built (A), built up EF1 wings (B), or are you indifferent or does it not matter to you (C) ???

4) Are you are a serious 3 pole racer in any class (A), or a sport 2 pole racer in any class or club organization (B) both (C) neither (D) ???

Sample Answer:

Don Stegall - 1C, 2B, 3C, 4B

We can all learn about each other and potential kit sellers will gain a lot of insight about how to prioritize their efforts to best serve the pylon community.

If you prefer to answer privately, please send email to [email protected]

Statistics will be published in January 2021.

09/07/2020

Cotton Flock Epoxy Filler is now available nationwide for Second Day, or in places and up to a certain time of the day, Next Day delivery from Amazon.

Try cotton flock in your glues for very hard very strong joints when added as fillet in corners of the joints.

Cotton Flock Epoxy Filler (8 Ounce)

04/21/2020

This is a video I made back in 2016. I still have this test stand and motor system set up. I was able to get quite fast airspeed using an APC 13x13 Racing prop cut down to 10x13 and reshaped. I will be doing a lot of propulsion system testing for Q40. Then I will do some real flying of an electrified Q40 airframe.

I set up a Castle Creations Phoenix Edge 75 ESC with a Spektrum brushless motor RPM sensor for telemetry. I'm testing motors and props for Club 40 Electric a...