century Longranger 30 size electric conversion

[euan galloway]

Hello,
I,ve just finished my latest scale heli,its a Century longranger converted to electric with a Turnigy 500 1650 kv motor on a 5s lipo.I have kept the original clutch and sounds great spooling up ,all up weight is 7.5 lbs and should fly for approx 8 mins? very cheap to convert and paint with B@Q spray cans,
cheers Euan.ps if any one is intrested i can post photos of motor mount and clutch adaptor

[trillian]

Cool! I have an old shuttle airframe I have been thinking about using for a Jet Ranger fuse. But I would want to convert to electric if it's practical. So yeah I'd be interested in seeing how yours was done.

[electricsceadu]

you can get an electric conversion for the shuttle from the states
it also keeps the clutch
look on RR in the electric conversion section or better stil put a search in for it as it may be a few pages back by now

[euan galloway]

century Longranger

Trillain
The motor mount is very easy to fabricate using a cut down Hyperion cage type mount,one of the advantages of using the original clutch and drive bell is that the gear ratio is already sorted<and the spool up is cool>The adaptor is turned down and threaded to suit your clutch shoe<6mm will work for an OS32 crank>,
i hope my photos help?,
cheers Euan.please note this was the original motor

[euan galloway]

century Longranger

Hello,
I had three good flights on the Longranger today and one very good one as the esc failed and i had to do a hasty auto ,no damage except for my nerves .It autos very well ?? i have posted a short vid on youtube under century Longranger 30 size have a look,
cheers Euan

[3DJIM]

Nice one!! looks great.

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Jim.

[euan galloway]

century Longranger

Jim,
Thanks for putting the video on,< how did you do that?>
cheers Euan.

[euan galloway]

century Longranger

Hello,
just spent a good couple of hours flying the longranger ,this electric lark could be the future? i have just uploaded a vid on youtube so if Jim or any one else can stick it on here that will be great ,
cheers Euan.

[euan galloway]

century Longranger

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this is the video still carn,t work out how Jim did the last one???
cheers Euanhttp

[DaveW54]

Looking to convert my Hawk Pro and Sport over to Electric.

Trying to locate the shaft (Century® RC Helicopter Products) and wonder if you managed to source a similar shaft, or self-manufactured it?

[mark951981]

Nice heli