Hawk Pro E-Conversion

[Donnie D]

I have a Century Jet Ranger 30/550 size and a Century Bell 47 50/600 size. Both are electric conversions that I started out as direct drives using a TonicX 1110 KV motor and a 19t pinion with 5S, 18.5v motor. I now have them on clutch drive using the Century kit, an 800KV TonicX motor and the same 5S batterys. The bothe fly great both ways.

Donnie D

[cptdannydee]

sounds good, so your running a 600 motor on an 18v battery i will probably need one of them then for a turnighy typhoon 600 , not a 22.2v then? or could i use it

[Donnie D]

I'm sure you will be fine with a 6S battery if that is what you want to use. The reason I'm using 5S is that is what I was using for my Esmart allready before building the Bell 47 and the Jet Ranger. Now I use the same batts for the Esmart (which I have in a Bell 222ut fuselage), the Bell 47, and the Jet Ranger. Keeps me from having to have so many differant batterys and also the 5S batts are less expensive. Everything flys great and I run as flat a throttle curve as I can for them all at around 85% to 90%.

The Bell 47 and Jet Ranger are both clutch drive and the Esmart/Bell222ut is of course the stock direct drive.

By the way, I like the clutch drive so much that I would convert the Esmart, but I don't have the brains to do it.

Donnie D

[cptdannydee]

great stuff donnie thanks for the info , well i have a 22.2v 3600 here so i may try with that as its available and will cost me exacly -zero to put in the heli' i have the stock clutch from the os 32 i was using sitting here, so i may try it with that and if she works nice ile order a fresh clutch and install it , i noticed my esc has super soft start but i still think the clutch will be better as u can actualy here the engine spin up before the blades start to rotate. im 31 years old and spend all day building houses,plastering and general construction and all i can think about is my darn airwolf(century hawk pro mechanics) . i can see a few walls falling down in the first year of someone moving in. awsome hobby this is. personaly think i skimped a little on price by purchasing the turnigy typhoon in comparison to the century 600 a but ile give it a whirl and if all else fails buy a century motor next. ile be posting links to my first flight with the helicopter also as im just a big baby at heart

[cptdannydee]

well i have a 22.2v 3600 battery pack here so im going to use that as its free , and not sure whever to put my old clutch of the nitro on or go for a brand new unit ..im thinking brand new clutch as ..well its just common sense i guess im loving this its so much fun. i dont have any tools for drilling my engine mount so i took the mount and my engine to my local engineers and they will have it done tommorow ....( need tools, my friends joke that i rebuilt a ford escort rs turbo with a screw driver and ajustable wrench) so im not lazy just did not have a drill or the bits to use ) but dawning on me now..is to go on ebay and buy tools.... jeez here gos another 20 pounds out the bank ..bye all and keep this thread going maybe someone has video of the hawk spooling up with the clutch fitted ? some scale like flying ? cmon guys throw us all some vid of your hard work. once again LOVING this

[Donnie D]

Keep in mind,iIf you are gonna use a motor in the 1100KV range you will need to direct drive the mechanics using a 19t pinion.

If you want to clutch drive the mechanics, the stock clutch has a 26t pinion, so you will need a motor in the 800KV range.

I have been using TonicX motors, and the mounting holes line up with the one's on the Century electric conversion kit.

Donnie D

[cptdannydee]

aww i was looking forward to trying out with the clutch ;(

[Donnie D]

It will fly great with the 1100kv, 19t pinion direct drive. Just enjoy it that way until you can get an 800kv motor. Only take you about 30 minutes to change to the clutch drive.

Donnie D

[cptdannydee]

okie ile be getting the motor and mount back tommorow so ile experiment with the super soft start feature thats supposedly on this esc apparentlygives a start more similar to a true spool up on a scale helo fingers crossed

[cptdannydee]

ive gone from sheer joy to utter disapointment i have the helicopter all setup looking sweet everything works a dream ... knock it off the table and break the small ball joint in the tail lever set ..the ball where the arm clicks on has snapped .i cant fly it now until i get that fixed ..just as it was ready .... gah .. and to make matters worse the century site is out of stock no tail lever set for hawk pro absolutly gutted ..one thing tho i can still spool it up a little and its absolutly AWSOME anyone have the small lever with the ball on the end for sale ??

[Donnie D]

Aw man, I wish I had one. I would surely send it to you. Sorry for your mishap. It will all be worth it when you finally get it airborn.

Donnie D

[cptdannydee]

hey no worrys ile find one century uk just shows out of stock , tower hobbys showed discontinued so at least i think century uk can order me one so im happy ,, i have a graupner bell 222 to keep me ocupied as well, i wish i could convert this baby to electric also but it may be a little to large , anyways time to mail century about that part ;p

[MotorRotor]

There are many other sources in Canada and teh USA that would have them and that you could order from instead of Tower Hobbies.

Now that Great Plains/Tower Hobbies is the US distributor of TT, I am sure you will find they will carry fewer Century parts then they did in the past.

[cptdannydee]

thanks for the info , century uk have them ordered and expect them in the next week so im lucky ile order my part on monday then get some vid posted it sounds awsome as it is

[Dennis P]

Can some of you fellows that have the conversion Hawks flying post some pictures of the mechanics with the battery ect installed.I would like to see how things have been fit into the mechanics.I looked on the Century site and all through this thread .There is one photo in here in a scale fuse that shows it some.Thanks for any photos that you post.

[Rahulgaba]

Bringing this thread back alive.. Any videos of this heli flyingg? I am thinking of doing a electric conversion on this frame..

please if anyone can.. HELP ME!

[jackheli]

Originally Posted by Rahulgaba

Bringing this thread back alive.. Any videos of this heli flyingg? I am thinking of doing a electric conversion on this frame..

please if anyone can.. HELP ME!

I have two Falcons converted and currently working on a third, with a Century 5 bladed head.

Here are a couple of videos. I'll post some more info later on.

[Rahulgaba]

Thanks a ton for the videos there! I have a kinetic 50 (hawk pro stretched) .. I am looking at the conversion kit. I am not good at electric motors and how to pick and what to pick.. would you be able to help me with that info Sir?
I am hoping to have a setup runnong 2000 - 2100 rpm on the head. and doing some soft 3D flying.. not smack at all.. just smooth transitioning stuff. tic tocs and stuff..

please let me know what I should go with (hopefully cheaper setup) to start with.

[rcjames]

Originally Posted by Rahulgaba

Thanks a ton for the videos there! I have a kinetic 50 (hawk pro stretched) .. I am looking at the conversion kit. I am not good at electric motors and how to pick and what to pick.. would you be able to help me with that info Sir?
I am hoping to have a setup runnong 2000 - 2100 rpm on the head. and doing some soft 3D flying.. not smack at all.. just smooth transitioning stuff. tic tocs and stuff..

please let me know what I should go with (hopefully cheaper setup) to start with.

Get the Turnigy 600 brushless motor. Conversion kit sold helicopter world.

[Rahulgaba]

Cool!!
Turning 600 motor what KV b aren't there multiple ?

What esc would you suggest?

Also pinion for clutch less setup..?