had a great time! First electric event that I have attended. Thanking you, Keith and all of your workers for a very nice time.
Jack Lemon got me into electrics a year ago. Flew a Hangar 9 Cub with MaxCim NEO 13Y, 3.3 gearing, 9 lbs. 4 oz, Zinger 14-8 and 20 2000 mAh Sanyo's.  Also, flew a scratch built Extra 300S (from Great Planes Extra 300S kit plans) with MaxCim NEO 13Y, 3.75 gearing, 7 lbs. 5 oz., Master Airscrew 14-10, and 20 2000 mAh Sanyo's. My original GP 300s (7 lbs 12 oz from the kit) died on the fourth flight a month ago. Both of these aircraft are four stars in my book.
Thanks again, George Maiorana

anything. At full throttle you can hear the prop noise if it is really quiet out. This motor has a replaceable 3/8" prop shaft so if you dork it, it shouldn't do any real damage to the motor.
He thinks that those of you that saw it fly at the Mid-America Electric Flies will agree that it performed well, and he was using 1700 mAh Gordy cells then. The step up to 2000 cells gave a slight power increase, but added a lot of flight time and the 2000 cells don't get as hot as the 1700's do. He hasn't checked the rpm and amp draw with the 2000 cells, but it pulled 45 amps static at 5400 rpm with the 1700 mAh cells. Most of his flying is at 1/2 throttle with full throttle only for verticals.
He loves it and hopes that he can keep it intact until KRC. He thinks a little prop playing will improve the performance and duration to the 7-8 minute range with good performance.
The plane weight is 13 pounds, give or take a couple of ounces. That seems heavy when you pick it up, but calculates out to 26.7 ounces per square foot. It flies like it is much lighter, but the sink rate when you slow it way down for a landing is substantial. The best way to land it is to bring it down with a fairly steep approach with good speed, then let it bleed off the speed a couple of inches off the ground. The large cowl and high drag slows the plane down quite rapidly and it is easy to land.

Here's the info on Jack's plane: (created from information posted to the eflight list)
With 9 flights on the Goldberg Sukhoi with the Large MaxCim direct drive motor and the plane has become his favorite flyer. This plane goes exactly where he points it. It has an awesome roll rate, does perfect stall turns, and everything else you could ask of a plane. The big MaxCim motor puts out great power swinging an 18 x 8-14 Zinger prop on 30 cells. His initial impression of the plane was that it seemed slow in flight. In actuality, after flying with two glow powered Sukhois, it flies about the same speed as a glow powered version, when he opens the throttle all the way. It has very good vertical performance. He can take off and point the nose straight up and it will go about 300-350 feet up into a perfect stall turn. With 2000 mAh nicads, he gets about 6 1/2 minutes of flying with enough reserve for a go-around or two and taxi in.
Anyone interested in building and flying the larger planes should give Tom Cimato, of MaxCim motors, a call and get on the waiting list.
Another plus is no noise, literally. No gear whine or

From: CasinoOp@aol.com (Grant Calkins)

Ken,
Janna and I just want to thank you for all your efforts in putting on a terrific event last weekend in Michigan.  It's the first all-electric event I've attended, and I just loved it - and the weather you ordered didn't hurt either!  I know these things take lots of work, and many of the
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