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| I currently have the Logo 20, which, according to most, will perform similarly to a .50-class nitro heli.
I'm guessing that motors and batteries will improve in leaps and bounds, and provide vastly more power and even flight time than their nitro counterparts. I'm sure that in 5 years, Plettenberg or Hacker or Kontronik will produce a motor of the same size and weight as the current HP300/25/A3 that puts out more power than a .90 glow engine while still mounting nicely into the Logo 20, right? And some battery manufacturer will produce some kind of battery that offers a half hour of 3D flight time for LESS weight.
So, five years down the road, what's to prevent me from using the newest motor and the newest battery pack to make it perform better than even the best .90-class nitro heli? I mean, can't you take virtually any QUALITY electric heli (like the Logo 20, 24, and Joker), throw in the fanciest motor and batteries and improve its performance? What are the limits? The strength of the blade holders??? Durability of the gear teeth???
For nitro helis, the limit is obvious: the heli is designed around an engine of a given displacement. If a heli uses a .60-sized engine, there's no way to make it perform like a .90 within our lifetimes. Engines aren't improving that fast. With electric motors, however, size isn't an issue. As I mentioned above, 5 years down the road, you'll probably be able to get a motor of the same size that produces twice the power. |
