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When the stock 30-35-1000KV brushless motor abruptly died on my 3-year old Tower Hobbies F6F Hellcat, a replacement motor was no longer available and discontinued by Tower Hobbies (now Horizon Hobby). So I decided to make some modifications to make this excellent warbird fly again.

I installed a Tomcat P4802 3510-1080KV Brushless Outrunner Motor in the stock motor's place. The Tomcat motor is a direct bolt-on fit to the Hellcat wooden motor mount but the dummy plastic cowl face needed to be modified to allow for the longer (5mm) length of the Tomcat motor. So I used my Dremel to create a round opening through the dummy plastic radial, being careful for circular uniformity. The edges of the Dremel'ed opening were then repainted with Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black to complete the "finished" cowl appearance.

The stock ESC was replaced with a Sky Power 60amp ESC w/ 5amp SBEC. Now powered by a Pulse 4S 2250mAh 45C Lipo, the Hellcat is also slinging a dynamically balanced Xoar PJN 10x7 Wooden Prop. Max Static Amps on the bench reached 35.8 amps with 528.8 watts power. Lastly, the airframe finish is also protected with 2 coats of Minwax Satin Finish Polycrylic.

I am completely blown away by the performance of this 4S setup! What was already a great model on 3S not only airworthy again, but does it with controlled power and authority. I'm still speechless, so I'll just let the Hellcat do the rest of the talking.

RC Groups Blog Post w/ Photos: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...

MODIFICATIONS

Motor: Tomcat P4802 3510-1080KV Brushless Outrunner Motor
ESC: Sky Power 60amp ESC with 5amp SBEC
Cowl: Modified "Dremel'ed" Cowl Opening for 5mm longer Tomcat Motor
Paint Protection: 2 coats of Minwax Satin Finish Polycrylic

TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, & SETUP

Transmitter: Spektrum DX8 (G2)
Receiver: Lemon RX DSMX 7-Channel Receiver with Stabilizer
Satellite: Lemon RX DSMX Diversity Antenna Satellite
Gain Settings: Aileron - 9:30 O'Clock, Rudder - 10 O'Clock, Elevator - 10 O'Clock
Master Gain Setting: 0
Rates: 100-Aileron w 10% Expo / 100-Elevator w 20% Expo / 100-Rudder w 0% Expo
Center of Gravity: 67mm from the leading edge of the main wing
Battery: Pulse 4S 2250mAh 45C Lipo
Throttle Timer: 4 Minutes
Full Flight Time: 3 Minutes, 47 Seconds
Lipo Final Voltage: 15.36 Volts out of 16.80 Volts (45%)

Camera: iPhone X at 1080P / 60 FPS
Cameraman: Robert "Doc" M
Soundtrack: Namco - Ace Combat Series "Battle For Farbanti" and "Combat Results"

Thanks Robert for capturing the flight footage!!

Thanks for watching!