Neo 180
The cowl is cut at an angle (above left) before the blocks are removed from the fuse. The cowl is hollowed (center) using sharpened brass tubes, while carefully removing (above right) only as much as is needed for the motor
access. Servo bays (below left) are added. After a few flights, Andy and Michael both decided that the optional extended ailerons (below right) shown on plans would be a better choice for their personal flying styles.
Equipment Comments
The business end was designed to accept the E-flite Carbon Cub brick (above left) with little room to spare. The optional nose gear freely casters.
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oth Michael and I built our planes with components scav- enged from foamies sold by Horizon Hobby, where we both work. It is designed around the AS3X brick from the E-flite Car- bon Cub (EFLU4864) which has integrated rudder and elevator servos. You don’t really need AS3X to fly it, so the AR6400NBL from a Micro Stryker will do fine as well, but in this case you’ll need to locate the rudder and elevator servos yourself. The AS6410 from an E-flite MiG-15 will work fine as well. We recommend Spektrum A2030L 2.3-gram performance linear long-throw servos for the ailerons. I like flying faster and selected a 3000Kv Stryker motor and prop for my model. Michael prefers to
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The sheeting (above right) is trimmed for a clean exit hole. The E-flite 2500Kv and the 3000Kv motors both work well for the Neo 180.
fly more in the Turnaround Style, so he used the 2500Kv UMX Beast motor and prop on his.
For a battery we recommend getting the highest C value you can. Right now this is a 30C 2S 200 mAh from E-flite, part number EFLB2002S30, but the older 25C battery will still work fine for most pilots. We are both using the PKZ1039 hook and loop mate- rial to attach the battery to the hatch. For pushrods you can use either 1⁄32 wire, carbon rods or pieces scavenged from other ultra micro models. We used the Dubro #848 and #849 control horns and retainers. The pilot could be pulled from a Gee Bee (EFLU4570).
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