About 78A and stays barely warm when you manage throttle to make it a long flight. The motor and battery have time to radiate some of the high power heat between maneuvers.

The stock 70A ESC will run at its maximum, and without any fins on the heatsink, will probably shut down if pulling 78-80A with the 17x8. I'd think the motor would run the 16x10 just fine as long as you keep full power for only maneuvers or a quick speed run. But 16x10 would definitely give a great cruising speed at half throttle. Great addition to appearance too! Get a 100A ESC, an Avian100 is nice with all it's telemetry.

That's the one. People flying 80/90mm EDF or prop planes using 6s5000 should be using 6s2p9000 P45B @900g and provide 5:30 full throttle on V2 avg 80A

If it's single 6s4500 you can expect burst up to 75A for several seconds and a continuous of 40~50A depending on your cooling. The stock Avanti/Vipers have great cooling thru the battery compartment.

Cut the main legs 20mm below the coil and the 5mm stock FW A-10 struts slip on and held with 2 set screws. Not much easier than that.

The nose gear needs a little rework... but easy. Trim off the top 15mm of the A-10 struts, drill the 5mm hole 10mm deeper and then a new M3 threaded hole for the set screw. Don't forget to file small flats for the set screws.

Well in the V2 a 6s9000 P45B 900g pack is vertical for 5:30 minutes.......

If you like scale flying then 2x flights are fun. pretending you're in a dogfight for 4 minutes might be fun for someone else.

Lighter, longer works!

I can get 12 minutes from a 6S 10,000 mah Lipo but that's with conservative throttle use which some find boring but I don't mind the slower paced flying. I typically don't like my batteries falling below 20-25% during flight so I won't push that flight time any further. From my experience flying this plane on larger batteries I find using anything larger and heavier you start moving into diminishing returns and would you really want to fly for that long anyways? For me personally, 10+ minutes with this plane I am starting to get a bit tired and certainly wouldn't want to make a mistake as a result of reduced concentration. These planes aren't exactly very cheap and can be damaged easily.

you could go 7s and a 15x10 if you have a spare 120A 8s compatible esc to drop in.

SMC 6s5300hv 731g, 6s2p9000li 877g.... so, 150g more for 7500mah vs 3750mah. Double the capacity in the tank.

@@deadstickduck2025 Not a correct comparison - you need to take the higher voltage of the SMCs into account. SMC HV operate between 4.35V and 3.8, whereas the Molicels between 3.9V (the voltage drops from 4.2 to 3.9 almost instantly) - 3.0V. The total power per weight is stil higher with Molicels, but nowhere near double.

Run 2000w for 2:36min on a 6s5000lipo, or 2000w for 4:27min on 6s9000li. True, just @71% more, not double.

The biggest difference is number of cycles. Molicel says 500 and I would expect a lot more if you look after them. Good luck trying to get 100 from a lipo without it looking like a water bottle. With the cost of living these days, it's all about return on investment.

1060g 14s of the new Molicel-p45b cells. It's nice to be able to build your own packs.

@@brettschklar9947 It’s a custom built 4s Li-ion battery pack. It fits easily in the bay.

He used the Freewing upgraded motor and 12 blade fan.

@@NwRcFlight the 90mm 8s motor on the older 12 blade fan unit? Interesting..

I will check with the owner to find out for sure. I think it’s an 80mm upgrade.

FREEWING 80MM 12 BLADE SMF 1857KV IR FOR 6S HIGH SPEED @138A 3600W with CC 100A Lite esc. Being a flying vacuum keeps things cool, especially having an abundance of power means maneuvers take less time, more authority. With a 1140g pack it flies so well.