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HOW TO: Big Bipe Goes Electric

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TEXT & PHOTOS BY GREG GIMLICK The new Astro 120 mega-motor makes electric conversions easy for giant-scale planes like the Super Kraft WACO UPF-7 FOR SUPER KRAFT WACO BUILDING INFORMATION TO QUOTE A CHARACTER in an old TV show, "I love it when a plan comes together," and this electric conversion certainly did! When AstroFlight's Bob Boucher showed me the production version of his new Astro 120 brushless motor at the Weak Signals RC Expo...

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