Fly'n with the Circus. RDRC's traveling Circus

[Larry Lewis]

Pic of the radio compartment. I used a Velcro strap to hold the battery and foam inside. Dont want any stuff flying loose at Pylon #2 !

Note the servo set up for the throttle. Easy as it gets!

[Larry Lewis]

Here is a pic of that new receiver I spoke of earlier. This is the new AR500 by Spektrum. Something you may notice is, there is no satelite receiver. Instead, it used one short ant wire, and one long. This is a neat little reciver folks. Its full range, 5 channel, very affordable (around $55), has TWO aileron channels, offers Fail Safe, and its really compact in size. I'll tell you more about it later.

[Larry Lewis]

Last pic for the night. Here I had to make a small cut out in teh fuse side to allow the needle valve to clear. Took about 5 minutes, and I used the extra covering Stegall Hobbies supplies to re-cover the bare area.

[Larry Lewis]

Uhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,,,,,, Thats It Folks!!!!! Last pic is my two favorite Raiders!!! Both Red, both fun to work on, and best of all,,,,,,, Both Fassssssssssssssst!!!!

[Larry Lewis]

Only thing left to do is break the engine in. I have one more photo shoot to do for you folks. If any of you read the attachment Joe Rafalowski post, you know there's a few legal and simple carb mods you can make to your Thunder Tiger carb. No,,,nothing "Top Secrete", and verrrrry simple steps anyone can make. Its not so much a gain in performance youre after, but reliability. I'll take pics of the process and post for all to see. Also, I plan to break the engine per the instructions in taht attachment. Until then,,,,,,Get Those Raiders Built!!!

[Geckoman]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Larry Lewis
	OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

now we know why you got a RED one Larry!!

[50%plane]

Happy Birthday Jay Benson, wherever you are.....

[Geckoman]

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

The Geckomans Landing School video......

[STLAV8R]

Nice....

[amiller]

larry, you better take a sick day for your finger. I dont want any blood on our county equipment.

[Geckoman]

	Quote: Originally Posted by STLAV8R
	Nice....

ty...here's another from the return from the bean field

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

youtube nixted the audio though so it cuts out about 2 mins into the video...ah well

[Larry Lewis]

	Quote: Originally Posted by amiller
	larry, you better take a sick day for your finger. I dont want any blood on our county equipment.

I just wanted to show everyone I wasnt Out For Blood when we started racing. As the pics clearly show,,, I have plenty!!

[Geckoman]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Larry Lewis
	I just wanted to show everyone I wasnt Out For Blood when we started racing. As the pics clearly show,,, I have plenty!!

brings a hole new meaning to blood sweat and tears for ya modelling :*)

[joeraf]

Larry, how is the hardware in the Sky raider? Anything you would replace?

[Larry Lewis]

Its typical ARF hardware, except the fuel tank stopper was much better than a lot Ive seen. I used all of the stock stuff to show everyone it works. As the pics show, I chose to put Z-Bends at the servo's instead of the 90 deg clips. Control horns are nice. I started to use ball links but went with the provided stuff instead. Besides, the rods are metric and wont fit most ball links. SHouldnt be any problems at all using all the stock stuff.
You still dont have yours yet?