RE: Rich Uravitch A-7 Corsair II
Mine is built per plan. I removed most of the fuse plywood doublers, as they are not needed with E-flite. I opened the front of the plastic cowl, and there are large openings in the firewall and the next bulkhead, so I think air will pass through. I made 2 hatches in the bottom and made air exit holes. Installed a Castle Ice 50 amp ESC in the airflow. Will use a 4-cell 4,000 mah Lipo. Going to need lots of lead in the tail. Motor is an E-flite Power 32. 11-7 prop.
I had planned on using HS-80 servos in the tail, again for weight savings, but decided to change these to large, heavy standard servos, as I hate to add dead weight to any airplane. Also made the rear hatch out of plywood for added weight. This is the first time I think I have ever purposely built an airplane trying to add weight to the tail.
Will post more pics soon.