Scott and Jim of Xtreme Power Systems and I are converting a twenty year old 1/3 scale Curtiss R3C-2 Schneider Cup Racer from 4.2 Sachs to electric. Pictured below was it hanging in a storage unit for the past 10 plus years. As gas powered the plane weighed in at 42 lbs and used Futaba S134 HiTorque giant scale servos. First thing after we cleaned it up, we replaced the 112 in/oz torque servos with Hitec 5955TG servos with over 300 in/oz torque. As we proceed I will update this post or you can see the airplane and the upgrading at
www.schneider-cup.com and select Curtiss Returns Home button.
Bob