I bought the Mick Reeves Hunter kit about this time last year, I'd built a few large warbirds and wanted to build my first turbine. I didnt want to go down the ARTF route as I wanted a building project that would take me a year or two - even though in comparision the current ARTF jets out there seem to offer very good value for money!

Don't get me wrong, I've got no complaints about the Mick Reeves kit so far, its seems to be nicely manuafactured and cleanly cut etc and most parts seem to fit fine. But the are a couple of Micks ideas I'm not keen on and will be changing...

1) I'll be using balsa sheeted wings instead of ProSkin as I can sand balsa and its a technique that i'm familiar with where as some ProSkin finishes I've seen sag inbetween ribs.

2) I probably wont make the tail planes detachable, and I'll drive each half with a separate servo rather than the single servo groove and lip technique that Mick suggests.

3) I'll change the rudder link to a more standard set up - Mick suggests using the servo as the bottom hinge, and then just one hinge at the top, id prefer a few more hinges (although I've not figured out how to get the rudder in yet!

4) I'm generally going to use more hinges everywhere than suggested by Mick.


I've got some photos to upload of the build so far - not got as far as I would have liked due to not getting as much building time as I had orriginally thought, but it'll get there in the end!

Regards

David Bevan

PS - I'm no where near as tallented a builder as many build threads on here so please be gentle with your comments! (although feel free to point out if I'm making two right wings etc!)