RE: Skywalker FPV
Thanks for sharing your experience with the Skywalker! I tried watching the videos but YouTube was not working well at the time.
To power my Skywalker, I used an AXI 2814/12 motor and a Jeti 40-amp Advance Plus ESC. The APC 9x6 electric prop is powered by a 3s 5AH LiPo pack. I used the stock motor mount and placed the ESC in the wing bay. After drilling a large hole into the ESC chamber, an air intake scoop was added to cool the ESC where the pan servo is normally mounted.
The T-tail was built using the stock parts and hardware. You can see the tip of the 72MHz antenna wire before I mounted the plastic tube for support.
The only control surface that I fully cut away was the elevator. It was then re-attached using Blenderm medical tape and strengthened along the trailing edge with a carbon rod. The other control surfaces were simply freed from their ends and exercised until they had a reasonable throw. I then covered the flat surface side with a strip of Blenderm tape for support if the foam hinge were to crack.