Covering eh? Why not Litespan as Andy suggests? It's got a great cloth like texture and is very light and tough.

That said, I've been toying with the idea of covering mine in silk and dope since I like the look of it. Silk is fairly light and tough but a pain to apply. My main concern with using silk on the Bee is warping. Any th oughts?

I talked to Andy about motors and he strongly recommended the Cobalt 400, either direct drive or geared 2.5:1. On the brushless side, he said he was impressed with the Hacker speed 400 replacement geared something like 6:1. It should be noted that the hackers are fairly expensive.

Personally, I might go with an astroflight 02 on the 48" bee.

Erik