RE: GWS Slow Stick Survey
Number of cells: _started with 7, very quickly went to 8_______ What brand/mAh: __All e RC 800 AAA and 650 2/3 AA
ESC model: _Castle Pixie 20_______
Servos: _Hitec 81_______
Transmitter/Receiver: _Hitec Flash 5, Hitec 555
Motor (stock or...): __started with stock 300, very quickly went to 350______
Modifications: Good ones: down-right thrust mod, brass rod tube, extra wire on landing gear, hi-strength tape on wing edges, raised trailing edge 1/4", prop saver. Not so good ones: balsa in fuselage, too much tape on tail (both caused too much weight on tail)
Comments on flight characteristics: probably too heavy, getting about 7 minutes fly time per charge.
Advice to new SS builders: Use the lightest components that you can and don't even think about flying in wind. I've spend as much on replacing props and shafts as the SS cost.