Well, I took on the challenge and made the receiver, etc. conversion so I can fly my Aerobird with my Hitec Laser 4. I replaced the receiver/control system that comes with the Aerobird with a Hitec Super Slim receiver, 2 Hitec HS-55 Servos and a 10 Amp speed control. It took most of the weekend to figure out and install the new components. I haven?t calculated the difference in weight, but I took it out to the field and gave it a try. All went well except it did seem a little heavy on take off, but it did great after that.

The only leaning curve is, the elevons or what ever they are called on a v-tail, work like a real v-tail were in a turn, one elevon is up and the other is down. This makes a new challenge because it is much more sensitive to turn. In order to make the elevons to work, I used the elevon mixing feature on the laser 4.

The Hitec Super Slim has a range of 1+Mile. I know this whole thing is a bit of an over kill, but it was fun and a good challenge that worked out fine.