Sorry 4 the delay Bobby,

I think I will go with spray paint and maybe add some decals...seems easiest way out.

I like to build and tinker with these things alot but I have a feeling that I will get that "don't want to fly it now 'cause it looks too good syndrome" if I go over board with the finish. I did that with the p51 and destroyed it totally in 3 tries.[&o]

The Build went very good so far but I had to stop and build a new GWS Beaver for my friend

On another subject...I just (out of the blue) bought a GWS 400 just to check it out. I put it in my friends Beaver dhc2 and cannot believe the difference. It's got alot more thrust then the 2015 himx in mine. I was wondering, since I don't want to trash a new 2025 himx in the SmoothE while learning, do you think a 400 would fit and be a good fit or do you think a 370 is enough? Also do you think it will get cooked off of an 11.1 1500mah battery. We cooked 2 with that set up but running only an 8 amp GWS esc. Also the props were a 4 blade 10/8 which was rubbing against the cowling and once w/ an 11/47. I think it was a combination of the small esc and too big of a prop.
I have a 20a Electrafly for the 300/400 ready to go in for starters and then the brushless set up when I get the hang of it.

(still a little gun-shy after the whole p-51 dabockle).

Also not too drag this out, do you have any tips/ suggestions for keeping the motor mount/ firewall in tact in nose dows?


Thanks for reading...Joe