Thanks for the compliments guys.

Whenever I submit a report, I try to be as informative as possible. I guess that's why they love my incident reports here at work. Very seldom do I have to add any information. I think the more info you have, the better you can place the reader in the report. I will continue to update this thread new flight reports and mods as much as I can. I also want to keep this thread alive just to keep the communication going between all of us. I think we have all learned a thing or two from this thread, including me.

Speaking of changes. I went with the hook/rubber band idea for securing my fuel tank. I removed the tie wraps and screwed in two small hooks into the balsa blocks that secured the tie wraps. I then soaked the blocks with thin CA. I used a regular #64 rubber band and looped it around each hook twice. The tank is very secure. I even tried to move the rubber band to see if I could get it to slide off. It stayed right where I installed it. I love this idea. Thanks guys (especially Primodus).

New pics will be posted this evening of the landing gear mod and the tank hold down bands.

On another note. I finally made the jump to Jr. I finally received the rx I have been awaiting and am now able to use the Jr 8103A transmitter that I have had for a couple of weeks. I was previously using a Futaba 8UHPS. The switch was easier than expected. Once I cut the little tabs off the Futaba servos, they plugged right in. Most of the servos maintained their center. I made a few minor linkage adjustments and reset the throws.

I upped the throws on the rudder and ailerons. I left the elevator alone. On the rudder I increased the throws to 2" in each direction on high rates and 1" for low rates. I set the ailerons for 1" up and 3/4" down on high rates and 3/4" up and 1/2" down on low rates. Hopefully this small increase in aileron travel will speed up the roll rate to where I would like it.

I also setup my radio for flaperons. Now I can have more fun. This enabled me to activate elevator-flap mixing. I should be able to perform some nice tight loops and square loops should have a better defined corner to them. I can't wait to try this out.

Until next time, happy flying........