As far as Shogun vs. Raptor 30... Hands down the Raptor is WAY better... E-powered are great for small areas or noise constraints, but if the fuel and land are available I would take a nitro over an electric any day. Only drawback is the entry price, but they repairs are probably similar for either heli.

As far as the landing gear.... no they are aftermarket. I had an accident and it tipped over and they broke, so I had to upgrade. Helihobby (www.helihobby.com) or rchover.com are where I buy my shogun parts. Jeremy at rchover hooked me up when I needed some stuff ASAP to get a review of the shogun ready for RCU (which I am still working on as soon as I can find someone closeby that can wring this sucker out)

Thanks for the complement about my hanger. It actually grew... picked up a raptor 50 yesterday

I have the Futaba 9CAP, so they should be similar radios. If ya need assistance with setting it up let me know. I don't remember what I Have for pitch and throttle curves, but either reply or pm and I can help ya out.

Also, for uploading pictures, click reply next to my post and it goes into "advanced edit" mode, which gives you a link to upload pictures.