Hi,

My Stingray just arrived! Well, it arrived a couple of hours ago, and I've been playing with it, then I remembered that I promised some pics.

It comes with:

--Aft fuse formers installed

--Main gear mounts installed

--Aluminum wing-spar receptacles installed on main spar former

--Carbon cloth lamintated between balsa sheeting and foam core

--Removeable fins, with carbon-sar receptacles installed

I also got a set of the new Yellow Aircraft retracts, and they look very nice. They look kinda like black SpringAirs, but they're harder, thicker, and they're air-up/air-down. Also, they're reverse-cylindered, so they'll work on the single Hornet or other sport jets. They're bored out to accept those 3/8" struts already, too. Those are $140 for a three-gear set, including all the doo-dads (tank, valve, lines, etc).

I guess my only wish is that the Stingray were a little bigger, but they built it at the time when the smaller engines were the craze. I'm planning to use a turned-down P-80 (for its light weight), but I'm also gonna build an interchangeable mount for .60-size pusher power (just to see how it flies on one).

Anyway, here're the pics!