I thought I would share this with you guys. I finished this conversion in a Hail Mary Pass the night before leaving to go to SEFF in Americus Ga. From start to finish it took me 7 hours. I wasnt even sure if the power system that I was going to use would work. On top of that, I would have to maiden it at SEFF in front of hundreds of people. That could be either good...or that could be seriously bad .

Fortunate for me, my Hail Mary pass hit the inzone and far surpased my expectations. This 68" WS pattern ship came in at 7.5 pounds with 1000 watts available. Roughly 133 watts in. CG was dead on.

The maiden went off without a hitch. I was 20 feet off the deck slow rolling on the second pass. No pitch divergence and it looked beautiful and axial from the beginning of the roll to the end. My only complaint is that I need more elevator throw as I need it to snap more aggressively. Not a bad "only" complaint to have huh?

What's for power? We'lll that is what is throwing people off and even suprised me a bit.

What I am using:

E-flite Power 60 outrunner
16X10 APC E
Pheonix 80
UBEC
6S 4400 Electric Power and 6S 3200 BalancePro from FMAdirect
Hitec Superslim Rx
4- FMA DS3002 servos

The 3200's are light and give good flights. The down side is that he run time isnt enough to complete a sequence. The 4400's are 4 oz heavier, but do give the required runtime to complete a sequence.

For me, this is an excellent practice plane and one I would definately take to competitions once I start.

I will get video soon.....