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Old 12-10-2006 | 08:20 AM
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Default RE: Hobbico Electristar Select EP Trainer RTF

A closer look at the fuselage reveals that most of the assembly and installation has been already completed. The fuselage construction is very solid and feels like a traditional .40-size trainer with the open motor compartment, standard servo bay, and dowel slots to strap on the wing with rubber bands.

The motor, ESC, receiver pack, receiver, and servos are already installed and hooked up. Even the keepers are in place on each clevis.

The motor keeps cool from the open compartment. To keep the flight batteries cool, an air flow system has been built into the ElectriStar with an opening for air in up front and another for air output behind the gear mains. The air flows through a lower deck right over the battery packs to keep them cool which makes them last much longer.

To show the level of completeness on the ElectriStar design, the On/Off switch has already been mounted in the side of the fuselage and an extension cable is already plugged into channel 1 on the receiver to connect to the aileron servo in the wing. A steerable nose wheel comes pre-assembled with all the linkage attached. The rudder is also ready to go and only the horizontal stabilizer needs to be glued in place, and linkage attached, to complete the tail assembly.
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