RE: Build A Bullet Proof Stryker (Brushless Or Stock)
Reaper - it depends on your budget and wot you want to fly in the future. Are you staying with Stryker for some time or do you look at other planes and think...mmmmmmm!
My suggestion: Get a cheap TX and RX set (sometimes with servos), like Hitec, E-Sky, anything cheap (not 2.4 dx6 etc). get a bare Stryker fuse and install cf rods (as per CritterH tips), get a cheap b/less outrunner (TPro, nything etc) and an F27C motormount. Add a dollop of 1700 - 2200 3S lipo, build, paint, mix together and hey presto an F27C Lookalike (better?). Servos should be decent 3-wire ones (HS55, HS81 etc). Only glass in vital areas like motor mount, nose. Balsa fins, elevons and tape hinges. All this should cost no more than £110 (price of stock F27b) with the TX and everything!!! I've done it 3 times so I know it can be a hoot!! see you later, I-net shopping to do....