ElectraJet Assembly

Well now I have all the electronics installed and it is time to set up all the trim's and connections for the speed controller and delta mixer for the servos..

I used a 7.2 car RC battery because I had it on hand and the battery had the correct connector for the ESC controller..

Electronics Check...

Well that all worked out great... It was a piece of cake to setup.. All I had to do was level the ailerons even with the wings with the servos at centered and tighten 2 setscrews..

Note* After I checked the control surfaces, I noticed that the left and right control was correct but up and down was opposite of what it should be. Just a simple reverse of the elevator servo switch on the transmitter solved this. But this a definite note to listen to, if you are new to RC please go to an RC field or area where experienced RC pilots are flying and have them check your plane out ! I say this from experience, Yes I tried the, going to learn myself route when I first wanted to fly and let me tell you it don't work. But after just few trips to the field I was soloing not always pretty especially on the landings but I was flying. Then all it is stick time  (Flight Time) and the more you fly the better you get. I now fly aerobatics, sport and well electric planes soon.

Another good option is a good flight simulator but you will still need a real RC pilot to help fly a real RC plane, I have seen many people come out that could fly on the simulator but couldn't even taxi on the runway at the field.

Now it was time for one more modification to my ElectraJet and that was to the landing skid. Again I had read about the skid forcing the nose down during landing and causing damage to that sensitive front section of the plane..

I chose for a flat skid..

As you can see my skid in now flat and slanted slightly back, that should really help on not  forcing the nose down in landing. I think it looks better also. I sanded the skid smooth and if I didn't tell you it was trimmed there you wouldn't know It, the foam in this kit sands really nicely..

This is the section of the tail skid I removed..

The last part of my assembly included mounting the vertical tail wings, installing the prop and gluing the skid into place..

Rudder wings installed, Prop and motor cover installed..

*** Tip ***

When putting the motor cover on, I came up with my own solution for this. I didn't care for the looks of adding rubber bands to hold the cover on it looked tacky to me, so I came up with this little neat solution.

I used some small size fuel line I had laying around and just cut some 1/8" pieces and slipped them over the dowels. It  worked like a charm, looks good and you can still just slip them off to access the motor area!

Engine cover with 1/8" fuel line as retaining clips.

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