Barry Jones had beautiful 89" span Chipmunk. Barry did it up in the Canadian style adding a canopy from a Great Planes Chipmunk ARF. It is covered in Coverite with dope applied. The decals were made with tansfer paper. The 16 lb. 4 oz. plane is just about ready for its maiden flight. Barry is using a 6v receiver pack to get more torque from his servos. The cockpit is fully detailed and ended up weighing a bit more than Barry anticipated. It is well detialed including rivets and it has been "weathered" as well.

     Ken Myers shared his electric conversion of the $80 ARF Low-Stik available from Hobby People. There was a photo of it in a previous Monitor that showed a red fuselage. It seems that Ken had a major brain oops and tired to fly it with the wrong plane selected on his Hitec Eclipse 7 transmitter. He had to scratch up a new fuselage and couldn't get any "true red" Monocote. Therefore he covered the "new" fuselage in yellow, a color he just happened to have. ;-)
     The plane is flying at a weight of 5 lb. (80 oz.). It uses a TowerPro 3520-7 brushless outrunner and TowerPro 60-amp brushless ESC. They were purchased as a combo for $95 and shipping. He is using Skyshark 4S1P 4000mAh Li-Po batteries that he purchased for $85. He did this conversion to demonstrate that with today's cheap imports from Asia, a "40" glow size conversion does not have to cost an arm and a leg and may even be less expensive than its glow counterpart.
     The onboard radio componnents consist of a FMA M5v2 receiver, HS-85BB servos on the rudder and elevator and an HS-225 for the aileron servo. Ken recommended that the HS-85BB also be used on the ailerons, but he had the 225 on hand. A SR Batteries 500mAh receiver pack completes the onboard system. Ken chose not to use an Ultimate BEC, as the extra 1.5 ounces does not affect the flyability of this plane.

Sources:
Sportsman Aviat Sport Stik 40 ARF Low Wing Aircraft, $79.99 (I had free shipping but ordered two servos and some props as well - I'm using an 11x8.5E on this plane), www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/127522.asp
TowerPro (also called BP) 3520-7 & 60-amp TowerPro (also called BP) 60-amp ESC, $86.95 plus shipping at www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=V672768, the Discount Motor Combos page
Skyshark 4S 4000mAh Li-Po, $84.95 includs free shipping, www.skysharkrc.com/shop/index.php?shop=1&cat=24