[buffythesaint]

Originally Posted by hammonr

I have heard some have created an intake duct and sealed the holes on the bottom...not sure how much weight difference would be and if an intake plenum would be able to provide enough flow...

AirSally on RCGroups has made a FG intake set for the E-flite hawk. Here is the link to his mod thread.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...+bae+hawk+mods

Originally Posted by buffythesaint

AirSally on RCGroups has made a FG intake set for the E-flite hawk. Here is the link to his mod thread.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...+bae+hawk+mods

Oh i wish i would have seen that thread a bit sooner.
Thats awesome Buffy.
I just cut deperon pieces and shaped them to take the turtle deck out of the intake equation.and covered half of the swiss cheese on the bottom.
I thought it helped HUGE at least on the top end.
I was able to cut a rudder in,put retracts in and add a gyro on the nose/rudd and was going to put some flaps in but scraped that idea as it was already 4.2 pounds....yikes but still flew awesome(you've seen the vids).

I also just spot taped the thrust tube Cassat,worked till it went in

Hey Mike88

What retracts and how hard were they to install?....and what battery are you using?

Originally Posted by hammonr

Hey Mike88

What retracts and how hard were they to install?....and what battery are you using?

The retracts are these.....
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...nding-gear_set

They were not too hard,but still some work.
The nose pull/pull was the hardest part, and replacing the wood blocks used to mount the mains was a pain(broke first landing) but replaced with a harder wood.
If your flying off grass then i would take a little more time beefing up the area's around the mains.
Lipo's used were a 3600 turnigy 4cell,flightmax 5000 4cell,and a XPS 3200 5cell.

Mike