Thank you so much for the kind words. I will be getting back on the Spacewalker II shortly as well as a few other topics. I would like to talk about that radio as well. There is a ton of videos out there about the Fr Sky radios, but they attract modelers that are really into radios. Mark and I are switching to them because they are somewhat easier to set up and program. So I do plan to share that in a video. Field days are something I want to share more of as well. I think I finally have a camera combination figured out where the airplane isn’t a tiny dot, which has been my objection to doing flight videos. Additionally Mark is getting better at shooting my planes flying as well since I can’t really video myself flying. So these are coming. We did a float fly last month. My first ever. That was fun. Anyway, thanks again for your comments they inspire me to keep shooting.

The thing that kind of cracks me up is all of those 72mhz are still legal to use, and now with 2.4 being the radios everyone is using it’s almost like everyone has their own private frequency with no competition. Until of course someone fires up a CB radio with an amp on it. Does anyone use CBs anymore?

I had a couple of friends that had those Kraft radios and loved them. Another one had an Ace radio that kind of looked like them as well. I had several old Futaba gold boxes. If they had a module on the back they could be easily up graded to the narrow band FM just by switching the module and then buying a Hitec RX.

Oh yes. I had a different transmitter for each plane because one had its own trim settings and Normal/Reverse. You could use a different plane with the same transmitter but had to be sharp about those things. I always had the cheaper transmitters because of that. Thanks for the reminder of that.

You can build it!!! I hope you do. That wing deserves to fly again. It's kind of a funny trend, guys that have been around in the hobby, tend to have extra wings in their inventory. For some reason the fuses always bear the brunt of the damage, in wrecks and often leave a wing behind. And we always have that intent to build a new fuse for it... a common oddity in modelers.

@@Capgains7777 it was a mercury magna" free flight model.. this was my very first model my father purchased the kit with a Mills diesel engine.. I am so thankful to my father for all he did for me.. he passed away in 2021.

I completely forgot about that!!! How many times did you get off the ground and realize that you forgot, to extend that big ol aerial antennae? Crazy!!! In contrast, my Fr Sky radio has no antennae on it. It's in the handle and inside the case so that feels a little naked. They do offer a short aerial you can add, to make yourself feel better, but I don't see a notable change in the signal strength to use it. Wow, thanks for that reminder.

72 MHz is still completely usable. I think the main reason I have switched to 2.4Ghz is most of my planes are now gas with either magneto or solid state ignition, and they handle the noise from the spark plug so much better. Not bullet proof, but pretty close. And now with everyone switched over to 2.4, you probably don't have to worry about others turning onto your 72Mhz channels. So 2.4 is a win/win for our hobby.

@@Capgains7777 yeah I imagine it handles the gas stuff way better.

The Futaba S148s were removed and replaced with Hitec 545bb servos. While still an old model of analog servo, they can handle the higher voltage.

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@@Capgains7777 thanks