HOW TO INSTALL COCKPIT XXL HAWK - Skymaster 1/3.75 Hawk

[@thelightersideofrc]

😊Thanks for checking out the cockpit install video and thanks for supporting the channel!

[@josephkolter2095]

Nothing but genius craftsmanship right there

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Joseph! I appreciate it!

[@anthonywatkins2783]

Your visualisation and knowledge skills for your builds is amazing, your explanation and quality of your builds are excellent, I’m now an avid follower of any of your builds, you must be extremely proud of what you hand to your customers, and conversely they must be very appreciative of your quality of build, very very well done. 👌👌👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you very much Anthony! I appreciate the kind words!

[@RcpsychoRen]

[@thelightersideofrc]

😊

[@flightsystemsrc]

Great job on those tubs. Looking forward to the next video.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Sal!

[@davidleleux4948]

Hi jon, i think you will be able to sit into the next one ! 😉😉. Beautiful to see that kind of model but also your work and clear explainations as always 👍👍👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. No kidding hey David! Thank you very much!

[@Hunterboy01]

Man you need to call a taxi to get from one end of the fuselage to the other 😂. What a superb model.

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. That's hilarious Paul! Well said!

[@davidsoufer116]

Amazing attention to details.. wonderful video.. Thank you Jonathan

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you David!

[@edwinthomas618]

I'm proud to be a subscriber. Its Christmas every time I get notified from Johnathan

[@thelightersideofrc]

Aww. Thanks Edwin! Appreciate it. 😊

[@remicallant8756]

Very nice work you are performing, will be an awesome aircraft, greetings from Remi

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Remi! She is turning out great! Thanks for watching!

[@jimr7154]

Coming out beautiful 👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@iflylow6224]

Once again WOW… dude your building and thinking outside the box is inspiring!! I love watching as a builder and assembler myself to learn other methods. GREAT STUFF MAN SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks very much for your kind words and for watching!

[@crazyaces9586]

Very kewl....nice craftsmanship 👏👏 I have the foamy and love it !

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! Very nice flying aircraft! Weather big or small!

[@edcollins8506]

Excellent job! can't wait to see it fly

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Ed

[@victorrcjets7660]

Nice work brother 👏 can't wait to see this jet flown!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! 😊

[@bertgarrison8317]

The Hawk is such a good looking jet! The remote plugin for the Cortex is brilliant! I do the same as you for my monitor/monitors. For my gyro unit installs I mount them to a raft of sorts. Just a 1/8" piece of aircraft ply that has a footprint about 1/8" larger than the Gyro unit. The gyro is mounted to the ply raft with its tape then the raft is screwed to the tray with a screw in each corner. Now if you ever have to recalibrate the gyro simply unscrew the raft from the equipment tray and remove from the plane. No more scraping and tearing the mounting tape! I do the same for all my Jeti Assist RX's

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Bert. Yea I used to do that with my Gyro's, I would install them on a Carbon plate so they could be moved easily. Totally understand and it's a great way to do it.

[@rainierxuereb8023]

Excellent job.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you very much!

[@theaxiao6370]

Thank you for the great video!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

My pleasure! Thanks for reaching out and organizing this!

[@helischorsch9786]

Such a beautiful color scheme, Jon. 👍I‘m using mid size KST servos on my little Logo 480 (streched to 520 now) and those are absolutely no brainer, strong and fast👍 cheers from Munich , Sven 🍺

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Sven! Yea impressive little micro servo. Lots of push from such a little unit!

[@Sluf7]

What only 122 inches....Great vid covered a lot in that sucker. Ain,t it nice to have room lots of room. Gonna be interesting to see where it balances and with what. I hope he,s got an extended van or trailer to carry that monster in. Excellent work as usual. Now hurry along with the next installment ;0). Keep at it now and Carry on.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Nick. Yea it's a long bird! I think it's the longest in the shop so far. It will be dwarfed come next year though!

[@marcdowell6658]

Size wise, how does this compare to the Huracan ? Can we get a side by side shot of them together? Thank you for showing us the ins and outs of this hobby.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hello Marc. Wingspan is the same but the huracan is much like a Viper Jet. Short in the body. So the Hawk is a bit longer than the Huracan. like 1.5ft

[@marcdowell6658]

@@thelightersideofrc Thank you for the reply ! Stay well my friend.

[@TomFly]

What is your building time like for this Jet? In the Videos it all looks fairly speedy. I bet it isn’t that quick in real life?😅

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hello Thomas. Jet took about 10 days to complete. It was full time hours though. It's been done for about 1 week now. I don't do this full time but I had some vacation days to take so I took 10 days off from my normal job and knocked it out. Currently finishing the Mig 17 and started on the Bull and another Ranger.

[@herricmountain]

This airplane looks so big. Great video as usual. Forgot to take a note on the paint you used for the freakled appearance of your tray. Could you help please. Krylon stone spray if I recall? And any prep needed before hand? Thanks

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! It's Tremclad stone finish. basically the color you use for the base will be the primary color you see come through. So I will usually use a base of grey primer and then the stone finish.

[@herricmountain]

@@thelightersideofrc Great Thanks

[@edfhobbies556]

Love your build vids !! Do you find it harder, easier or neutral in repairing models that have been painted inside of the chassis

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! If you have to do a full on repair from a damaged fuse than it's much easier on an unpainted fuse. If you do paint the inside you have to sand all the paint off for a proper bond of the glass repair.

[@simonbaxter8001]

Fantastic model, great build videos. For the scale, and all the external detail, it's a real pity the cockpit detail is absolutely nothing like a Hawk T1/A !

[@thelightersideofrc]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yea. Just generic.

[@hankdurrer5650]

Well what can I say, another great video from you and the workings of the cockpit and the tray layouts. Super job. I do have a question, do you have the battery connectors for deans or just XT? Going to look at your website and see.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hello Hank. Thank you very much. I don't have the connectors for deans. Just XT. I used to be a fan of deans but have pretty much moved away from using them and gone to MPX and Mostly XT. Great connector.

[@lessharratt8719]

Do you build helicopters ??? I would love to see a build. Awesome skills

[@thelightersideofrc]

I started the hobby with Heli's and lost interest in them when I heard, saw and smelt my first turbine. I have an electric heli in my fleet but that's it so far. I have had some viewers contact me to ask about building some scale heli's. Maybe that will happen in the future.

[@lessharratt8719]

@@thelightersideofrc Well then We just need a turbine heli by the sounds of it,.

[@stevefaltis8989]

I don’t quite understand what the hat does

[@VanLong_2k4_HaNoi]

I'm Vietnamese, I really want to go to the US to pursue my passion 😔😔😔

[@thelightersideofrc]

Best of luck to you! 🇨🇦

[@stevefaltis8989]

I don’t quit understand what that the UAT does

[@thelightersideofrc]

It’s the final point before the fuel pump intake. It’s designed to suck fuel and not bubbles.

[@imjangsuk]

당신 체널은 좋다~~!! 그러나 rc를 오래한 내가 볼때는 설명이 너무 많고 말도 너무 많다 영어권 사람들은 괜찮겠지만 영어를 모르는 사람은 지겹고 재미없다 참고 바란다~~^^*

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for your input!

[@TomFly]

Jonathan, give us an idea what costs are associated with having such a jet professionally built! I have absolute no idea what it means.🫣

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hello Thomas. There are many factors, size and complexity of kit, scale desires, etc. Feel free to email me to discuss if you would like.