Having experienced perfect service from my Spektrum DX6i with my Blade 400, I wanted to investigate how practical it would be to "hack" the Esky Lama to support Spektrum's 2.4GHz DSM2.
I hardly consider myself an expert in the art of boat building, or even particularly competent! So when I was looking for a boat kit, I felt the need to start with something cheap, and easy to build.
The Club 500 is a cheap, easy to build, medium performance model racing boat.
In the late 70's the Futaba M Series was the radio control system of choice. However the years haven't been kind to these radio systems, and 'black wire disease' has put many of these units out of action.