Requirements:
  1. Base Kit, includes the plane, two speed 400 brushed motors and a brushed ESC (not used in this guide), control rods, etc
  2. Two Brushless Motors (See Brushless Guide for help on deciding which size would be adequate)
  3. Two Brushless ESCs rated slightly above the max amps of the motor, in our case we chose ThunderBird 18s by Castle Creations
  4. Fine tip (1/8") Soldering Iron (30 watt) and some solder
  5. Hot Glue gun (Low temperature) and glue
  6. Four HS-81 Micro Servos
  7. Micro Receiver (Dual Conversion best)
  8. Medium Viscosity CA Glue (the type that doesnt say foam safe on the label) and Kicker/Accelerant
  9. Long thin wire for threading the Rx antenna (in our case we had some Copper wire for the job)
  10. Lithium Polymer Battery Pack (Lipos), See the Lipos/Charger guide; 
  11. Lipo capable charger (and Balancer if not built in)
  12. Lipo fire safe device for charging the batteries when indoors
  13. Power Supply of some kind for powering the Lipo Charger (if using a CellPro 4s, it does not have an AC plug, so a Regulated Power Supply or Battery Jump Start device can be used if not connecting to a car battery)  See the Power Supply Guide for more information
  14. Hobby Knife
  15. 16 gauge wire (if using the Castle ThunderBird 18 escs)
  16. Two 3" Futaba J style extensions
  17. Three 6" Futaba J style extensions
  18. Two 12" Futaba J style extensions
  19. Deans Connectors for the Y cable (Two Female, One male, plus heatshrink)
  20. Deans connectors for the Battery Extension cables on the ESC (two male)
  21. Deans connector for the Lipo Battery (Female)
  22. Krylon Spray Paint for painting the body (if desired) or Acrylic Paint
  23. Magic Marker for drawing in the windows if preferred over Paint
  24. 4 or more channel Radio Transmitter (In our case Futaba 6XA)
  25. Two Propellers (8x4e or 7x5e), in our Case 8x4e by APC
  26. Y harness for the throttle lead from the ESC (if not using 2 channel throttle)

*May want to consider purchasing these as well:

1.  Wattmeter  (AstroFlight Super WhattMeter or similar)
2.  Prop Balancer (Kavan Prop Balancer or similar  **Even simple $5 finger balancers work well on wood blocks!)
3.  Temperature Gauge  (DuraTrax Temperature gauge or similar
4.  Scale  (5- 11lb Digital scale/a> or similar)

Twinstar II Manual;  Twinstar WebSite

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