ORIGINAL: Jamie C
Captain,
Not giving in, maybe just a quick sample of the dark side!
Jamie, don't forget to take along a turbine to fly several times whilst you're waiting for the EDF drive battery to re-charge
I bought a S/H NIB Wren 44 Gold for the price of a couple of 12S TP lipo packs. A new 44 would have been the same price as three TP 12S packs. The 44 only needs one li'l 2S 2200 pack on the pump for it to fly my ex-EDF Hawk for ten 8-minute flights before re-charging. Plus the fully-fuelled Hawk is now 2lb lighter than it was as an EDF and just as easy to operate. However, the Wren is noisier than the Stumax was.
I now have no EDFs and three Wren 44s.
YMMV
Gordon
PS. I hope to join y'all at Long Marston next year following our imminent house move to a place much closer to it!