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The P-47 Razorback will do nice verticals with the electric power but the difference in airframe drag is too much to get the performance I get with the same power system in a P-51. When I took the electric P-51 to events they always ask me to do a solo demo flight during the noon display, by itself the engine noise can be heard at long distance. Another advantage is almost 100% power reliability once I worked out the ESC programming. You have to disable all of the default limits the ESC manufacturers program in to save the ESC from damage. In my case, the airframe is much more valuable than an ESC. I would rather smoke an ESC than lose a much larger investment in airframe and radio. The ESC that I use is much more than I need and it has its own cooling fan and separate cooling airflow.