G'day and Thank-you. Yes, it is slight overkill. At the present time I have 5 Kadet Seniors. The white one in the photo above has the Saito 90R3 in it for two reasons.

1. I wanted to make sure it would fly a plane. The radials do not produce as much power as a single cylinder engine the same size especially when they are new. There is so much mechanical friction in them. They can also be a bit difficult to get along with when they are new and so I decided that a Kadet Senior would be a nice safe place for it to get some air time. It turned out to be a good idea. It has had only two flights so far. First flight it was over propped and did not fly very well but the Senior was still able to get around and back on the ground safely. Second flight was better but it dropped a cylinder part way through the flight but I was not aware that it had until I landed and found one cylinder stone cold. So the Senior has proven to be a good place to test a new engine.

2. I just like Kadet Seniors. And weird engines.

My other KSs have a Saito 56, a Laser 70 an Enya 53 and I am putting the final touches to one with a Saito 72. One is an ARF (the one with the Enya) and all the rest were built from kits. Of the kits, only the most recent with the Saito 72 has ailerons.

I guess you could say I like them.

The first one I owned was the first plane I was totally happy flying. I knew I could fly it in any weather and I knew I could always get it back onto the ground in one piece. It was a very confidence inspiring plane.

Next trick is to build a wing for two engines.

Mike in Oz