Love the pictures. Keep them coming. They sometimes provide what the manual does not.[:@]
As far engines, I'm thinking of putting a Hacker A80-8 in mine and run it as 10-12s. Should be similar to a DA50. The challenge will be to get those big batteries as far forward as possible.
Check out this man's Corsair build thread. This guy is a master scratch builder. Warning, the thread is long and hours of time will be wasted.
http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/...02&PN=1&TPN=77
Here is his flying video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxIr07vMYs
jim