Originally posted by NeoGenesis
I had a fellow flier at the field with nealy the same setup. He was not happy and ended up putting a Saito .91 in it. The wing folded on it's maiden flight coming out of a shallow turn between 1/4 to 1/2 throttle. With a small 2 stroke, I'll be suprised if it has enough power to hover, but there won't be much to pull out with. I've hear that a .72 4 stroke is adequate, but since the plane builds extremely tail heavy.......... I chose the Saito 100. I agree that some people expect the airframe to accept all this extra power no problem, but that will never happen. Throttle managment becomes extremely important as I'm sure you know. I fly at 1/4 throttle except on a vertical line. I wish you luck with your plane and hope all goes well.
Neo
Thanx Neo.. If the 50SX will not hover the plane as it is advertised, Customer Support will hear about it. I had the 50SX on a Kangke Fun 50 and it would hover at just above half throttle. Same size/weight plane as the 46 UCD. If I don't like what the UCD 46 offers me, I will be giving James at Kangke a call right after I call Great Planes.
I have not owned a Great Planes aircraft in over three years due to design issues they had with a few of their ARFs. This will decide weather I try some of their other aircraft.
Rick