G'day I have a Hanger 9 Pawnee. It has an OS 81 Alpha four stroke up front and it flies well. The engine is on the large side for the model and provides more than enough power.

Take off is extremely easy. I just gradually increase the power and within a few feet the tail comes up and she then tracks extremely well. A little more power and she floats off.

She does not roll as well as other models the same size but then again, I suspect she was not designed too. Turns with just aileron and elevator are fine though proper coordinated turns with rudder make it neater.

Landing is where the fun starts. As has already been noted, she floats and then suddenly sinks and so I land with some power on until she is almost on the ground. My first couple of landings were on the hard side until I realised that a 14 x 6 prop at idle and stays and flying wires cause a lot of drag and she really slows down once the power is reduced.

I bought mine second hand and the previous owner had removed the flap servos and fixed the flaps. I have since put some servos back in but have yet to try the flaps.

Hope this helps a bit.

Mike in Oz