RE: New Great Planes Escapade 61.
Thinking about getting the Escapade 61 for my son. He's moving up from an Avistar with a.46 enginethat he soled on. I already have a Thunder Tiger Pro 61 engine and was thinking this would work greaton the largerEscapade butafter reading this thread it looks as if it will be on the low side of power. I have no plans to get a larger engine at the moment. My son is only 11 and does just mild aerobatics so maybe this engine is still ok?
Thing is I'm not wanting to invest a lot due to my sons skills and possible crashing at some point but I think he can handle this planefine, he buddy boxes with me on my larger gassers often.But I'm kind of leaning toward the 40 size Escapade now and putting the Thunder Tiger 61 engine in it. Would this be a good choice or would it be overpowered andnose heavy? It should make for a much more sporty plane. I like unlimited verticle myself but then again he will be flying it mostly, not me.