RE: Mini F-16 vintage project consideration
I say there is only 1 way to answer the question that you have had all these years is to finally build it. The modern radio equipment of todat will ensure that it is lighter which should only help the flight characteritics out.
I have always wanted to do a build like this but it remains on the back burner. I have tinkered around with a few small fans for the 020 sizes, but that was just tinkering around without spending any money on a variety of fans therefore poor results.
I am watching to see whst you come up with. My teedee 049 awaits some decent findings.
I think that the teedee09 was effective mostly due to swinging a larger prop than the 049,but the 049 actually was higher rpm`s than the 09 if I recall correctly. If you get a fan that would produce good thrust and a good fit for the model but the teedee049 is just not powerful enough to hit high rpm`s due to too much load imposed by the fan, try the 09 which handles a larger load.