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Old 05-23-2012 | 12:02 AM
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Default RE: 15CC Gas engine for Senior Kadet

G'day

I would not.

I have had about 7 or 8 Kadets Senior. I put a 90 four stroke in one which was the ARF Sig version. It was fun but I pulled it out after a couple of flights as I could see that if I persisted, I would pull it apart or worse, cause the wing to fail.

Remember, they were designed with a 29 to 35 size glow motor in mind. That is 5 to 6 cc. You are talking about three times that AND vastly more weight.

One of my current Kadets does have a 15cc engine in it but it is a three cylinder Saito 90R3 radial which is low in power and very smooth in operation. Each power pulse is that of a 5 cc engine not a 15cc one.

So NO would be my answer.

Mike in Oz