I converted my Brio from an OS 1.40 to e power and love it. It was always very heavy and draggy give anemic performance with the 2 stroke. The plane got shelved for a few years and converted with a Himax 6330-200. It was better but performance was a lacking. Next, a Pletti 30-09 gave spectacular performance but was tough on batteries with huge amp draw. Switched to a Neu F3A and things are great. Excellent power, brakes and throttling for <90amps with the same prop.

I have seen the Sczuzur's (sp?) planes and that motor does seem to work well for them. I have issues front mounting outrunners but again they seem to make it work. My Brio was an early carbon version the fuse is very heavy but it does seem nearly bulletproof. Cg has always been an issue for me so the weight of that motor may be an advantage. The little canopy and tail heavy bias make loading batteries a pain. I have had some cracks on the forward turtle deck from shoving my hands in there. It is tough to find straight landing gear that will give you enough ground clearance. The ES gear have worked best but not sure if he is still making them.

The Castle HV85 is a very solid controller. What firmware do you have? I don't remember all of the early versions but v1.56 was the best. You could set the brake very high without issue and it worked well. The motor did make an annoying "ding" noise when the brake engaged that sounds like an elevator just reached its floor. According to the engineers you can't switch the firmware back past v2(?) although some claim they have. It is a bit crude with a steep throttle curve, start up isn't as smooth and it is without out the error codes. Don't go beyond v3.2 with an original Phoenix controller. The processor isn't robust enough to run the newer firmware and you will get surging at high throttle.

FlyingCajun gave me some great help to put the wings at .7 degrees positive and cg @ 23% MAC. Now it flies awesome. It handles F-13 very well and has been a lot of fun. I am definitely going to question whether to fly this or my Passport this year!

Good luck and let us know how you make out.