I think the EU-1A is a great choice for electric conversion. Large with lots of room. I think a plug-in wing version would even be better. Jamie and I are chomping at the bit to build a pair in Blue Angels scheme. The blues just flew an air show here a couple of weeks ago. Truly inspiring!

Wish the weather forecast hadn't been so bad for Oakdale. My new P-7 was radar clocked at an upwind/downwind average of 142mph. I'm using an APC 11x9 prop and if I calculate the speed assuming no slippage of the prop that works out to 16,661 RPM's. I have not yet measured in air RPM's but static the engine turns that prop at 13,200. So the 16.6K in air number seems reasonable based on tests I have done in the past. It sure sounds like it's doing that!

One thing about electric is it won't increase RPM much in the air. So let's say it goes to 14,500 in the air with that 8 pitch prop. That calculates out, again based on zero prop slippage, to 109.8mph.

Wanna race?

Now seriously, that EU1-A looks great Dale! I'm sure it's a big leap forward from the converted P-7. Hope you can bring it to Riverside if you're going. I'd love to see it fly. But I think 2,000 watts on a 4500 gm model is a little light. We're running nearly 3,000 watts now on the 2-meters at under 5kg. Can your set-up run 10S?