Originally Posted by
flightpack
Thanks jetmech!
I went ahead and ordered a JR XG14. I know it won't be compatible with rx's other than JR's, but I've been confident with their stuff for a long time.
I'm going to give my EMC2 a thorough lookover, (YS 140L) and see if I can remember how to do this flying bit..... I'll look at other planes and powerplants after I get back into it some more. I need batteries, chargers, and all the smaller stuff for now.... at least I can go out an wiggle the sticks.
Glow engines, particularly the YS 4 strokes such as 175 or 185 have terrific field manners. But if you don't know how to tune one, best to stay with electric. Their fuel and maintenance cost tend to be high
The newish gasoline 2 stroke from OS, the GT33, is a tremendous powerplant for 2 meter pattern particularly when piped. That's what I use. But it takes tuning to achieve simple and reliable results. This is by far the cheapest way to fly the same pattern (inclusive of initial cost, season feeding cost and maintenance cost).
But again, if tuning is not your thing, best to stay with electric. Sure it is much more expensive overall, especially considering the learning curve and the inevitable blown components, but this should be balanced against ease of use. Anymore, electric is plug and play.