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Old 09-19-2015, 06:19 AM
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No. The 52" is specifically built for vibration-free electric power. An IC engine would destroy the airframe in short order.

I have the 52" e-version. I get 7 minutes of good flying out of ThunderPower 3900mAh 4S batteries. I could stretch that even more if I wanted to pay the weight penalty… and this airplane will handle it. Lots of wing area.

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Tower Hobbies/Great Planes has a fifty-something inch Extra that is perfect for your OS .55. And I suspect it will fly better than the the AeroWorks example in that size; I've seen three of them, flown two, and all were heavy pigs. They flew okay, but needed LOTS of power.

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