Kevin:

The two 169”s I am familiar with belong to Dwayne and Frank. Built in about the same time frame, they each have several seasons of flight on them and both pilots are the elite of the bomber community.

Dwayne put Saito 125’s in his, the same engines I have in my Wingspan 138” B-17. They run great and sound great and turn 3B MAS 15x7’s about 8,000. Dwayne, who is accustomed to overpowered bombers, mildly *****es about “it’s too scale,” meaning he can’t yank it around. He thinks OS 120’s would be better

Frank’s has DLE-20’s turning 3B MAS 15x8’s about 7,000 and he never complains about available power, but that may just be a stylistic difference

i LOVE my Saito 125’s, and it seems to me the gas engines, although much cheaper to fuel, require a lot more tweaking to get just right. Frank is a gas engine “whisperer,” and it took him a while to get all 4 where he wanted them. Not sure the average bloke (me) could’ve done that

hope this helps

Mark