Hello all. I am new to R/C Airplanes. I recently purchased an electric Aerobird Challenger and I just love the pane. And the fact that the main wing is only 14 bucks

Anyway, I believe the airplane came with a Speed 380 motor and I have since put a high torque 480 7.2 volt in it with it along with a 8.4 volt 1,000 nihm battery. The plane seems a little more powerful but I would like to do more.

After looking around on the net I found a site ( http://www.hobby-lobby.com/elecmot.htm ) that sells all different types of motors that look like the same type as mine. Now I understand the larger the motor the shorter the flight time, but is there a limit I should not exceed? Like the watts and the amps that the motor will need. I am sure there is a limmit to what my lil electronics and built in speed controller can handle. Any suggestions on batteries? It came with a 7.2volt 6 cell 800 (i think) nihm and like I said I also run the larger 7 cell 8.4 volt 1,000 nihm.

Has anyone else tried this? I just don't want to get too big of a motor and end up frying a circuit board that would be difficult to replace.




P.S. I recommend the plane to any beginner. It can fly quite slow in still air and gives the beginner the best of both worlds- long flight times ( especially when you glide on thermals a lot ) and it is very durable. Great first plane for sure!
Thank you.




Edit: I noticed that the larger plane- the Aerobird Extreme uses a 540 motor with what they call a 7.2V 1700 MAH NI-CD BATTERY. Would this work in my plane? I would imagine they have the same electronics, but I do not know for sure.