Hey James..

You know those wood props you use? They don't yeild nearly the performance of the Carbon Fiber props... Or even the GOOD wood props such as MENZ.. Yeah sure the Zingers are good flor warbirds and just flting around but if you want great 3D performance you gotta pay.. I liked the MENZ great prop at $16 bucks.. Thats about the only wood prop I'll use for 3D again.. You may think your getting great performance on the ZINGER but spend a little cash and try out a different prop.. Also I don't know about you but I've never broken a prop due to dumb thumbs.. The only one I've broken was the menz that sucked up some plastic.. All the others (trainer) have been flown to the point of wearing out, cracking ect.

I liked the APC I had but it was HEAVY... The engine didn't like the APC when it came to the midrange.. I liked the MENZ It gave good all around performance but that particular pitch/ dia. combo didnt yeild great 3D performance.. Now I'm sure if it was an 8 pitch it would've been better. The Mejzlik is lighter than the APC and about the same or lighter than the MENZ.. It's thinner bladdes and more efficient airfoil will allow the engine to reveal it's true performance capabilities.

I've run the Zinger for a VERY brief time on the engine.. When on the ground you can sit there and watch the blades flatten.. Then when your flying circles it seems OK but you can tell its no Menz or Mejzlik.. Then when I went into a hover I was having to run a higher throttle setting causing the engine to heat up.. Then punch it to pull out and the engine revs to it's limit and the plane goes ever so slowly upwards..

Your right the zinger may perform great in the UCD but that's an insanely over powered plane with a 1.35 but if it were in a plane made for a 1.35 sized engine maybe you could see what I mean


Just my .02