Come-on guys, we're talking about a bipe with only a 54" wing span! When this airplane was designed, a .60 WAS the standard engine size! Let's look at this from the manufacturer's view point. Manufacturers care very deeply that a modeler be satisfied with the recommendations they make as they want your return business. They do testing to determine what suites there products best. The designers and testing folks have many, many years of experience in determining what is needed to fly their planes. So, they are not going to recommend an engine that will not adequatly power their products, as this doesn't make good business sense!

Ditto stated he is a competant sport flyer with a mid wing airplane. If he is not interested in 3D, he doesn't need high end power for this plane!

Mark DeSchane, AMA 59157