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Old 12-28-2005 | 12:30 PM
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And that's exactly how Horizon Hobbies has sold so many of their Pro Boat Budweisers. They played up the "looks cool" factor, as well as the inaccurate "RTR Beginner Boat" lable, and sold hundreds of the "toys". Unfortunately, it's also how hundreds of these "toys" ended up as shelf queens and E-Bay fodder. Granted, the Budweiser is a hydroplane, but it's a good example of the "cheap junk" Piper Chuck is referring to.

BTW, Samolot, have you ever seen an electric 20% or larger plane? I haven't, so I have to agree with RCKen on this one. Your "off the shelf" electric drive systems can't handle much over a .40 sized airplane. Granted, I've seen electric Kadet Seniors, but that's the exception and not the rule. Nitro and gas powered aircraft will be the dominant planes at the flying fields for decades to come since they can handle wind better and cost considerably less than an electric with lipo's and a brushless motor.