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The Ice Mouldings Hawk was sold to PJP and is available from Leavesley Aviatin ready built. We have flown ours with both the MW54 and the Super Sport, both with no ballast. With that engine I would expect the Jet Legend T45 to exceed 200mph. Hopefully the JL structure will take it but a true scale Hawk is very aero-dynamic and very fast. It also has a lovely slow flying capability.


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Several people have fitted Jetcat P80s, with I am told, gratifying success. If you are going for that weight of engine, I would expect you to need a certain amount of ballast, and with a 12-14Kg engine a good smooth landing site because the undercarriage is going to have to work for its living. If flying at 250mph+ turns you on, then I would go for it. It has crossed my mind to put a Merlin in but my son says he finds it hard enough to fly with a Super Sport.

Actually as a 62 year old, with eyes and reactions not quite as good as they used to be, I found the MW54 version very exciting to fly. It might not have unlimited vertical but 400-500ft from a low pass was routine and it turns into a small speck in the distance horribly quickly. If the JL T45 has the structure to take the loads it promises to be very exciting.