Haha! I must say I dont really understand some of the ANTI (any engine) remarks. I guess I've always been lucky as I've never had much trouble with ANY engine I've owned. Was my choice always the best for the purpose, perhaps not. As far as the topic of this thread, I have worked with both Bill at Taurus and Dave at DA. I have no issues with support from either, and know from personal experience that "my" DA-50 has never given me one minutes trouble, never been hard to start, and I frequently get comments at the field as to how good and reliable it runs. Working on my 7th gallon now. I've never run a Taurus, but I did just buy a TS-69 over another DA-50 because of the crank design and more power. Weight is not an issue in this case. If I were to go with say a G-62, it would definitely be one from Ralph at RCIGN. He's been doing it long enough to know I think.

Tim