I am thinking of getting this airplane (I can't believe I'm doing this, I'm a diehard builder!!), and in all the writing that has been done about it, specially when it comes to the right powerplant, I haven't once seen anyone mention the Saito 1.50, I don't really know how much pull this engine has, I have never used any of the two in my stock pile, so I don't know how much difference is there between the 1.50 and the 1.80, in raw power I mean.
I would think this airplane's airframe is more suitable to glow than gasoline engines, I do have Quadra's 35 and Zenoha 38 that I could use, but with these engines major butchering of the cowl is mandatory, and as I mentioned earlier, these ARF's don't have a hole lot of meat in them, and am afraid the airframe would be short lived by the shakes these engines are notorious for, any comments will be appreciated.