I tried out larger wheels for short time. The weight difference to landing help trade off was nil for me so I'm sticking with stock wheels. Also have you thought about this RX [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGZT0&P=7]Hitec HFS-05MS [/link] instead of the big clunky electron 6?
Will save a few grams, every bit helps. I used O5MS in all my parkflyers 1 mile range and the 5th channel (6) can be setup for flaps,flaparons. Save you some dollars too.
Good Luck
ORIGINAL: jrobert59
Great post stoneenforcer.
We've had bad weather here recently so I haven't been able to fly yet with different props, etc. But I did break down and buy a Park 480 motor and an amp meter.
At wot this setup with the 11x8E prop pulls 29amps. My auw is a hefty 29 oz. I was able to remove some of the lead weight in the nose and I may be able to remove a bit more after test flying. Don't know for sure why my auw is so high. Probably the added weight of the 40A esc and I did switch to larger wheels. Otherwise, I have the standard full house setup with HS-55's, Electron 6 receiver, and TP 2100 Prolites.
I'll report back when I have flown with the Park 480.