Not wishing to hijack this thread, but I just bought a Northstar kit myself, having seen one flown a few years ago at the Island Lake Park event here in Michigan. (Second-hand, and missing the building instruction set, but that won't stop me.)

I am curious to know if anyone has successfully electrified one of these. Given the current state of the art I'd reckon it to be just possible. Rule of thumb says 600 watts at 80% efficiency ought to do it, but any other experience would be useful.

I'm especially concerned with determining what prop-speed it needs. If I could know what RPM a nitro-burner produces on what prop to sucessfully fly the beast, it would help a lot.