RE: New 81" P-47 ARF coming from Hangar 9
I think that you guys that are putting the big thumpers in this airframe are asking for suffering down the road. Remember that the thing is basicly a stringer and former fuse and the firewall/box is 3mm ply. It will fly on a Saito 120. My friends has a Moki 1.50 and he says that is too much. I put a Moki 2.1 in mine just because that is what I had laying around. I take off at 1/3 throttle for a nice scale run and climb out- 1/2 to full leads to about a 50 foot run and rocket take off. I only use close to full for big 4-500 foot loops. I really reenforced the firebox with triangle stock and multiple layers of 2 oz cloth both inside and out. It is just a great airplane and flys better than about anything I have flown. With that 20 inch prop at idle and the flaps at 60 degrees it slows down to a walk. I love it. Scott