Aussie,

I saw you thread and questions on that plane

Here ya go

AeroWorks 50cc Yak red version
3W 55i on the 3W aluminum "S" header and KS1060 tuned pipe
PT Models 23x8 prop or the Vess 23b depending on what I'm flying that day
3.5 inch Pete's CF spinner
JR8611's on all surfaces using SWB 1.5 inch control arms everywhere and H9 Pro-Links on everything. Stock pull-pull on the rudder
2 Fromeco 2400's through Badger switches going into a Smart-Fly Super Regulator that then goes into the Smart-Fly PowerXpander
1 Fromeco 2400 on the ignition through a Badger Switch, no regulator as 3W engines do not need it.
JR2000 receiver and a 10X for guidance
Stock control horns
Stock fuel and smoke tank
Sullivan Skywriter smoke pump using a Li-Poly 11.2 volt battery

Total weight with everything above installed is 19lbs 4 ounces

If I remove the spinner and wheel pants it's 18lbs 14 ounces

If I remove the smoke pump and battery along with the wheel pants and spinner then I'm down to 18lbs 9 ounces. I'm not including the prop weights because they both are exactly the same weight. The CF prop gives me great 3D. The Vess wood prop pulls like there is no tomorrow and nice slow downlines so it works well for IMAC sequences

Vertical is really good but not unlimited with everything on, remove everything like I mentioned and it now becomes unlimited. It does not go uphill in a hurry but I can get 3 deep snaps and it will keep on truckin' going straight up.

BTW... other than what I listed above, everything else is stock

Now, the reason I use the Power Xpander is for the filtering it does. Where I fly we are surrounded by cell towers, TV and microwave towers. We get RF on occasion due to all of this. It's not bad but I'm not about to risk planting a GS plane

We used to have IMAC meets. The last one was in 2001. I was not a member at the time but the way I understand it is that year is when most of the cell and microwave towers went up. The last meet saw 6 very expensive planes go down due to the RF so when they tried the next year no one came.

It actually has gotten quite a bit better, both TV stations are in the process on moving, one is already gone and things really improved. The real thing is it is such a nice field for the area I live in with tons of flying room.

A couple of us are currently looking into some ground that one of the guys knows about for our own field to fly our BIG toys at without having to worry about RF issues. So if that does come about then on 50cc to 100cc planes I would not worry about using any type of power box

Now that I said all of that, this Yak will be going away. My girls and their husbands got together and bought me a Comp-Arf 3.0m Extra 260 Kiwi scheme for Christmas and this is after I bought myself the Comp-Arf 2.3m Extra 330L for Christmas. I need to sell off a few things to be able to get the equipment I need to get the 3.0m flying.

I've had 3 people very interested in the Yak since I mentioned it to them. All three have either actually flown it or saw it fly. It's a typical Yak, they all fly the same. I actually had the 50cc Extra on order since the Toledo show. There was a mixup on AW's part when they came in so by the time it weas realized, the first run was sold out. I did not want to wait for the next run so I cancelled the order. AW did everything they could to make me happy, but by the time it was all said and done I just was not going to do it. In hindsight, considering what my kids have done, it's best anyway