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Old 12-31-2006, 01:42 PM
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I have a 52 size 2 stroke in mine and from the way it flys I am sure that ya 46 Pro will work just fine. The plane is heavy but with a 52, the plane is a rocket! The best way to do a take off is to slowly throttle up and watch for the plane to want to start turning left. Correct it with rudder right away and hold it and the plane will take off a few seconds later. Wait too long and the plane will start swerving all over the place. If this happens, chop the throttle right away and try again! Once its in the air I found it to be very sensitive but easy to fly because it is predicable. You need to keep some speed on while landing or the ailerons suddenly quit working! You don't need to use throttle to do this, just use the elevator because it does have a positive glide. I found that the rudder is still effective at very slow speeds so I am going to try switching to rudder to land instead of keeping the speed up to use ailerons. Hope this helps. [8D]