Hey Wildeone,

Did you get your Tiger Moth with Ryobi done? I have one done that way. Flies quite nicely. My Ryobi is running on what we call "Gas/Glow" (without an ignition system) so it is a light one. I had to add a couple of ounces of lead weight to the engine to get the plane to balance as specified. I also very carefully cut ailerons out of the top wing and made it a four aileron setup. Worked REALLY nice and gives a much better roll rate. I know it's not scale, but that doesn't bother me. The only problem encountered was that I couldn't find covering to match; anywhere. I just used a yellow that was close and called it good.

It flew very scale-like with the Ryobi. I only have one outing with it and the Ryobi was just breaking in. I've since put more time on the Ryobi and it's gained some power. It's turning an 18 x 6 prop at about 7300, or a 16 x 8 at 7500. It didn't have the excess of power I liked when I flew it, but it should be better now that I've put some more breakin time on the engine. Some guys claim more power with their Ryobis than I seem to be getting. I may try an 18 x 8 prop to see how that works as that's about the size most use on this engine.

How's yours doing?

Thanks,
AV8TOR