RE: Which Q500 engine to buy
Well yes I think I could make anything work, but I would also want to stay within the spirit of the rules ie no engine mod's.
I have many victories and Nats wins in classes with standard engines, any deviation from the straight and narrow would devalue those wins in my opinion, those wins mean a lot to me.
I tend to think that the Q500 will be like the old Club20 in England in that a great importance gets placed upon the engineering of the airframe as this is a free area to work within.
Have you got your Q500 model yet ?, I cant be bothered with all this international shipment of kits, and have just gone ahead with building a 'woody'.
I will probably be in Muncie as a spectator, I only made reserve on the team. I only started flying in F3D again at the Nats in August 2006, had a fairly good run, but was a little rusty for the first few flights and this caused my lack of team placing, I dont think I would have been able to give the team the right level of commitment due to work anyhow.
Regards Barrie