Flying freak:

Your intended airframe is basically a older Q-500 that is a decent sport flyer when set up correctly, and will scoot with most. There are only two truly quality go fast engines out there, Jett and Nelson. Both cost about the same new. There are other engines that claim to be, but fall short in the rpm and endrance areas. For years, the little Jett 35 was my go to egine for club plyon racing and it could not be toutched for years, a 35 yet. Now into 5 years, it is still running strong. What started out as a relatively expensive engine turned into the most cost effective engine I have ever had. Don't have a clue how long this thing will keep on screaming. I have the SJ 50L and SJ90L which are good strong running engines. Then, got my latest love, the SJ 60LX, a 60 in a 40 frame. It will turn a 8.80 X 8.5 apc close to 20k, almost pulling you off your feet!! What is neet, crank her up, seet needle, set airplane down and taxi out to the strip like any other good sport engine. Idle and transition is the best I have had. Punch it, and wow. The only things that may, and I mean MAY be able to keep up with you is the full race Jett or Nelson engines. I have not flown against a reasonable compairrison as theres none out there yet. Mine is in what you might call a home brew streemlined Q-500 with the wing cut to 45". The gang claims it's the fastent thing they have ever seen, it is by far the fastest thing I have ever had, buy a bunch. Stuffed it last weekend when I took my eyes off the thing, like a idiot!! So, am building another one, this time with a fatter fuse, a little longer for more fuel tank space and will not cut the wing down. The direction is to slow the design down a little and make the thing a little more user friendly. My guess is it will cost me something from 20 to 40 mph in top end, but the general original design has that to give away and still kill off the gang, I hope. Will know in a few days. In my view, the Jett 60 LX is the best thing out there by far for general go faster planes. You can't use them in Q-500 or similar class racing, but they are the ultimate in go faster engines for general sport flying, wing thingys and their relatives. It will be a long term invenstment, well worth the price of admission. Now you can really scream buy the field, but also slow the thing down and do a torque roll. That will really open some eyes. Remember the stick on the left, work up to flat out speeds as things happen very very fast now. Not everyone is able to adapt to that, and many don't want to. To each their own, thats what makes things interesting. There will always be a group of go fast nuts in the club to give you company. Frankly I think we all are a little nuts, but its fun and different. But then, so is Russian Rolette. Be sure to stay with the LX type, its superior to the standard L mode buy a bunch. ENJOY Bro 119