ORIGINAL: nitro wing
Check out the Wildhare combo.A beautiful Sukhoi with a 53cc motor and hardware for 995.Its a reputable company.Search the net for build threads and set up.
The Great Planes series are fine,but they are not ideal 50cc birds at all.
I dont want to name bash ,just recomending.The Fujis are not performance engines for 3D
Funny thing is, I live within miles of Wild Hare and I've already been written back by the owner inviting me to come check out the new Sukhoi [8D]
ORIGINAL: bubbagates
All three planes you are looking at will be much better with a lightweight 50cc engine. I tried the Fuji 43cc on the two I own and while they flew well, a DA50 or the DL50 is the same weight and way more powerful
For servos I'd do hitec 5985's on both on all surfaces, they are overkill but they will easily make the plane do whatever you want.
For battery power, keep it lite.
All three planes do not come with gas stoppers for the fuel tank so you will need to purhcase that as well as fuel line barbs, 1/8th inch in size.
The stock control horn setup works well but replace the metal clevis's with the Dubro Safety Lock versions.
For gas engines, a good seperation must be maintained between anything related to the engine version the reciever. 12inches is common and doable for the 3 planes you are looking at.
Nice, I was hoping you'd reply since I know you have some experience with the GP lineup. It looks like it will be between them and the Wild Hare planes... I'm starting to get REALLY interested in the Wild Hare Sukhoi but I like the GP Ultimate better than its WH counterpart.
Do you know anything about the Goldberg Yak-54 (77")? The reason I ask is that I can get one very cheap from a friend, but after reading through the loooong thread on it, it doesn't look like a good gas engine was found for it.
As for the Pitts, the main reason I wanted it is because it's RTF (except receiver) and I could goof around with it and learn about gas engines in the process. Plus he's giving me a heck of a deal on it... I don't know, maybe I should wait on it.
And Nitro Wing
I don't know if transportation is an issue with me; I can easily fit a giant scale plane in my car, but only if it has a 2 piece wing (which leaves out some of the GP planes). Single piece wings would take more work.
After thinking about it, I'm considering sticking with 1-2 gassers for now, a monoplane and a biplane.