Hello all I am kind of new to RCU at least at posting. I would like some opinions on what some of you consider a underpowered plane. Here is where I am coming from. I will be building a 37% scale Pitts Challenger to look like Sean Tuckers' over the winter. I want to put a G-62 on it and the finished weight should be about 30lbs. I would like it to fly like his plane. I mean if you made a video of it flying and someone watched it with no sound they wouldn't be able to tell if it was a real plane or not. So many people want a positive thrust to weight ratio today, but I have yet to see a full scale plane hover with it's rudder in the grass and then accelerate straight up.
I have read alot of posts here where someone new to rc has asked if a certain engine would be big enough for the plane they are building and people jump all over them and say they should move up a size if they want to do aerobatics.
To me underpowered is:
1. You can barely see the plane when it is time to rotate.
2. You need at least 3/4 throttle to stay in the air.
3. Your vertical performance is directly related to how long you dove at the ground and if your wings stayed on when you pulled the 50 G's at he bottom[X(].
Please give me your thoughts. Thanks.