I just came in from flying my Ascent here in the Great White North. Here's what I have and am very satisfied with the performance I get.

Razor 400 (brushless) direct drive with Graupner 6-3 folding prop (I added some right thrust), a Phoenix 25 brushless controller, and a 1250 2 cell Lipo battery. Takes off and climbs like crazy on 50-75% throttle. I've never tried 100%- it doesn't need it. I get good long flights with this setup.

BTW mine came with a big warp in one wing that gave it some interesting flight characteristics until I straightened it out. Flew great after that.

Dale