I fly mine with no mix and fixed gear. I can land it with no problem in 150'. Its all about AOA as has been stated.

I flew mine with a OS46FX, and it flew, but more sunday flyin like. With the 55AX its a lot of fun and has better takeoff rolls due to the larger prop which equals more torque. I also had a Dubb Jett 50 with a reverse crank on it and ya, its a rocket but to be honest, the torque was better with the 55AX and you get 10min flights. With the Jett, 5 min was max at full throttle.

I'm going to put retracts in it this winter.

Dale