Not a lot of people know this unless you own one of these ARF’s made by Great Planes. The P-6E Hawk or my favorite plane of all time the PT-17 Stearmen, both are short coupled bi-planes and therefore need a lot of extra weight in the nose to balance them, if you put a 120 in them, as the manual recommends. The P-6E Hawk needs 16 oz of lead in the nose and the PT-17 needs 18 oz to balance.

It seams like the designers at Great Planes are encouraging you to put a larger gasser in them. They even give you a nice thick and strong firewall, and ground clearance for a larger propeller. “Thanks Great Planes”.

Because of this you do not lose any wing loading and both planes are low to begin with the P-6 Hawk has a wing loading of 25 and the Pt-17 has a wing loading of 24 oz/sq ft this includes the big gas engine in them. These Bi-planes with a bigger motor have an enormous flight envelope, from very slow to very fast and all the thrilling aerobatics in-between. Once you fly one of these bi-planes with a big gasser in them, I guarantee; it will become the one you take to the field the most often, cause depending on your mood that day, you can fly it, any which way you want.

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You can never have too much power, as you can always throttle back.