RE: .51 engine too big?
Hmm, thanks BigEd.
For a second plane, I like the scale "private jet" looking planes; something with a mid-low wing. I'm really in this for the "novelties" of retractable landing gear, flaps, ailerons, all that stuff that you see in real planes. I'm a mechanical engineering student and really into aero/fluid dynamics, combustion process, and just things that "work".
The Hangar 9 Cherokee is a sweet looking plane for a second plane. Running the .46LA will save me a bunch of cash, too =)