Ideas on power choice
Dr.Kiwi, The 25/35 is a lot more efficient than is predicted. I am Only drawing 18-20A static and 150+w with a fresh pack of batts and in flight draw would be less. The are some others that are running 10 cells and 12x6e props and gettting unlimited vertical on 22-24 oz planes...ie the Park Cap. ( this is Hacker B20-15L power at half the cost.) If you move up in prop size you will notice that the draw is not that much more. Even if you are at the edge of its efficiency the chances are you are not going to be holding WOT for long, unless of course you have heavy thumbs. As for killing the motor...the only thing I can think of is throwing a magnet, but thats pretty unusual at these rpms. To me the weakest link is the MPJ gearbox...gears may eventually strip, but so far so good.
Killer