I used to use a Black Widow .049 and a Venom on my Spirit 2m. This worked pretty well and was economical. Now I am using brushless power in it. The weight of the motor and batteries took a little getting used to but over all flight performance is much better with electric. If you can afford electric and do not care that the motor and batteries will be present full time, I recommend you go that way. If money is an issue, the the .049 will do the job.

FYI.

I used a Kavan extended tank on my motors. This gave me about 5 min run time. On a good day, that was more than enough to get to 500'. Sometimes, all you need is about 2-3 minutes of run time. With my electric, all I need is 30-40 seconds. With the extra weight of the batteries, wind penetration is much improved too.


Scot