ORIGINAL: jmir
I just installed a Power 32 with a 4 Cell Li-po and WOW! That's a lot of power for this plane. I even propped down to 12 X 6 rather than the recommended 13 X 6.5 and it still had awesome power. Does great on windier days.
I reinforced the landing gear area and used a different landing gear. I did not like the one supplied with the plane. The one I'm using make it sit a little higher and it flexes a little which will be good on rough landings.
Ditto!
I installed a Nitroplanes "Monster Power 25" motor with a 60 Amp ESC, 12x6E APC prop and a Rhino 3700mAh 14.8v battery.
The plane has unlimited vertical ( at a very high climb rate ! ) and I get over 16 minutes of flight time w/o depleating the pack. The batteries don't even get warm.
I also reinforced the landing gear area greatly with ply strips and a second layer over the existing blind nut wooden insert...
I use the supplied gear, but I drilled out some brass bar stock to make a second re-inforcement plate that sits over the existing "purple" gear screw mount area, effectively joining both sides together for added strength.
This has worked very well.
The Diamante is an impressive flyer equipped like this.