It has been a long time since i have been in the hobby, but this leaf blower motor has got my mind a spinning. the side blew out on it and now i want to use it to power my model airplane. it is a 25CC 2 cycle motor and I have a few questions i am unable to answer myself.

1st. i plan on building a j-3 cub style aircraft for it completely from scratch. now i will be able to do this without much difficulty, but i need to know how big to build it. i don't plan on doing more than lazily flying it around, and it would be nice if i could put floats and skis on it without it wanting to fall out of the sky.

2nd. I want some opinions about whether to leave on the pull start. it would be nice to leave it on and just be able to pull start the airplane, but at the same time i know that is a decent amount of wait at the extreme front of the airplane. I just feel it would be more convienent to have it on there so i don't have to drag around my starter.

3rd. I have heard of people having problems with radio interference with these 25cc conversion motors. is there anyway to test if i will have this before i take the plunge into flight??? are there ways to reduce the radio interference?

4th. has anyone done this before with a Sam's club leaf blower. it is a propol leaf blower. worked good for 4 seasons untill the side of the impeller chamber blew out. the motor has always run like a champ, but i was curious if anyone had used this particular motor before for a conversion.

5th. and i know this will create some debate. what kind of prop should i use. i would like to use a 3 blade prop as i have never used one before, but if enough people recommend the slandered 2 i will use that instead. also what kind of pitch should i use.

and lastly. should i try and build a new muffler for it or can I adapt the one that came with it. this is the only part of the motor that i'm iffy about. it was used for several seasons, but this is the only thing showing it's age the rest will clean up nicely.

Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. below are photos of it, also i don't know how much it weighs right now.