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Old 10-30-2008 | 04:07 PM
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Default RE: tiger 60 with a 26cc engine?

ORIGINAL: carrellh

There are a good handful of planes that could be about right for a 26cc gasser:

Goldberg Tiger 1.20
Great Planes Giant Big Stik
Great Planes Giant U Can Do (maybe)
Great Planes Super Stearman
Great Planes Extra 300S 160 (might not be enough, depends what you want to do)
SIG Rascal 110
SIG Four Star 120
SIG Waco SRE
Hangar 9 Sundowner Formula 1
Hangar 9 (or any brand) 1/4 scale Cub
Hangar 9 Cessna 182
Seagull Spacewalker II
Seagull Sparrowhawk

Of course, having a bunch of choices is pretty wothless if you do not like any of them.

In theory, anything that recommends a 1.20 glow engine is a potential match for a 26cc gasser. In reality it's more complicated due to weight, cowl, and oher issues.
The GP Extra is probably the only one I would have been interested in, and the 1.60 is like just barely enough to have fun with the plane (there's a whole thread about it); theoretically a 26cc would be less power and more weight to an already heavy-ish wing loading. Now I see why I was steered in a different direction.

Troy Built Models has a decent price on fuel: with the hazmat shipping charges it totals to $20/gallon for 10% (decent price for anyone who doesn't have a LHS with an already decent price that is).