Click the link below, it gives a good idea what can be done. It's simple, cheap, and tons of power. A little on the heavy side, but with the right airplane, 11 lbs is easily achievable. I have this set up in a 11 lb Black Magic. This link proposes Tru RC packs, and from what I hear they are great to deal with and have a good warranty. A set of 10s will cost you about $250, and they are guaranteed for about a year I think (don't have any myself). Right now I'm using the cheap batteries from Hobby City, a set of HXT 4100s is about $160 (that's 10S) and I have about 50 cycles on three sets with few issues. One set will puff ever so slightly, but that's not unusual, the power is still good.

The only trick I would add to the site is that if you buy a deep cycle battery from Costco, I think for about $60-80 (can't remember), they also have a warranty. I would use them for a year, take it back and say that it won't hold a charge (because it didn't at that point) and I got it replaced free. MUCH cheaper than a generator.

Other motors you could use include the Dualsky motor, a lot of power for half the price. Basically you can now put together an electric set up with two sets of batteries for the cost of a YS DZ with mount and header. The Cellpro charger from FMA seems to be the 'in' thing to buy these days and it's cheaper than the Thunderpower as well. My how times have changed.

Still nothing wrong with a DZ though, just different. The cost arguement no longer really holds water.


Tons of good info on this site too.

http://www.electric-f3a.com/Simple%2...le%20setup.htm