ORIGINAL: arobatx
You can stop a telemaster and three point land it on a hard surface runway, and roll out only a few feet if you practice, with no headwind. On grass, I'd bet you could gently plop it in on all three and not roll at all. With a headwind, you can land it and roll out backwards on a hard surface
I think you'll be happy with either the 20 or 26...
I maidened mine yesterday, also with the G20 EI. Really a fun airplane with amazingly forgiving flight characteristics. It can be flown from a very small field with the right landing approach.... just keep putting pressure on the elevator until it gently settles onto the runway by itself. Couldn't have rolled more than 6-8 feet (on grass). This would be a good trainer model, for sure.
I don't know if the G20 is the perfect powerplant, but I don't see how you could get much better. The engine fired up the very first time I put the starter to it, and was tuned almost perfectly, idled great. I put a 20 oz (!) tank in mine, and on the second flight yesterday did 29 minutes of mixed flying and then landed and checked the fuel... used only 2/5ths of a tank!!!!
My goal is to have an AV platform that can stay aloft for at least an hour. so I installed a mondo ignition battery, which is a CommonSense RC 3850 2s LiPo with a 5-volt regulator.