Castle Creations just released the Phoenix ICE HV which can handle 10S and give data logging, and is fully programmable. It is a good bargain for a high-end ESC.

I sent an email to S. Neu a few weeks ago about the motor and heard nothing back. I called Castle Creations who is the distributor for the motors; they regularly sell a smaller inrunner for a direct-drive F3A application (1905 and 1912 for 30/60 size applications), and said that the 1915/1917 would work but wondered why I wasn't going for a geared F3A motor. They didn't say the motor I was looking at was wrong or bad, but never really confirmed that it was a good choice for the plane (I think because they believed the F3A motor was the better choice).

I'm going to read the link above and try to learn about maintenance differences, etc. However as much as I'd love to say I have a Neu motor bolted to the front of my plane, my best interests are concerned with something easy and reliable and trusted, and it seems that Scorpion is the proper fit.

If I had two similar sized planes I would absolutely give the Neu a shot, but I need to concentrate on what will put me in the winners circle and really not take any gambles here.