PSJDBF I saw your setup post a few months ago and looked at you great video!!! Thanks for the info, I based some of my decision on how you posted your setup. Which prop worked best for you as far as slowing the plane the 17x7 or 17x8?

RevGQ, I know that going gas will save me a lot of money when you consider buying a $20 gallon of gas all the time, but I really love nitro engines and hope to go gas on my next plane but right now I only consider nitro burners. I have two of my larger scale planes on youtube under klmelj, these fly with a OS 160 fx. By going with nitro I save a lllllllllot of weight. With the hanger 9 p-47 150 I came out about 1.5-2lbs lighter than all my gas buddies and with the top flite staggerwing I have, I came out about the same about 1.5-2lbs lighter than my gas buddies. Yeah you have to place some weight in the nose but it needs to be dead weight. The way I have learned to compensate for this is to set the engine a little bit forward on the mount and mount the battery in the cowl. All of my planes have the batteries mounted in the cowl except for my great planes gee bee 120. Thanks for the info though but saving that weight is really what I am looking for and I just love nitro. Here is a picture of me with my Gee Bee R2 and My Top Flite Staggerwing.