So I have a few questions:

What size prop is best for an OS .20? I'm currently running a 9x4.

How much room should be necessary to take this plane off (PT-20 with OS .20) from asphalt?

Reason I ask. My plane has achieved a grand total height of about 14 inches... yup. 3 flights, 14 inches unless we count the 3 feet swan dive off the embankment into the canal 2 inches the first time, 0 the second, and 12 followed by an immediate left wing tip stall into some tall grass. What's going on here? I'm giving the plane at least 50 yards of runway and it just doesn't seem to want to fly. The CG is good so I'm a bit lost. Is the engine underpowered? It is older than me after all... (I am 24).

Anyway, before you say it: No, I do not have an instructor, but I sure would love to have one! There is 1 reasonably priced RC field by me... except they have no contact info on their gates to the field nor on their horribly designed website. Every time I have gone by (8 times or so in the past week) the gate has been locked. Part of me wonders if they actually have any members! I need to go by the LHS to pick up a new nose cone (12 inch dive snapped off the end of my prop and broke a piece inside of the spinner. I don't want to take a chance that something that small could cause an out of balance issue with the engine) and while there I was planning on asking them if they know how I can join and such.

Any and all tips/advice are welcome!

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