Okay, I'am back in the hobby again and I have to say it because of the latest brushless motors, Li-po battery's and the gain of flight time. Here's my ?s .... Has anyone compared the stock brushed motor that comes with the E-flite P-47 to the Brushless 450. I have 6 flights on the stock motor and I need to replace it. Is the 450 more powerful running the 10X8e prop ? or do I need to up it to a 480 BL motor ,TP3s2100 to have the same preformance the stock motor had. I plan on staying in the 400 aircraft size and would like to swap the set up to other aircraft in this cat. I have the Hi-maxx 2816-0890 outrunner in another plane and was woundering if this might be a good match up for the P-47 . Any other susgestions also. [sm=confused.gif]Thanks

Much. Note that my P-47 experience is limited to the bench so far, but the 10x8E on the Park 450 pushes WAY more wind than the stock motor. It seems ready to take off at about half throttle or so. Balancing the prop is a MUST, though, as the two 10x8Es that I have were both way out of balance, and vibration kills power output quickly on these motors.

I plan on maidening it early next week to prepare for some flying with buddies on the 25th. Always bad karma to maiden a new bird in front of friends

If you're happy with stock, you'd be pleased with with the Park 400, I think. If you want a bit more power, the 450 is up your alley.

If you're looking for good vertical performance, though, these aren't a match. I'll see if I can write a more coherent review after the maiden.

For the review, I used the Park 450 outrunner and an 10x8 prop. Good mix between thrust and pitch speed.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...article_id=637

Thanks for the info, The unbalanced prop is probally the reason the stock gear box and motor didn't last. I did some more research and read the reviews (excellent reviews). I think I will get the 450BL. I like to stay around 400 size motor and the specs on this will allow a 20 amp ESC (I already have (3)BL 20-25amp ESC) and this will keep the price down when I swap out motors.

Next I think I will swap between the 450 and the Himaxx 2816-0890 to see the difference between them in the same plane. The specs are close to the same.

Okay I got the Park 450 BL motor, and the preformance is better then the stock motor by far. I then installed the Himaxx 2816-0890 BL motor. There was even a little better prefomance and a 2 min. longer flight time. I have over 25 flights on this plane and I really like it even though it's a foamy. After my test I decided the Himaxx is worth the $7 extra dollars and I would recommend it for this plane. Here's what I'm using: Himaxx Motor, Tanic 3s 1550 11.1v Lipo, Phoenix air 25 ESC, Cirrus Micro 6ch rec and HS-55 Servos. My next plan is to lose the Y harness that works the ailerons and run 2 -12" ex and have them on diferent ch. so I can try flaperons.