Hello all...has anyone thought about converting the GP Pitts ARF to electric? I happen to have one that I had a gas engine on and had a little glitch mishap. Its sitting in the basement waiting for me to do something with it, so I decided to buy a new bottom wing (on order from tower) and patch it up and put a big Axi or Actro on it. Any suggestions to what motor, esc and batterys. I would go lipo as I have with some smaller planes but their still pretty expensive in the 10s range so I'll probably be talking 3300 nimh cells for now. Thanks in advance.

Ron

What does it weigh?

I dont remember exactly what it weighed with my Brison 3.2 on it but it was around 15 1/2lbs. That was also with a smoke pump, extra batt for it,tank etc so I'm guessing I can eliminate alot of that weight plus I'll use lighter servos. So maybe around 13 lbs if I'm lucky. Maybe carbon gear, drill out the firewall/engine box where there is heavy plywood but there is not a lot you can do with a arf to make it lighter. thanks again!