I am looking into a first gasser and the H9 Extra 260 draws my attention..... any experience out there and with what engine type? It talks about a light weight 50cc.

Thanks.

I just finished mine. I put an Evolution 45gx2 in it. Flys awesome. Using a 23x8 carbon fiber prop.

There is a long forum post about this plane. Pretty much every question ever asked has been answered.

I would have to recomend a plane that is a little bit bigger and then use the popular da50. I had one of these 260's and it didn't impress me but many do like it so take that for what its worth. All of the planes that are slightly larger with more wing area are going to cost the same as far as setting them up with only the airframe cost being different. Many people will say that this plane is suitable for the large glow engines and a tad small for the gas engines but thats not my main complaint with the plane. Mine was difficult to see in the air for me so the color scheme wasn't good. IT was the only plane in my life I have flown that the color scheme made it hard enough to see that I actually got scared flying it because it was so hard to see one particular day. Mine didn't 3d very well and my primary purpose for it was a cheap gasser to do 3d with so I got rid of it.

I tried one with an Evolution 26. Not enough power. It was VERY light though so it flew very good, just not enough power. I think it was just a tad over 12 lbs.

I think a very good glow engine would make performance spectacular (YS 160 DZ on 30% nitro) and still have reasonable weight. 1 servo on each surface and 1 good battery with 2 wires and 2 switches. Makes for a very expensive setup but quite simple.