Hey,

I wondering if anyone has any opinions of whether a brushed or brushless electric or 2stroke engine is preferable in a smallish park flyer, as far as weight power is concerned, what their Pros and Cons are, etc.

Also, I can't seem to find many lightweight 2strokes avalible. Does anyone know of any Brands that produce them? or where i could find an online retailer who sells lightweight 2strokes? i was considering perhaps using an engine intended for a control-line plane, any thoughts?

Thanks,
Benno

electric is cleaner, quieter, and doesnt need the standard trip to the LHS to buy fuel. If the parkflyer is to be flown ion parks, then I would go electric. Take into account though, that unlike a glow engine, when the battery is dead, the day is over (ok, same with the rx pack in a glow setup, but a filed charger takes care of thet one!!)

Ben

www.hobbypeople.net sells several small nitro rc motors. I used these a few years back but replaced them with electric motors (and I saw more power, less noise, and less mess. In fact it was the beginning of my total conversion to electric.)

AP Hornet 0.09 R/C Engine with muffler $49.99
AP Wasp 0.061 R/C Engine with muffler $49.99

But get an E480 motor instead!!!!

Kurt

There are field chargers for LiPos too, so that's really not an issue. Of course, depending on the size of the battery, charging time will be between 45 minutes to two hours.

With all the advances in electric motors and batteries (personally) I think electric is the way to go in .25 size and smaller aircraft. I have not seen anyone in the past year bring a new .25 sized plane to the field that was not electric. I would not be surprised to see .25 size glow engines (for planes) discontinued in a few years ... they are just not selling. Electric power (even great quality high performane components) are very reasonably priced for aircraft .25 size and smaller. Bob