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The Powerplant Dilemma – Choose the right one for your project

The 60-inch-span Hangar Ultra Stick 10cc ARF is designed to fly on an electric motor (right), a glow engine (opposite page left) and even a radial gas engine (opposite page right). Each power system would give the aerobat a unique personality and flight characteristics.
Every RC airplane builder eventually faces The Powerplant Dilemma. You’ve got your airframe in the shop—maybe it’s a sleek sport flier, a warbird dripping with scale detail, or a towering aerobatic machine—and now comes the big decision: What’s going to make it fly? Gas? Glow? Or electric? It’s a question as old as the hobby’s transition from rubber-band powered stick models to screaming nitro-fueled racers. And like any good debate, each option has its loyal...

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