Hangar-9 Sundowner 50 radio control airplane

First day at the field the weather was perfect, sunny and calm with the temps in the mid 70's. I wasted no time in Fueling her up, but I couldn't help notice fuel dripping from the carb as I did. Later, when de-fueling, I noticed how as my pump tried to suck the fuel out of the tank, it was also sucking air from the carb. Nonetheless, I her cranked up and taxiing out to the runway. As the throttle was raised, I noticed the usual pull to the left, but it was nothing that couldn't be easily compensated for. The Sundowner rose into the air very nicely and headed for the horizon. After the first turn I got a good feel for how fast this thing was going to be - and it's fast!

The Sundowner 50 is fast and smooth. It handles aerobatics very well for a racer and due to its high-speed performance, it's very exciting to fly!

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[MtnCommando]

I've been flying RC for 14 years, flown both nitro (i like calling it 'glo' like we did back in the day) and electric. Electric is cleaner and convenient (no startup troubles) BUT it's got nothing on nitro when it comes to flying time and the sound. My tricked out parkzone corsair gave me max 7 mins of flying time, and this was with very high mah lipos. With nitro, 14 minutes is no problem. And the sound...I hated not being able to hear the electrics in the air. Nitro sounds and feels powerful.

[RobscoRC]

@fillopygeesi Theres nothing like the feeling of a nitro. Iv been flying for 12 years, electric and nitro, I LOVE electric because there easy and fun, but the serious rc pilot will go nitro. Once you try one you'll know what I mean

[tldixonjr]

are you useing flaps on your landings?

[fillopygeesi]

seems that id rather have a nitro because my parkzone p-51 bl is electric and batteries dont last long. more expensive to, but I havnt been doin rc plane thing long never done a nitro

[GabeTheBoss]

.52 Evolution Nitro Engine. You also can put electric in this plane, thats what i would do!

[fillopygeesi]

what engine is being used