| Tim,Gasparin motors are the cream of Co.2 available today,each motor is virtually hand built by a real enthusiast to exacting specs,this is why they do not come cheap,but as in everything,you pay your money and get what you paid for,in this case quality.
Normally due to the short duration of the motors Co.2 are really for free flight,however there is a new breed of ARTF mini foam models now coming onto the market that utilise excellent tiny electric motors that run from equally small batteries,I bought one of these and ripped out the motor and speed controllers fitting them into my Chrislea Ace,add micro radio and you have what are termed 'Park flyers' the model climbs to about 800 feet on a calm evening and is a joy to handle under radio control with approx 20 minutes duration,such small models fitted with radio were unheard of up until a few years ago,but now it can be done thanks to modern technology.
The sky is literally the limit with such models,you just need to experiment and tread slowly,first building successful free flight designs,then adding perhaps a tiny free flight electric motor ( KP.01 from Knight & Pridham with a field charger unit ) then start looking at the micro radio aspect.
As Duncan says it is all about fun,the biggest plus point with these lightweights is that you can fly them from tiny fields successfully.
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