If you want to fly NCS Carrier .15 Profile, it's really tough. You have to bolt on a .15 with a throttle , MVVS, Fox, LA, whatever, rig it up and fly it. There are plans available for the "winningist" .15 ever, the Sniper, by Bill Bischoff, give him a call. (Somewhere on this forum are a couple of pictures of a Sniper, it isn't all that pretty, but can easily be made to look like anything, Seafury, Hellcat, Guardian, etc.) It has been a while, but Bill, myself and Mike Greb went 1-2-3 at the Nats with Snipers, maybe we shouldn't be doing that, it's an entry level event? Guess what? Now there are two levels of participation, if you score above 200, you're in the upper echelon, "expert" if you will....below 200 and your a "Sportsman". So there are prizes to go around. Electrics don't automatically win, I'll bet BFrog a dinner at the Texas Roadhouse in Muncie my Irvine (not reverse rotation) Sniper can beat his electric one! I'd make the same wager with Pete, but he can beat me with an electric or an IC motor, probably could with a few strands of Pirelli and a rubber motor, too!
There is a problem, though, and the real Navy Carrier pilots have solved it- you gotta overcome obstacles along the way- a motor that won't run, a sticky bellcrank, an arresting hook that goes up instead of down, a whining noise in your ears. If you can't solve it, then ask someone, there are lots of folks willing to help. If one gives up easily, then just maybe he just isn't that interested in the first place. That's the satisfaction inherent in Carrier, engineering solutions and solving problems.
Wichita just had Carrier included in their contest, set up the deck, timers and pit crew at the ready, and three entries showed up, make it four, I entered, too. The Seaton family did all the hard work, just wish we had more to show up to fly. Tough competition or tough rules are not deterents to Carrier, participation is. Carrier will be flown at Albuquequequereque this weekend, hope a bunch show up......dg:)
Whew, left out the answer to the question, sorry. I recommend the Irvine 15. Mine easily makes the speed limit, runs smoothly on Ritch's Brew 25% nitro, and uses the easily available APC 7x4 prop. But be careful, they sometimes start without a battery connected.