I'm looking at putting together a 35-40 size stunt ship, I'm thinking an e-flite power 25 might be over-kill, would a power 15 give me enough oomph to tote it around, think the size of the silencer, seeing as I'm using that wing...

Thanks for the Advice!

Jeff,

Bob Hunt had a simple solution to keeping batteries straight - charged vs discharged. If you put a rubber band on your battery when you charge it and remove it when you use it to fly, you will save on taxi time. 

Chis,
The one thing about electric is that putting a bigger motor does not hurt things, it will run the same rpm that is set in the ESC regardless of the prop (within reason) as it does without  a prop. So the choice becomes prop size you want to run and balance of the plane. If you need more nose weight put in the bigger motor and let it have the reserve power for maybe using a wider blade prop.

With the top loader make sure the motor mount wall is securely attached to the fuse sides. I use small countersunk wood screws through the doubler into the mount wall. Make sure the mount wall is substantial, don't use 1/8" lite ply unless you are going to use an external support bearing. I have been using 3/16 ply on all my ships (35 to 50 size ships) and have not had any mount failures.

Best,         DennisT