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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: First Trainer Questions
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:17:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec20. Kibo 170241.973@bnr.ca> martyg@bnr.ca (Martin Gallant) writes:
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- >I have narrowed down the engine selection to the OS.40FP (~$70) and the
- >OS.46SF (~$140), the latter strongly recommended by my local hobby shop.
- >Do I need to be messing around with ball-bearing engines for my first
- >plane, or is a plain bushing motor adequate? I am prepared to spend
- >whatever time is required for break-in on a test bench.
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- Depends on how much money one has, I guess.
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- The ball bearing engines aren't any more complicated to use than plain
- bearing engines. They do weigh more though. The 46SF will develop more
- power but you can always throttle back. Are both these engines ABC? Or
- do they have lapped iron piston/liners? If the latter, they will take
- a lot more break-in than if the former.
-
- The FPs are supposedly pretty good motors.
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