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- From: bs464@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Duncan R. McCoy)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: First Trainer Questions
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 17:23:20 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Dec23.080739.2559@inland.com> <1992Dec20.170241.973@bnr.ca> <43373@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com>
- Reply-To: bs464@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Duncan R. McCoy)
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- In a previous article, bloom@inland.com () says:
-
- >In article <43373@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com>, johnson@charming.nrtc.northrop.com (Greg Johnson) writes:
- >> Totally unnecessary. Counter-productive, in
- >> fact. As a beginner that kind of power is a distinct disadvantage. You need
- >> to take the .40 FP, and putt-putt a high-wing trainer around at about 1/3
- >> throttle for quite a while (months at least) before you get a rip-snortin'
- >> fancy, high-powered engine. It's like trying to learn to drive in a
- >> Lambourghini. (sp?)
- >>
- >
- >Gee, doesn't your throttle go both ways? This is the first time I've
- >ever heard anyone complain about having too much power. The only
- >valid reasons to choose the FP are lower cost and lighter weight (not
- >really an issue for a .40 size trainer). The analogy about the
- >Lamborgini is not the best: More like trying to learn to drive in a
- >Chevy Caprice with automatic transmission and V8, if it had a 4 cylinder
- >engine it would be no easier to drive and might not make it up the first
- >really big hill.
- >
-
- How about choosing the OS .40 FP because it's a good engine. The FP doesn't
- cost much and is about as totally reliable as an engine can be. It's not at
- all fussy, will hold carb settings for ever and will fly a trainer as well
- as any engine will. Why spend $140 to do a job that $70 will do? Sure the
- beginner will eventually want a hotter engine for another project, but he
- can also use the FP .40 later on. Try it in a Midwest Hots. Your FP .40 will
- pull that little plane vertical as far as you can see it and give you speeds
- of 90 mph. Use the FP .40 in place of a hot .25 on a smaller plane a ways down
- the road.
-
- For training, you want equipment that will give more flying time and less
- time fiddling and adjusting.
-
- I don't buy the comment that the flyer "doesn't have to fly at full throttle."
- The beginner has a whole bunch of things to learn, simultaneously, while
- learning to fly model airplanes. There are plenty of ways to get into trouble
- without adding to the options. The beginner wants slow and gentle so he can
- master the techniques of takeoff, flying the airplane in a controlled manner,
- and landing safely. He needs to learn to fly ahead of the airplane, not 100
- yards behind an 80 mph bullet.
-
- Duncan R. McCoy
- Boulder City, NV
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- Duncan R. McCoy
- Boulder City, NV
- bs464@cleveland.freenet.edu
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