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- From: bloom@inland.com
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: First Trainer Questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.083833.2568@inland.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 08:38:32 CST
- References: <1992Dec20.170241.973@bnr.ca> <43373@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com> <1992Dec28.143126.2057@news.columbia.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec28.143126.2057@news.columbia.edu>, liggio@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vincent J. Liggio) writes:
- > In article <43373@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com> johnson@charming.nrtc.northrop.com (Greg Johnson) writes:
- >> I would definitely go with the $70 OS .40FP. The OS
- >>.46SF as your first engine. Totally unnecessary. Counter-productive, in
- >>fact. As a beginner that kind of power is a distinct disadvantage.
- >
-
- > I agree fully with this. I started my flying on a Great Planes Trainer 40,
- > and the Hirtenberger (sp?) .40 engine I had had more than enough power to
- > spare on it, and subsequently made learning to land much more difficult,
- > until I switched to a 11x4 prop to slow down things. The power is great
- > when you learn to do basic aerobatics, but when you try to land and don't
- > have much control over your plane because of inexperience, and it is going
- > 60+ mph and refuses to slow down on the downwind leg.
-
- The landing speed of an airplane is determined by 3 things:
- 1) Thrust at whatever rpm the prop is turning during landing
- 2) Drag of the plane
- 3) Stall speed of the airplane
- 4) wind velocity
-
- Your choice of engine has really nothing to do with any of these things.
- Thrust is determined by prop selection and throttle control, with a lower
- limit at your minimum idle speed. An OS .46 ABC engine and an OS .40 FP
- produce the same thrust with the same 10x6 prop when they are idling at
- the same 2800 rpm. The additional weight of the .46 is not going to
- measurably increase the stall speed of your trainer. Obviously you have
- to fly faster than the stall speed on your landing approach to maintain
- control. Engine selection is really a red herring as far as how slow
- will it go.
-