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- Path: sparky!uunet!storcon!paulm
- From: paulm@rachel.storcon.com (Paul Moreau)
- Subject: Re: First Trainer Questions
- Sender: paulm@storcon.uucp (Paul Moreau)
- Message-ID: <BzM63w.DMC@storcon.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:40:44 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.170241.973@bnr.ca>
- Organization: Storage Concepts, Inc.
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- In article <1992Dec20.170241.973@bnr.ca>, martyg@bnr.ca (Martin Gallant) writes:
- |> Over the last two weeks, I have been studying various R/C aircraft
- |> guides and magazine back issues to bet a feel for what the hobby is all
- |> about, and have decided to jump in after the holidays. I plan on flying
- |> a .40 trainer in a club, with the help of an instructor. After much
- |> research, a couple of issues still puzzle me, so I would like to
- |> sollicit your opinions.
- |>
- |> 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.
- |>
- |> Coming from an automotive background, I am quite concerned about running
- |> an engine without any type of air filtration. My club files on a dusty
- |> grass field. I know there are commercially available filters on the
- |> market, but these represent a compromise between reliability and
- |> longevity. Should I bother with these, even just to satisfy my
- |> paranoia?
- |>
- |> --
- |> Martin Gallant <martyg@bnr.ca> 214-684-5532 (ESN 444)
- |> The above opinions are my own, not necessarily those of my employer.
-
- Depending on the plane and the amount of asphalt around :^) I'ld go
- with the OS .46. This is a very good engine annnd has plenty of surplus
- power for any .40 size trainer. Especialy if you decide to use an air
- cleaner for these will rob you of a little power. The fp's are a decent
- engine for a trainer but when you go on to 'bigger and better' the .46
- (specially the ABC) can go with.
-
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