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- From: worley@a.cs.okstate.edu (WORLEY LAWRENCE JA)
- Subject: Re: First Trainer Questions
- References: <C0CnzE.Gn1@icon.rose.hp.com>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.060640.17125@a.cs.okstate.edu>
- Organization: Oklahoma State University
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 06:06:40 GMT
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- From article <C0CnzE.Gn1@icon.rose.hp.com>, by jahr@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Jahr):
- >> |A bushing motor like the OS .40 FP has much less power (about the
- >> |same power as strong .25" motor) than an equivalent ball bearing motor.
- >
- >> I would strongly disagree with this. The only difference between a ball-
- >> bearing motor and a sleeve bearing motor is the bearings. Ball bearings
- >> do not have significantly less drag, they just last longer and can take
- >> greater stress. But the FP is a Schnuerle ported engine, and produces
- >> as much power as any other 40, excepting that you cannot safely stress
- >> them with high nitro or tuned pipe.
- >
- > Bzzzzzzzt! Wrong!
- >
- > The manufacturers specs for the 40 FP as shown in the Tower catalog
- > show the 40 FP at about 1 hp. Now this is probably more than most
- > 25's which tend to be about .8 or so. But this is definitely *less*
- > than most ball bearing schnuerle 40's, heck my OS 32 F spec's out with
- > *more* power than a 40 FP.
- >
- > As mentioned by another poster, the port timing is often reduced in
- > budget/sport engines to reduce performance and to increase general
- > tolerance to abuse. Another item specifically changed on the 40 FP
- > is the carburetor: it has a *much* smaller throat diameter than the
- > other 40 sized OS engines. The muffler is also smaller: the 40 FP
- > uses the same muffler as the 32 F which has the same bolt pattern as
- > the 25 FSR (so for a tuned pipe use one for a 25?).
- >
- > The 40 FP will save money in the short term... but if a newbie wants
- > more power in the future (different plane, aerobatics, etc.) then
- > I just don't see how it is cheaper to buy *two* engines of any type
- > than to buy *one* good engine.
-
- I started with the 40FP on a 60" wingspan trainer, and progressed with
- the same engine to a Skat Kat 500 racer. It certainly flies well enough
- for *most* aerobatics, but was slightly underpowered on my trainer.
- I am satisfied with it on the Skat Kat for sport use/weekend flying,
- but I am well aware that any BB 40 (Fox, Nelson etc) racing engine
- completely leaves the FP in the DUST.
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