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Old 08-06-2014, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Arrow 50
Weston in England, as far i know, have buy all the molds from the Webra factory.. I have two Engines from Weston, one West 52V1 who the Webrafactory made for them.. That one revs 26.000 rpm with 8*8 APC and a Macs pipe, and pull my Weston Magnum up to 227 MPH...Fantastic Engine..! But the West 52T1 that they made themselves and sells as a special for the new Hanno Prettner Curare..This Engine is a big joke.. They say it will rev 1300 rpm, with 11*9, but my came only Close to 9000. And the Engine dont idle at all, no matter how i tune it.. And it spitting fuel from the carb all ower the the plane... And they will thake ower the manufactoring of Webra.....!
I do not think the Webra .50 has the air handling capability to produce that much power. The entire bottom end would need to be redesigned with a MUCH larger crankshaft diameter like the Nelson and Profi .40s have.