RE: Ziroli F6F Hellcat Builder's Diary
Well, there you go MT. Leading me on about radials and such......
I've already imagineered an RCS 150 radial into the Hellcat and it should fit. Add a nice near scale sized Solo 28" three-blade, Hellcat pattern prop and whew. Now all I have to do is find out whether the 'Cat will take a 9.5 pound motor. Others on the thread have mentioned adding nose weight to get the model to balance but 9.5 pounds is gonna almost double the weight I was anticipating with a Brison 6.4 up front.
We're going to mock up the 'Cat with all equipment installed and see what it will take to CG the model. Keep your fingers crossed. Now, all I have to do is to come up with $3K for the motor. (Lordy, and I thought flying jets was expensive......)
langerl