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Old 04-21-2011 | 04:42 AM
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[quote]ORIGINAL: LSP972


ORIGINAL: jetmech05

If you're flying the Mustang PTS with the 3 bladed prop...get a two blade APC...take off the speed brakes, raise the flaps and go teach him.....
Nope, have a Graupner 11X7.5 on an OS .46SF, flaps are operational (i.e., up unless I call for them), never installed the "speed brakes", and got rid of the droops after the first flight.

Its still a pig below half throttle.

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11X7.5 is not a good choice for a trainer. If you want to build up speed, I guess it could do that, but I think thrust is more what a trainer needs. Go toi 11X5 or 11X6 and see the improved performance.