ORIGINAL: Pete Bergstrom
ORIGINAL: jafo150
will a saito .91 be enough for the midwest superstearman? some say go for the 120...
This airplane really needs a bunch of noseweight. The best engine I've seen it with was a Saito 1.50 - and it still needed a bunch of lead in the nose to balance.
Pete
The plane I am using my Saito on has 1.5 lbs of noseweight on it to balance the CG (for a total weight of 14 lbs). It still has plenty of power to haul around, but 13 lbs or less would have been ideal. What would be a good airplane to use a Saito 1.8 without having to add a load of weight to balance?