ORIGINAL: drmike
... In its heydey, the Rossi was king and they were impossible to get. Only the privileged few got them. The rest of us flew OPS and they were very cantankerous and very inconsistent. Nothing lasted very long,, plugs, servos, you name it. the typical prop was a 10.5x7 modified and they turned about 15-16000 rpm..The closeup you see of the nose of Steve's plane has a variable pitch prop which Steve flew with some success. I flew the plane for 3 or 4 years.
Mike,
Interesting tales. I noticed what looks like an MK varioprop on the front of Steve's Boot. Hanno flew the same kind of prop on the Magic in the early 80's and I was wondering what the vintage of that particular Boot might be. Webra short stroke up front?
I also saw a Boot in the pics with a red head OPS; these were the three port machines. Did they not perform well compared to the Rossi and Webra back then?
Er..., what does cantankerous mean? I guess I ought to look it up.
David