ORIGINAL: JohnBuckner
AFAIAC: OS is the most overly flaunted overpriced piece of junk going,
It is exactly remarks inaccurate at best such as this, that is the reason I refrained from making a direct engine reccomendation in my post #3. To the original poster be cautious of any statements such as this, and decide for yourself as well as comparing apples to apples.
John
Well John, I am sorry that I stroked your feathers, however I am not one to
not say what I think for fear of hurting someone's feeling.
Just look at the pricing of Tower (Great Planes) OS and relative Thundertiger.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0093p?&C=GCD
GP has no problem with buying out every distributor they can, then pricing OS just below comparative other engines which they also distribute.
When GP bought out ACE, Thunder Tiger for a short time was twice the ACE Price. Then they must have seen the error of their ways as they dropped it back, but comparative TT engines are still more than OS.
OS was never competitive against Fox and Supertigre when I competed in CL Stunt. OS was never competitive when I won many trophies in FF classes, B and C. OS was never competitive when I flew RC Pylon Racing, RC Scale Racing, and even a few RC Scale events. OTOH they did cost more.
OS was always well promoted and priced above all the other comparative over-the -table (meaning sold on the retail market )engines.
Rossi, Nelson, Dubb Jet, YS, and a couple others are all in another complete world.
I'm not sure that the OP was looking for this! Yet, I retain my opinion. So be it.