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Old 04-15-2013 | 11:48 AM
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Default RE: Large Hawks: Skygate vs tomahawk vs fej

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Skygate is now C-ARF obviously and up to a 200 is perfect. Over 200 is not at all necessary. Same with the TomaHawk. Being bigger, the TH would probably be ok with something like a 220 but no need for anything bigger. Victor Calvo flies his with 2 x P160 and as great a pilot as he is, it still looks daft powering non stop vertically. Plus he spends most of his flight flying around on 1/3 power!

Larger turbines will also require more fuel, more weight, internal structure changes to cater for larger tanks etc etc

FlyEagle possibly comes in heavier than the two above but I don't know enough about the structure and proven strength of airframe to comment. I'd still be surprised if >200 is needed. It's a scale model after all, not an Ultra Bandit!

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Mark