Originally Posted by
tnconsulting
Ollie, I was thinking about building the .60 size Hangar 9 Spitfire as a silver class racer. I would like to know what engine / prop to run in that airframe. I would use up to 30% nitro because I am not interested in making my own fuel.
Trung,
Again, as stated in Post #36,
I am hoping someone with more experience with the other engines -- especially installed in .60-sized airframes -- will offer a more informed opinion and express it here . . . (come on, guys!)
But as that hasn't happened yet, for the last four days; and, because time is ticking, I don't want to leave you hanging with NO feedback. The Spit is among the sleekest of airframes, so that is a definite plus. Realize, that there are still higher nitro commercially available glow fuels. I have used Wildcat 45% with great success, as YS engines take the higher nitro
very well. This would afford more power that the 30%, still without having to mix your own fuel.
If some of the Gold racers are accurate when they tell me they are breaking out of Gold times with a .40-sized, YS 115WS running on only 20% nitro, I would think that the new YS 115 WS with 45% nitro and propped effectively would be competitive for Silver, even though your spit is a larger .60-sized plane.
Weigh-in here, guys! Do you agree? (Please feel just as free to disagree.) Which APC prop?
Ollie